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Sorensen Pit: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Washington City, Washington County, UT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4202267

Sorensen Pit has $7K 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
3
Years on record
2003–2026
Latest incident
Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,332
proposed penalties
$7,030
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Western Rock Products's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
473
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: 473 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sorensen Pit has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-29.
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.
16.0%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.0% low, 72.0% moderate, 2.0% 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: 2026-06-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2026-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.91 0.46 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.71 0.18 Bobcat Operator
2023-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Washer Operator
2019-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2014-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Sorensen Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.89 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 4.14 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Western Rock Products Inc 1999 to 2002
  2. Western Rock Products 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 29
2025 27
2024 36
2023 29
2022 36
2021 25
2020 33
2019 22
2018 27
2017 8
2016 7
2015 8
2014 4
2012 4
2011 3
2010 2
2009 4
2008 2
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 3
2003 3
2002 1
2001 0
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sorensen Pit sits in Washington 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.
Washington County, Utah · Population 189,827
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,411
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 14,276 2 0 140.1
2026 Q1 12,089 1 1 82.7
2025 Q4 12,701 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 13,645 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,647 1 0 79.1
2025 Q1 7,373 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,979 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12,351 1 0 81.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 13,315 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 13,615 3 1 220.3
2023 Q4 12,244 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,344 1 0 119.8
2023 Q2 6,334 3 0 473.6
2023 Q1 10,967 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,139 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,505 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,609 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,717 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,799 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,945 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,173 1 0 239.6
2021 Q1 10,751 3 1 279.0
2020 Q4 5,633 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,630 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,614 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 8,303 1 0 120.4
2019 Q4 3,944 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,682 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,265 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,831 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,579 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,046 1 0 247.2
2018 Q2 8,547 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,617 1 0 216.6
2017 Q4 2,693 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,335 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,056 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,672 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,218 1 0 450.9
2016 Q3 2,231 1 0 448.2
2016 Q2 2,431 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,062 3 1 1454.9
2015 Q4 2,155 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,843 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,373 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,458 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,796 4 1 2227.2
2014 Q3 1,976 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 800 2 1 2500.0
2014 Q1 793 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,343 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,437 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 855 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,176 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,371 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,698 1 0 588.9
2011 Q1 707 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 979 1 0 1021.5
2010 Q2 1,233 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,223 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,917 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 979 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,386 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 587 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,300 6 1 4615.4
2007 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,265 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,311 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 956 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 969 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,050 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 852 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,276 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,226 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,567 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,123 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,281 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,360 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 520 1 0 1923.1
2003 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,504 1 0 664.9
2003 Q2 2,259 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,465 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 1 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 283 2 0 7067.1
2000 Q3 1,206 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,875 4 1 2133.3
2000 Q1 4,514 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2026 · 1 incident

June 22, 2026 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pulling on a roller frame when it came out of the conveyor frame. It subsequently hit EE in the face, causing a laceration.

2024 · 1 incident

June 10, 2024 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Rock Products · Struck by falling object

EE, a loader operator, was working on a guard above EE's head this morning and a bunch of powdery dirt fell off the belt frame above EE's head and hit EE in the face. It got around EE's safety glasses and got some in EE's eyes.

2003 · 1 incident

February 25, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO WORKERS WERE LIFTING LEGS TO A CONVEYOR BELT TO TURN THEM OVER AND HOOK A CRANE ON TO THEM TO PUT THEM IN PLACE. WHEN THE LUGS WERE ABOUT CHEST HIGHT RYINT TO CHANGE POSITIONS WITH HIS ARM S AND HANDS THE WORKER FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. ABOUT 200 LBS.