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Primary #1: 151 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Russell Limb
St. George, Washington County, UT  ·  Abandoned
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.
See Progressive Contracting Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
19.2%
significant & substantial
12.6%
high negligence or reckless
19.2%
reasonably likely or greater
67.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.6% low, 72.8% moderate, 12.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2023-02-16, 3 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz92 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.12 1.05 1.07 Backhoe Operator
2001-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.89 0.62 3.05 Shovel Operator
2023-02-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2021-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2021-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2014-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 2.01 0.18 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2009-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.17 1.7 0.69 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2001-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.32 0.66 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.47 0.60 Bulldozer Operator
2001-12-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.68 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 0.97 0.76 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Primary #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.

Injury rate, 2020
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 0.81 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. B P Development Inc 1992 to 1993
  2. Progressive Contracting Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 2
2023 2
2022 4
2021 7
2020 9
2019 11
2018 11
2017 16
2016 16
2015 12
2014 11
2013 10
2012 9
2011 8
2010 9
2009 4
2008 9
2007 8
2006 23
2005 3
2004 2
2003 3
2002 7
2001 5
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Primary #1 sits in Washington 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.
Washington County, Utah · Population 189,827
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,411
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
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
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 888 3 1 3378.4
2023 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
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 8 3 1682.1
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.