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Willard Pit: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

H & K Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Richard G Thurgood
Willard, Box Elder County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202421

Willard Pit has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2005–2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
23
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,235
proposed penalties
$2,235
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See H & K Sand & Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
21
inspections on record
210
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: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Willard Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-08.
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.
4.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
4.3%
reasonably likely or greater
69.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.1% low, 73.9% 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: 2010-08-03, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.29 0.59 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.46 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.5 0.42 Bulldozer Operator
2009-10-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.64 0.42 Backhoe Operator
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.37 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.68 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.27 0.70 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.34 0.82 Bulldozer 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. H & K Sand & Gravel 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 2
2010 3
2009 6
2008 5
2007 5
2006 4
2005 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Willard Pit sits in Box Elder County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Box Elder County, Utah · Population 59,725
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,865
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
2011 Q4 550 2 0 3636.4
2011 Q3 907 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,284 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 730 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,687 1 0 592.8
2010 Q3 1,561 2 0 1281.2
2010 Q2 1,501 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,472 3 1 2038.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 2,332 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,915 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,359 2 0 847.8
2009 Q1 2,435 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,730 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,450 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,898 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,548 4 0 2584.0
2007 Q4 2,718 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,764 3 0 1085.4
2007 Q2 2,318 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,974 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,040 4 0 1960.8
2006 Q3 2,370 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,266 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,270 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,097 2 0 953.7
2005 Q3 2,051 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 19, 2009 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & K Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Changing the track pads on the dozer and smashed right thumb with a track pad.

2005 · 1 incident

December 14, 2005 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
H & K Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

Exiting front endloader, stepped on ground and rolled ankle on rock.