Mining Incidents

Sorensen Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Shannon Sorensen
West Jordan, Salt Lake County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201113

Sorensen Sand & Gravel has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $133 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
159
citations
39
significant & substantial
$34,874
proposed penalties
$32,746
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,128 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
854
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: 854 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 Sand & Gravel has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $133 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$133
outstanding
159 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-15.
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
2021 Q4 3,374 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,007 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,264 2 1 379.9
2021 Q1 3,218 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,749 3 1 800.2
2020 Q3 6,121 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,355 3 0 472.1
2020 Q1 3,754 1 0 266.4
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 3,695 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,025 2 0 398.0
2019 Q2 5,102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,334 1 0 299.9
2018 Q4 3,136 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,199 2 0 476.3
2018 Q2 4,964 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,291 2 0 607.7
2017 Q4 3,768 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,455 5 0 1122.3
2017 Q2 4,436 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,168 12 1 3787.9
2016 Q4 3,143 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,575 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,948 3 1 606.3
2016 Q1 4,128 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,042 20 5 6574.6
2015 Q3 3,972 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,315 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,327 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,052 3 1 1462.0
2014 Q3 3,543 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,823 4 2 1416.9
2014 Q1 2,659 3 0 1128.2
2013 Q4 2,352 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,251 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,388 3 1 683.7
2013 Q1 2,342 2 1 854.0
2012 Q4 2,789 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,370 1 0 296.7
2012 Q2 2,707 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,523 3 1 851.5
2011 Q4 4,302 1 0 232.5
2011 Q3 4,418 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,760 4 0 1063.8
2011 Q1 3,098 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,734 1 0 267.8
2010 Q3 3,420 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,597 3 1 834.0
2010 Q1 3,643 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,050 2 0 493.8
2009 Q3 4,728 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,406 1 0 227.0
2009 Q1 3,874 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,823 9 3 1866.1
2008 Q3 5,391 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,593 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,445 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,871 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,162 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,056 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,595 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,748 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,143 1 0 241.4
2006 Q2 4,041 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,295 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,385 1 0 295.4
2005 Q3 4,166 8 5 1920.3
2005 Q2 2,826 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,540 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,366 7 1 2079.6
2004 Q3 3,953 4 2 1011.9
2004 Q2 2,882 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,257 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,863 6 3 2095.7
2003 Q3 3,584 6 2 1674.1
2003 Q2 3,053 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,980 4 2 1342.3
2002 Q4 3,596 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,980 7 1 1758.8
2002 Q2 3,750 3 0 800.0
2002 Q1 3,576 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,015 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,230 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,678 10 3 2718.9
2001 Q1 2,754 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,344 1 1 299.0
2000 Q2 3,452 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,019 4 0 1981.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

August 7, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sorensen Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS TAKING A3SCREEN PLANT APART FOR TRANSPORT HE REMOVED THE BOLT HOLDING THE HOPPER TOGETHER AND THE WIND WALL FELL ON H IM

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