Temple View Pit: 28 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Temple View Pit has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
28
citations
10
significant & substantial
$9,066
proposed penalties
$9,066
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
141
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 141 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Temple View Pit has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.35.7%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
35.7%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 64.3% moderate, 28.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2025-08-14
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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.2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-14 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Bobcat Operator | ||
| 2025-08-14 | 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.
Ownership history
- Mel Clark, Inc. 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Temple View Pit sits in Iron County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Iron County, Utah · Population 60,201
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$65,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,502 | 4 | 1 | 1598.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 831 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q1 | 634 | 1 | 0 | 1577.3 |
| 2023 Q4 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 429 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 183 | 5 | 0 | 27322.4 |
| 2023 Q1 | 784 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 882 | 15 | 9 | 17006.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 358 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 623 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 342 | 1 | 0 | 2924.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 372 | 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.