Riverside Pit: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Riverside Pit has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
15
citations
8
significant & substantial
$22,347
proposed penalties
$12,130
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,217 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
11
inspections on record
98
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 98 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Riverside Pit has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$22K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.57.1%
significant & substantial
71.4%
high negligence or reckless
57.1%
reasonably likely or greater
64.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 28.6% moderate, 71.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
6
citations taken to the federal commission · 40% of citations on record
- Settled 6 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
17%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$20K proposed, $16K 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 2008-01-25.
Contested penalties
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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.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST 2008-367 | Settlement | Manning | 2011 | $20K → $16K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Ron Foster Construction 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Riverside Pit sits in Utah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Utah County, Utah · Population 683,622
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$96,877
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 590 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 39215.7 |
| 2002 Q3 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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.