Mining Incidents

QUALITY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

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 file

2008 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal pumper FIRE
Suncore Construction and Materials Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

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.

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.