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Washplant: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Chapman Materials · Surface
Altamont, Uintah County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202246

Washplant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $700 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1999–2003
Latest incident
Dec 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
66
citations
19
significant & substantial
$8,104
proposed penalties
$7,404
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $700 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Chapman Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
23
inspections on record
351
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: 351 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Washplant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $700 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$700
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-05-03.
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.
28.8%
significant & substantial
1.5%
high negligence or reckless
28.8%
reasonably likely or greater
84.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 93.9% moderate, 1.5% 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: 2010-11-02, 15 years ago
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz33 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-08-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.26 1.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.24 2.42 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-08-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.95 0.44 2.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-02 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.

Washplant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.54 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.
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. Ned B Mitchell Inc 1999 to 2005
  2. Nile Chapman Construction Inc 2005 to 2010
  3. R Chapman Construction 2010 to 2014
  4. Chapman Materials 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 0
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 7
2008 8
2007 7
2006 4
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Washplant sits in Uintah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 12.5% 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.
Uintah County, Utah · Population 36,458
12.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,861
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
2018 Q2 556 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 336 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 271 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 415 6 1 14457.8
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 519 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 3 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 2 0
2015 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 141 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 2,439 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,462 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,459 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,558 2 1 562.1
2011 Q3 1,857 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 685 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,896 3 2 1582.3
2010 Q3 2,319 1 0 431.2
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,883 6 3 3186.4
2009 Q3 3,301 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,762 2 0 531.6
2009 Q1 4,536 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,840 4 0 684.9
2008 Q3 5,553 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,428 1 0 134.6
2008 Q1 4,851 4 0 824.6
2007 Q4 4,197 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,900 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,452 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,054 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,899 3 1 1034.8
2006 Q3 3,683 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,247 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,485 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,125 4 1 3555.6
2005 Q3 4,575 10 8 2185.8
2005 Q2 3,988 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,314 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,572 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,268 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,389 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,688 4 1 1488.1
2003 Q4 1,790 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,696 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,832 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,947 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 795 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 821 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,585 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,014 7 1 2322.5
2001 Q4 2,443 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,548 4 0 1569.9
2000 Q4 2,346 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,623 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,153 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 4 incidents

December 4, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ned B Mitchell Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS FIXING BELT ON CRUSHER, WAS TIGHTENING BOLT,PULLED HARD ON WRENCH, CAME OFF & HIT HIS FOREHEAD.

October 31, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ned B Mitchell Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK, SLIPPED OFF TOP STEP ON FUEL TANK, CAUGHT 2ND STEP WITH LEFT FOOT AND HYPEREXTENDED LEFT KNEE.

October 6, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ned B Mitchell Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND CRUSHER.

January 31, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ned B Mitchell Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SACKS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

November 8, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ned B Mitchell Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING THE GRIZZLY ON TOP OF THE JAW FEEDER WHEN A METAL PARTICLEGOT IN HIS EYE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

1999 · 1 incident

September 22, 1999 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ned B Mitchell Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TEARING DOWN ROCK CRUSHER; A BACKHOE PULLED A CONVEYOR BELT AROUND, AND THE BELT HIT EE IN THE HEAD.