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Rocky Ridge Pit: 28 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

VanCon, Inc. · Surface
Elberta, Utah County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202475

Rocky Ridge Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 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 2007
28
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,617
proposed penalties
$3,315
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
14
inspections on record
165
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: 165 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rocky Ridge Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-07.
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.
3.6%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
3.6%
reasonably likely or greater
39.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.6% low, 67.9% moderate, 28.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2025-01-29
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-01-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-01-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Bulldozer 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.
Ownership history
  1. Vanrok, LLC 2007 to 2011
  2. VanCon, Inc. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 6
2024 4
2023 6
2022 4
2021 2
2018 0
2017 0
2016 2
2015 1
2014 0
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rocky Ridge Pit sits in Utah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
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
ⓘ 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
2026 Q2 262 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 436 2 0 4587.2
2025 Q4 781 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 436 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 344 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,158 3 1 2590.7
2024 Q4 332 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 738 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 762 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 659 2 0 3034.9
2023 Q1 790 3 0 3797.5
2022 Q4 735 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 683 4 0 5856.5
2022 Q2 363 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 665 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 241 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 336 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 231 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 1 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 30 2 0 66666.7
2015 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 103 4 0 38835.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 968 1 0 1033.1
2011 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 39 3 0 76923.1
2009 Q1 1,313 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,313 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,901 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,689 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,060 3 0 1456.3
2007 Q3 2,954 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,613 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.