Mining Incidents

Primary #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Russell Limb
St. George, Washington County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202079

Primary #1 has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1999–2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
151
citations
29
significant & substantial
$28,141
proposed penalties
$28,141
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
52
inspections on record
776
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: 776 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Primary #1 has $28K 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
151 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 793 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 628 1 0 1592.4
2024 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 888 3 1 3378.4
2023 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 875 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,995 1 0 501.3
2022 Q1 1,984 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,816 3 2 1065.3
2021 Q3 3,263 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,771 2 0 721.8
2021 Q1 3,195 3 0 939.0
2020 Q4 2,496 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,162 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,136 3 0 420.4
2020 Q1 6,221 3 0 482.2
2019 Q4 13,716 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,394 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,215 5 1 958.8
2019 Q1 6,098 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,589 1 0 217.9
2018 Q3 3,751 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,323 2 0 316.3
2018 Q1 8,460 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,002 1 0 111.1
2017 Q3 9,373 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,029 1 0 110.8
2017 Q1 9,661 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,225 2 0 216.8
2016 Q3 9,711 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8,915 3 1 336.5
2016 Q1 8,147 4 0 491.0
2015 Q4 7,056 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,785 3 2 341.5
2015 Q2 6,763 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,053 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,351 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,894 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,681 1 0 176.0
2014 Q1 6,407 2 0 312.2
2013 Q4 5,812 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,700 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,756 10 5 2102.6
2013 Q1 4,780 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,428 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,485 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,035 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,146 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,785 1 0 264.2
2011 Q3 3,372 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,188 2 0 627.4
2011 Q1 1,223 1 0 817.7
2010 Q4 3,256 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,292 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 920 4 0 4347.8
2010 Q1 1,204 3 0 2491.7
2009 Q4 1,890 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 266 3 0 11278.2
2009 Q2 177 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,129 4 0 1278.4
2008 Q4 4,592 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,482 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,670 7 0 1498.9
2008 Q1 4,320 22 2 5092.6
2007 Q4 5,910 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,000 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 365 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,474 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,237 4 0 3233.6
2006 Q3 357 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,321 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,586 7 1 815.3
2005 Q4 2,060 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 257 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 208 5 1 24038.5
2003 Q4 293 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 693 9 5 12987.0
2003 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,448 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,169 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,926 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,502 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,017 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,914 7 3 3657.3
2001 Q3 2,630 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,079 17 5 8177.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 73 1 0 13698.6
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 941 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2010 · 2 incidents

August 18, 2010 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Progressive Contracting Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Washing service truck, foot slipped due to wet conditions, fell, cutting left elbow on rock

August 17, 2010 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Progressive Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While removing a bolt from excavator track frame, ratchet caught the glove on left hand tearing about 3/4" square of skin between thumb and point finger, requiring stitches.

2008 · 2 incidents

June 26, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Progressive Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Driver of water truck was going down an incline when the clutch disk disintigrated causing a small piece of metal to hit him on the lower right leg between the knee and ankle. This required an x-ray and five stitches.

April 14, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Progressive Contracting Inc · Fall from machine

While exiting truck to talk to his wife who was driving a truck behind him, he slipped and fell on butt, cracking his tailbone and scuffing his elbow slightly.

1999 · 2 incidents

September 22, 1999 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Progressive Contracting Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING A TRACTOR DOZER TO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE PIT HIGHWALL EDGE. APPEARS THE OPERTOR LOST CONTROL WHEN THE MACHINE'S RIGHT TRACK. WENT OFF THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL TO REST ON IT SIDE A PPROX. FIFTY FEET DOWN THE HIGHWALL FACE. THE UNKNOWN IS THE OPERATOR WAS USING A FUNCTIONAL SEATBELT AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

April 7, 1999 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Progressive Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINISHED FUELING EQUIPMENT, WAS ROLLING UP FUEL HOSE, NOZZLE FLIPPED AND O RING WIRE CAUGHT AND RIPPED RIGHT EAR.

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The full compliance file on Primary #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.