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Stardust Claims: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Dunbar Stone Co Inc · Surface
Controlled by Frances F Dunbar
Eskdale, Millard County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2602505

Stardust Claims has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Oct 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,316
proposed penalties
$1,316
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Dunbar Stone Co Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
24
inspections on record
229
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: 229 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stardust Claims has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $848 in penalties contested before the Commission, $648 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-18.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
9.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.3% low, 72.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 64% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 14%
  • Stood as issued 5 · 71%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 14%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$848 proposed, $648 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 2024-02-27.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2024-0146 Default 2024 $588 → $588
WEST 2008-150M Settlement Manning 2008 $100 → $0
WEST 2008-275M Withdrawal Lesnick 2008 $100 → $0
WEST 2007-356M Default Lesnick 2008 $60 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2013-09-26, 12 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hand Loader
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. Dunbar Stone Co Inc 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 2
2023 4
2022 3
2021 1
2020 0
2019 0
2018 2
2017 1
2016 0
2015 2
2014 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 4
2003 5
2002 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stardust Claims sits in Millard County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Millard County, Utah · Population 13,179
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$70,877
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 288 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,192 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 912 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,544 4 0 2590.7
2023 Q3 280 1 0 3571.4
2023 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 360 1 0 2777.8
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 552 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 768 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 563 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 521 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 321 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 186 3 0 16129.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 525 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 1 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 2,265 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,138 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,522 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 2,065 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,760 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,880 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,225 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

October 25, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunbar Stone Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING ASHLAR STYLE QUARTZITE STONE. HE HAD COMPLETED THE PALLET AND WAS PICKING UP HIS TOOLS WHEN THE EDGE OF THE STONE FELL OVER PINNING HIS HAND TO THE GROUND. WHEN HE PULLED HIS HAND FREE THE STONE CUT HIM. THE ACCOUNT I HAVE IS FROM THE SPLITTER HIMSELF. NO ONE SAW WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL HE WAS FREE.