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QUALITY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Cedar City, Iron County, UT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4200366

QUALITY PIT has $18K 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
3
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
16
significant & substantial
$18,373
proposed penalties
$18,192
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $181 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
872
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: 872 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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 9,781 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,978 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,688 5 0 427.8
2025 Q1 5,954 4 0 671.8
2024 Q4 9,859 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,891 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10,436 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,427 1 0 118.7
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 10,070 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 11,087 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,779 2 1 295.0
2023 Q1 4,361 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,661 6 0 900.8
2022 Q3 7,709 1 0 129.7
2022 Q2 11,500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,633 4 0 863.4
2021 Q4 5,685 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,420 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,038 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,340 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,953 3 0 503.9
2020 Q3 14,067 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 11,800 1 0 84.7
2020 Q1 6,607 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,995 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,931 1 0 112.0
2019 Q2 6,950 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,777 1 0 562.7
2018 Q4 5,125 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,826 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,902 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,848 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,442 1 0 225.1
2017 Q3 5,688 1 0 175.8
2017 Q2 5,442 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,867 1 1 258.6
2016 Q4 4,594 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,677 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,826 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,653 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,971 1 0 251.8
2015 Q3 5,727 2 0 349.2
2015 Q2 4,116 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,523 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,359 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,447 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,489 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,029 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 871 2 0 2296.2
2013 Q1 455 1 0 2197.8
2012 Q4 2,060 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,847 10 5 3512.5
2012 Q2 2,608 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,970 2 0 1015.2
2011 Q4 2,197 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,903 4 0 815.8
2011 Q2 6,113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,858 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,172 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,686 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,847 1 0 541.4
2010 Q1 257 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,944 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,815 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,062 3 0 979.8
2009 Q1 803 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,426 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,644 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,960 14 3 4729.7
2008 Q1 4,135 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,418 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,301 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,463 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,508 1 0 221.8
2006 Q4 6,073 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,371 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,584 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,215 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,612 1 0 276.9
2005 Q3 4,462 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,383 3 0 886.8
2005 Q1 2,548 2 1 784.9
2004 Q4 3,495 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,799 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,666 2 0 545.6
2004 Q1 1,743 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,010 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,590 3 0 835.7
2003 Q2 3,176 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,711 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,865 3 0 1047.1
2002 Q3 4,516 7 3 1550.0
2002 Q2 4,346 1 0 230.1
2002 Q1 2,312 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,101 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,124 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,764 7 1 1469.4
2001 Q1 3,124 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,196 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,514 2 0 443.1
2000 Q2 5,263 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,227 2 1 619.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal pumper FIRE
Suncore Construction and Materials Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

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, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Suncore Construction and Materials Inc. · Struck by falling object

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, 2007 UT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Suncore Construction and Materials Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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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