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: 520 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Red Dome Inc has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 12 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
107 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
Of $32K in penalties contested before the Commission, $17K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-14.
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.
38citations taken to the federal commission · 33% of citations on record
Settled
25 · 66%
Stood as issued
13 · 34%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 21 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
53%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$32K proposed, $15K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-09-21.
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: 2006-06-21, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-06-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.6
0.47
Supervisor, Co. Official
2006-06-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.52
0.32
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-08-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
2.46
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
Crusher Oper/Worker
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2015-10-14, 10 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2015-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Komatsu WA500
2015-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher control towe
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.
Red Dome Inc recorded 18.66 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
18.66
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.95 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.
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
2015
3
2014
7
2013
3
2012
1
2011
3
2010
5
2009
4
2008
3
2007
5
2006
5
2005
10
2004
6
2003
8
2002
6
2001
6
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Red Dome Inc sits in Millard County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Millard County, Utah · Population 13,179
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$70,877
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
Driver asked for a short shift for some personal time, he was in a hurry, he geared up to cross the flat and instead of slowing down and then gearing down, he took it out of gear and was pressing hard to place it in a lower gear while he was going down the hill. He hit the brakes, but not enough distance to stop. He hit protective berm which stopped truck.
February 11, 2005UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
With a hand shovel, and not wearing gloves, ee scouped up a shovel full and swung forward and with his bare right hand hit a piece of metal, slicing the skin requiring 5 stitches.
1998 · 1 incident
December 10, 1998UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WELDING ON BAGGER FROM LADDER, LADDER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL.
1997 · 3 incidents
September 22, 1997UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Dome Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS MOVING THE FORKS ON THE FORK LIFT-HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE FORK AND IT CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT HAND-HIS RING GOT CAUGHT WHEN HE TRIED TO MOVE HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY. HIS POINTER-FI NGER WAS HURT THE WORST.
June 23, 1997UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
WORKING AT ROCK CRUSHER - BELT WAS STUCK & EE GOT THE BELT ATO WORKING - BUT BECAUSE IT HAS SNOWED & WAS ICY, HE SLIPPED & HIS HIS HEAD ON FRAME. HE HAD A HARD HAT ON BUT HIT JUST BELOW HAT, T HE FALL CAUSED HIS HARD HAT TO PUSH UP CAUSING INJURY TO MORE OF HIS HEAD. HE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CRUSHER & WASN'T TO BE WORKING UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY.