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: 521 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
South Pelican has $124K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$124K
proposed penalties
$108K
current assessed
$108K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $25K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-13.
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.
15citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
15 · 100%
25%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
62%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$25K proposed, $10K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2025-02-25.
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: 2026-04-14
38%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz93 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2023-05-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.19
0.65
1.83
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.77
0.64
1.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.24
1.2
1.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.57
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.6
0.33
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.03
0.31
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2019-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.62
0.53
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Backhoe Operator
2018-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.74
0.51
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
South Pelican 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 1.92 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 *
11.59
2.90
0.000
2023 *
2.98
0.00
0.000
2022 *
3.33
0.00
0.000
2021 *
4.21
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
9.25
9.25
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
27
2025
33
2024
29
2023
34
2022
30
2021
28
2020
23
2019
19
2018
10
2017
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
South Pelican 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
17,926
4
1
223.1
2026 Q1
15,266
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
21,274
8
3
376.0
2025 Q3
20,014
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
18,450
12
4
650.4
2025 Q1
21,661
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
18,672
7
1
374.9
2024 Q3
14,084
0
0
0.0
Show 28 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
19,904
7
1
351.7
2024 Q1
16,383
10
2
610.4
2023 Q4
15,300
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
20,802
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
17,547
11
5
626.9
2023 Q1
13,454
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
14,725
19
2
1290.3
2022 Q3
17,572
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
14,750
4
0
271.2
2022 Q1
12,969
10
1
771.1
2021 Q4
15,662
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
12,495
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
10,907
4
0
366.7
2021 Q1
8,449
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
11,309
3
0
265.3
2020 Q3
11,095
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
11,445
3
1
262.1
2020 Q1
9,776
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
10,393
2
1
192.4
2019 Q3
9,358
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
8,266
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,187
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
7,749
5
3
645.2
2018 Q3
6,889
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,615
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,368
1
0
296.9
2017 Q4
2,897
1
0
345.2
2017 Q3
2,375
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2024 · 4 incidents
July 7, 2024UT · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee's radio fell off EE's belt but the mic was still attached to EE's collar. the cord pulled the stretched and retracted the radio. the radio flew back and broke the employee's tooth.
May 13, 2024UT · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee received flash burns to their eyes while wielding. The PPE they were wearing was insufficient to protect their eyes. They experienced discomfort to their eyes and was treated for minor eye irritation at the ER and released back to work the same day.
Employee was standing inside of wash plan sand screw installing a chute. the employee lost footing and stumbled backwards. They reached up to grab something to stop them from falling. They grabbed the chute they were working on and pulled it down on top of their leg. It resulted in a laceration that required sutures. Employee was treated and released with no restrictions.
CMC Rock, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was lifting a pump part after disassembly and it slipped out of EE's left hand pinching EE's right index finger between the part and an edge on the pump housing. Treatment required finger surgery.
2018 · 1 incident
June 1, 2018UT · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee climbed onto conveyor to make a repair without following lock-out tag-out procedures and when conveyor started EE fell off injuring left forearm.