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WR Portable Wash Plant # 1: 72 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Big Water, Kane County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201122

WR Portable Wash Plant # 1 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
26
significant & substantial
$19,035
proposed penalties
$14,149
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,886 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Western Rock Products's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
596
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: 596 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WR Portable Wash Plant # 1 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 outstanding across 2 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$10
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-05-17.
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.
37.7%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
36.2%
reasonably likely or greater
79.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.4% none, 10.1% low, 85.5% moderate, 2.9% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $6K 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 2022-07-26.
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 2009-625M Settlement Manning 2010 $10K → $6K
WEST 2022-0290 Dismissal Simonton 2022 $716 → $0
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: 2014-08-12, 12 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz85 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Arsenic dust1
  • Beryllium dust1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.95 0.36 2.64 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.24 0.36 3.44 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 0.82 1.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.06 0.67 3.07 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.83 0.41 4.46 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-08-12 Vanadium dust 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Cadmium dust & salts 0 200 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Chromium, soluble 0.09 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Cobalt dust 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Copper dust and mist 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Lead, inorganic dust 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Manganese dust 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Molybdenum dust 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Nickel dust & salts 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Arsenic dust 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-12 Beryllium dust 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.37 0.92 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Bulldozer Operator
2003-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.36 0.78 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.57 0.56 Scraper Operator
2001-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-03-28, 9 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2017-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 MP PROD TRANSFER
2014-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 MP WASH/SCREENING
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. Kocjan Associates Inc 1950 to 1998
  2. Hancock Materials Inc 1998 to 2007
  3. Western Rock Products 2007 to present
  4. Staker & Parson Co. 2013 to 2014
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 0
2022 2
2021 2
2020 6
2019 6
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 3
2013 6
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 5
2006 7
2005 8
2004 5
2003 4
2002 5
2001 3
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WR Portable Wash Plant # 1 sits in Kane County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Kane County, Utah · Population 7,996
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$75,000
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
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 457 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 810 3 1 3703.7
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 87 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 797 6 1 7528.2
2020 Q2 1,711 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,582 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 885 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,558 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,317 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 101 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 538 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 902 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 671 2 0 2980.6
2016 Q2 867 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 545 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8 1 0 125000.0
2014 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,008 1 0 992.1
2013 Q3 1,922 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,898 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 239 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 219 1 0 4566.2
2012 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3
2010 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 412 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 118 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 332 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,300 1 1 769.2
2007 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,864 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,233 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,843 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,035 4 0 1318.0
2006 Q2 3,928 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,874 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,321 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,287 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 598 3 0 5016.7
2004 Q4 1,715 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,626 4 1 1523.2
2004 Q2 1,265 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 318 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,174 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,204 1 0 453.7
2003 Q2 263 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,949 4 2 2052.3
2002 Q2 1,801 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,131 11 5 5161.9
2001 Q4 1,765 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,380 1 0 420.2
2001 Q2 602 2 0 3322.3
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 754 1 0 1326.3
2000 Q3 2,806 2 2 712.8
2000 Q2 2,494 15 9 6014.4
2000 Q1 2,232 3 0 1344.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

May 8, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hancock Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE CLIMBING UP TO INSPECT SOURCES OF SPILLAGE, EE SLIPPED AND LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING INTO STEEL FRAME. KNOCKED HIS RIGHT SHIN ON IT. WAS NOT USING THE LADDER (AND SHOULD HAVE).

2002 · 1 incident

January 7, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hancock Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IT WAS A CLEAR MONDAY MORNING. EE CAME FROM 2 DAYS OFF. HE WAS INSPECTING EQUIPMENT PREPARING TO START UP FOR THE DAY & HE CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE DOOR.

1986 · 1 incident