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Portable Crusher - Spread 3: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kelly Lloyd
Coalville, Summit County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202393

Portable Crusher - Spread 3 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Nov 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
31
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,328
proposed penalties
$3,328
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See West Valley Sand & Gravel, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
12
inspections on record
165
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: 165 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher - Spread 3 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $121 in penalties contested before the Commission, $121 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-11-04.
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.
29.0%
significant & substantial
3.2%
high negligence or reckless
29.0%
reasonably likely or greater
58.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.5% low, 90.3% moderate, 3.2% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$121 proposed, $121 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 2009-05-05.
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 2009-834M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $121 → $121
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: 2006-12-13, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-12-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.83 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-12-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.03 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-12-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.45 Truck Driver
2006-12-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-12-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.82 0.15 Cleanup Man
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 Valley Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 3
2008 2
2007 9
2006 10
2005 6
2004 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher - Spread 3 sits in Summit County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Summit County, Utah · Population 42,709
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$137,058
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 1 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 3,037 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,358 9 1 6627.4
2008 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,543 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,576 3 1 1903.6
2008 Q1 0 0 0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 2,336 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,252 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,274 1 0 234.0
2007 Q1 3,139 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,624 5 2 1081.3
2006 Q3 5,175 5 1 966.2
2006 Q2 3,783 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,243 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,869 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 906 3 1 3311.3
2005 Q2 2,748 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,803 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,519 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

November 28, 2006 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Valley Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Isidro was cleaning the chute out underneath the screen when a large piece of frozen clay landed on his right calf.

2005 · 1 incident

December 28, 2005 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
West Valley Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Airing tire up, sidewall blew out. Tire was still mounted on F450. Tire was inside; outside tire had been removed. Tire only had approximately 400 miles.