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: 236 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rim Mine has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-02-25.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 47% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 100%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
36%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2009-04-17.
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: 2009-02-25, 17 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Diesel particulate (total carbon)75 over
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
TC as EC @ 3501
Show the individual readings (26)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-02-25
TC @ 160
347
160
2.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-25
EC @ 160
297
160
1.86
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-10-29
TC @ 160
171
160
1.07
Truck Driver
2008-10-29
TC @ 160
710
160
4.44
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-10-29
EC @ 160
521
160
3.26
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-10
TC @ 160
388
160
2.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-10
EC @ 160
498
160
3.11
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-10
TC @ 160
625
160
3.91
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-10
EC @ 160
346
160
2.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-25
TC from EC @ 160
0
160
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-10-29
TC from EC @ 160
0
160
0.00
Truck Driver
2008-10-29
EC @ 160
126
160
0.79
Truck Driver
2008-10-29
TC @ 160
6
160
0.04
Truck Driver
2008-10-29
TC from EC @ 160
0
160
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-10-29
TC from EC @ 160
0
160
0.00
Truck Driver
2008-10-29
EC @ 160
6
160
0.04
Truck Driver
2008-09-10
TC from EC @ 160
0
160
0.00
Truck Driver
2008-09-10
TC @ 160
125
160
0.78
Truck Driver
2008-09-10
TC from EC @ 160
0
160
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-10
TC from EC @ 160
0
160
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-10
EC @ 160
111
160
0.69
Truck Driver
2008-04-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.63
0.24
Miner, Drift
2008-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2008-04-02
TCarbon @ 350
0
350
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-04-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1
0.18
Miner, Drift
2008-04-02
TC as EC @ 350
29.46
350
0.08
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
4
2008
16
2006
0
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rim Mine sits in San Juan County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 4.9% 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.
San Juan County, Utah · Population 14,466
4.9%
Mining share of county employment
$54,890
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
Injured & his partner were on a 6 x 6 raft and pulling themselves toward the dewater pump to do the monthly P.M. The partner pulled on the rope used to move them forward when the raft tipped sideways. The injured worker grabbed the wall to support himself and in doing so injured his right hand. The water is 12" deep.
EE was pulling a 40ft piece of plastic pipe when he felt pain in his left knee. He had previously injured this knee on May 13,08 at the topaz mine. He was sent for an assessment and has been refered to a specialist as there was no sign of injury. NOTE: this is a reoccurence of the previous injury, we have the worker on restricted duty until further assessment.