Mining Incidents

MOUNTAINVILLE PIT: 115 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Christensen Brothers Rock Products Inc · Surface
Controlled by Brent L Christensen
Fairview, Sanpete County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202136

MOUNTAINVILLE PIT has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $862 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
115
citations
35
significant & substantial
$19,305
proposed penalties
$17,337
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,968 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
495
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 495 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MOUNTAINVILLE PIT has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $862 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$19K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$862
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
32.1%
significant & substantial
3.7%
high negligence or reckless
32.1%
reasonably likely or greater
77.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.8% low, 93.6% moderate, 3.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20010082M Settlement Melick 2001 $3K → $2K
WEST20020271M Settlement Manning 2002 $1K → $607
WEST20030222M Settlement Manning 2003 $475 → $332
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2009-07-22, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.36 0.18 Bulldozer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Christensen Brothers Rock Products Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 2
2022 3
2021 2
2020 4
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MOUNTAINVILLE PIT sits in Sanpete County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 4.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Sanpete County, Utah · Population 29,209
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,459
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 221 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 192 4 2 20833.3
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 127 2 1 15748.0
2021 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
Show 81 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 153 3 1 19607.8
2020 Q2 268 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 856 4 1 4672.9
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 795 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 639 5 1 7824.7
2018 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 414 22 9 53140.1
2016 Q3 507 6 2 11834.3
2016 Q2 590 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 640 2 1 3125.0
2015 Q2 471 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 382 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 234 2 0 8547.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 246 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 556 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 414 1 0 2415.5
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 283 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 3 1
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 1,280 3 2 2343.8
2010 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 224 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 868 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 596 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 727 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 856 6 2 7009.3
2007 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 728 3 1 4120.9
2006 Q3 1,056 6 0 5681.8
2006 Q2 871 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 786 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 356 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 175 3 0 17142.9
2005 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 200 5 1 25000.0
2004 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 456 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 318 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 80 3 1 37500.0
2002 Q3 368 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 70 3 2 42857.1
2001 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 902 2 0 2217.3
2001 Q1 196 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,140 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 894 20 7 22371.4
2000 Q1 230 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.