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West Valley Pit: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

West Valley City, Salt Lake County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202087

West Valley Pit has $599 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
3
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Dec 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$599
proposed penalties
$599
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Geneva Rock Products Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
4
inspections on record
67
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: 67 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Valley Pit has $599 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$599
proposed penalties
$599
current assessed
$599
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-24.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2025-09-22
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-10-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.82 0.17 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
  1. Pioneer Sand & Gravel 1993 to 1995
  2. Geneva Rock Products Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 6
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 0
2011 4
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

West Valley Pit sits in Salt Lake County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Salt Lake County, Utah · Population 1,184,689
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$94,658
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 3,630 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,983 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,216 1 0 451.3
2025 Q3 1,375 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 865 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,293 2 1 872.2
2024 Q4 3,121 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 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 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 350 1 0 2857.1
2011 Q3 836 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

December 10, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Geneva Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED WHILE PUTTING HOSE IN SLURRY TANK. GRABBED WITH ARM TO STABILIZE AND HURT SHOULDER.

1996 · 1 incident

April 10, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Geneva Rock Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

LOST FOOTING AND SLIPPED HITTING ELBOW ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.