Miner was using a fire extinguisher to put out a rag fire in a cabinet of a service truck and inhaled some of the chemical from the extinguisher. The fire started from a grinding spark flying into an open cabinet. The miner noticed the smoke while operating his loader and ran over and put it out. The fire was small and put out in a matter of a couple minutes.
QUALITY PIT Metal/Non-Metal
Suncore Construction and Materials Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
CCI (Clyde Companies Inc)
Cedar City,
Iron County,
UT
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4200366
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2007–2008
- Latest incident
- Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
16
significant & substantial
$18,373
proposed penalties
$18,192
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 9,781 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 10,978 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 11,678 | 5 | 0 | 428.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 5,954 | 4 | 0 | 671.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 10,891 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 10,436 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 375 | 1 | 0 | 2666.7 |
| 2023 Q4 | 10,070 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2008 · 2 incidents
Suncore Construction and Materials Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
July 30, 2008
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Suncore Construction and Materials Inc. · Struck by falling object
Two miners were lifting a roll of geo grid into a loader bucket. The roll slipped out of one miner's hands and caused the other miner to lose his grip and drop the roll of geo grid on his foot. The miner broke the big toe on his left foot.
2007 · 1 incident
June 27, 2007
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Suncore Construction and Materials Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Miner was helping a mechanic finish repairs on a GenSet. He was installing the raincap on the exhaust stack. He was pushing down and wiggling the cap and the cap slipped on suddenly pinching the miners finger (middle) cutting the tip of it off.