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: 884 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
QUALITY PIT has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $362 in penalties contested before the Commission, $181 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-28.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$362 proposed, $181 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-10-28.
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.
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: 2025-05-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.93
0.19
Cleanup Man
2022-12-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-12-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
1.21
0.50
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-12-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-09-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
0.77
0.64
Backhoe Operator
2017-08-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
0.99
0.44
Truck Driver
2017-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2010-04-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.18
0.22
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.38
0.12
Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-07-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.93
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.78
0.24
Bulldozer Operator
2003-07-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.89
0.14
Truck Driver
2003-07-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2015-09-29, 10 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2015-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
MP WASH/SCREEN
2015-09-29
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.
QUALITY PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.89 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
15
2025
16
2024
16
2023
14
2022
14
2021
13
2020
16
2019
11
2018
11
2017
9
2016
10
2015
8
2014
8
2013
9
2012
18
2011
18
2010
12
2009
14
2008
15
2007
10
2006
11
2005
10
2004
7
2003
8
2002
6
2001
8
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
QUALITY PIT sits in Iron County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Iron County, Utah · Population 60,201
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$65,527
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
Miner was using a fire extinguisher to put out a rag fire in a cabinet of a service truck and inhaled some of the chemical from the extinguisher. The fire started from a grinding spark flying into an open cabinet. The miner noticed the smoke while operating his loader and ran over and put it out. The fire was small and put out in a matter of a couple minutes.
July 30, 2008UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Two miners were lifting a roll of geo grid into a loader bucket. The roll slipped out of one miner's hands and caused the other miner to lose his grip and drop the roll of geo grid on his foot. The miner broke the big toe on his left foot.
2007 · 1 incident
June 27, 2007UT · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was helping a mechanic finish repairs on a GenSet. He was installing the raincap on the exhaust stack. He was pushing down and wiggling the cap and the cap slipped on suddenly pinching the miners finger (middle) cutting the tip of it off.
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