Mining Incidents

Richfield Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Richfield, Sevier County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202575

Richfield Pit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
47
citations
18
significant & substantial
$12,400
proposed penalties
$12,400
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
27
inspections on record
414
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: 414 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Richfield Pit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-16.
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 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 408 1 0 2451.0
2025 Q1 413 4 1 9685.2
2024 Q4 343 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 399 1 0 2506.3
2024 Q2 452 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 413 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 373 1 0 2681.0
2022 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 411 1 0 2433.1
2022 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 513 2 0 3898.6
2021 Q4 471 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 341 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 429 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 455 1 1 2197.8
2020 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 378 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 447 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 481 4 0 8316.0
2019 Q3 327 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 474 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 426 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 448 1 1 2232.1
2018 Q3 338 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 425 2 2 4705.9
2018 Q1 542 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 223 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 437 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 197 4 1 20304.6
2016 Q3 156 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 259 4 1 15444.0
2015 Q3 214 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 423 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 687 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 481 3 1 6237.0
2014 Q3 346 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 332 1 1 3012.0
2013 Q3 467 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 637 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 267 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 548 1 1 1824.8
2012 Q3 309 2 1 6472.5
2012 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 343 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 272 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 90 14 7 155555.6

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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