The employee was last seen on top of the tower and determined to be missing. The employee was found in a pipe traveling from the cyclone discharge box to the thickener tank. Investigation has revealed that the employee traveled outside the provided safe access to the cyclone discharge box. It is not yet determined how the employee entered the pipe.
Kilgore Contracting operator
Controlled by
Summit Materials LLC
MSHA operator ID: L01838
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,128
citations
258
significant & substantial
$523,612
proposed penalties
$472,739
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50,874 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
763
inspections on record
10,623
inspection hours
10.6
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.1,128 citations across 10,623 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$524K
proposed penalties
$481K
current assessed
$473K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
1,098 assessments are final orders; 21 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 15 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 21 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 19 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- INUNDATION 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
8
2025
4
2024
8
2023
6
2022
4
2021
4 (1f)
2020
3
2019
1
2018
3
2017
2
2016
6
2015
3
2013
3
2012
2
2011
3
2005
2
2004
1
2002
2
1998
3
1997
1
1996
1
1995
2
1994
1
1989
1
1988
1
1986
1
Mines on record
- Benjamin UT
- Pit #1 43rd Ave AZ
- HIGHLAND PIT UT
- Crusher 3 UT
- Plant 1 Avondale AZ
- Stockton Pit UT
- Bluffdale Pit UT
- Portable Crusher Unit F WY
- West Valley UT
- Walker Sand & Gravel ID
- MONA PIT UT
- Portable Crusher Unit B ID
- Sierra Ready Mix Quarry NV
- Parley's Stone UT
- Hyrum Pit UT
- Little Mountain UT
- Gentry Pit ID
- Bauer Pit UT
- Crusher 1 CO
- Crusher 2 CO
- Washplant 4 CO
- Crusher #6 CO
- Track Plant 1 CO
- CEDAR RAPIDS PLANT #3 CO
- CEDARAPIDS PLANT #2X310 CO
- 1976 PIONEER PLANT #1 CO
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
Sierra Ready Mix · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower
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