Mining Incidents

OAK CITY PIT: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

West Side Grading · Surface
Controlled by John P Smith
Delta, Millard County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202196

OAK CITY PIT has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
66
citations
16
significant & substantial
$8,993
proposed penalties
$8,993
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
572
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: 572 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

OAK CITY PIT has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-30.
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.
24.2%
significant & substantial
7.6%
high negligence or reckless
24.2%
reasonably likely or greater
69.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 87.9% moderate, 7.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-08-30.
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
WEST 2007-837M Default Lesnick 2009 $100 → $100
WEST 2010-1745M Default Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
WEST 2010-720M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2013-06-26, 13 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.27 1.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.86 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.57 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-09-28, 9 years ago
3
samples
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 SF ORE TRANSFER
2016-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 SF ORE PROCESSING
2014-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. West Side Grading 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 2
2004 3
2003 3
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

OAK CITY PIT sits in Millard County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Millard County, Utah · Population 13,179
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$70,877
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
2026 Q2 75 3 0 40000.0
2026 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 249 3 3 12048.2
2025 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 228 2 0 8771.9
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 183 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 63 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 447 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 129 4 0 31007.8
2022 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 180 3 0 16666.7
2021 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 207 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 189 2 0 10582.0
2020 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 231 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 297 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 159 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 123 1 0 8130.1
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 144 2 0 13888.9
2017 Q1 129 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 353 1 0 2832.9
2016 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 192 1 0 5208.3
2015 Q1 272 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 372 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 273 18 4 65934.1
2014 Q2 333 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 279 4 1 14336.9
2013 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 219 1 0 4566.2
2012 Q2 159 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 139 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 174 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 1 0
2010 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 108 1 0 9259.3
2009 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 96 1 0 10416.7
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 63 1 0 15873.0
2007 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 126 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 180 4 2 22222.2
2004 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 129 4 1 31007.8
2004 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 174 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 1 0
2002 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 1 0
2001 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 63 7 5 111111.1
2000 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 212 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.