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: 160 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pettro Pit has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-02-19.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2006-07-13, 20 years ago
40%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz52 over
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-04-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.35
1.09
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
0.7
1.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-07-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.77
0.68
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-07-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.55
0.53
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.32
0.53
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
3
2008
4
2007
7
2006
8
2005
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pettro Pit sits in Utah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Utah County, Utah · Population 683,622
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$96,877
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
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
582
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,521
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,069
11
4
10290.0
2008 Q1
1,495
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,406
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,952
4
1
1012.1
2007 Q2
3,497
1
0
286.0
Show 7 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1
3,554
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,887
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,804
2
2
525.8
2006 Q2
3,985
1
1
250.9
2006 Q1
4,225
2
0
473.4
2005 Q4
3,594
8
1
2225.9
2005 Q3
1,773
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2006 · 1 incident
August 18, 2006UT · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vanrok, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Workers were working on the fast tracks. Worker drove a loader next to the tracks so they could stand on the bucket. Worker pulled the loader around and set the parking brake. He climbed on top of the bucket to hook the chain with a come-along. The loader rolled forward, worker jumped onto the fast track and his left foot was caught between the loader and bucket.
2005 · 1 incident
July 27, 2005UT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PLACING TIES UNDER STAKER WHEN FINGER WAS CAUGHT & SMASHED.