Mining Incidents

West Valley Metal/Non-Metal

Kilgore Contracting · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
West Valley, Salt Lake County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4201980

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2008–2024
Latest incident
Dec 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
113
citations
38
significant & substantial
$148,230
proposed penalties
$120,430
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 4,544 3 1 660.2
2025 Q3 1,239 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,024 3 1 498.0
2024 Q3 6,683 1 0 149.6
2024 Q1 3,134 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 723 1 1 1383.1
2023 Q2 3,951 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

6 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

December 5, 2024 UT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kilgore Contracting · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was standing on ladder to check progress of the Maintenance work being completed when a co-worker pulled out the screen unaware of EE's hand placement on the ladder. The screen caught EE's finger pulling back EE's left pointer finger nail

July 8, 2024 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kilgore Contracting · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was installing a troughing Roller on Cone feed 1 belt and when EE was pushing new roller set into position troughing roller flipped up pinching EE's hand between the frame and the roller causing a laceration to EE's thumb

2023 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2023 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kilgore Contracting · Fall from ladders

EE rolled left ankle when descending down the control room ladder.

August 10, 2023 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Kilgore Contracting · Struck by flying object

Employee was cleaning the magnet when the wind blew and dust and Metal shavings got behind EE's safety glasses and into EE's eyes

2012 · 1 incident

January 30, 2012 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kilgore Contracting · Struck against a moving object

An employee operating a Komatsu dozer was pushing an ripping material on a downward grade, somehow the dozer slid sideways and continued to slide 35 feet off a 27 ft high embankment. The equipment rolled one revolution and landed back on its tracks. 911 was called, and then the employee was life flighted from the scene to the University of Utah Hospital.

2008 · 1 incident

August 2, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Harper Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

The employee was retrieving a piece of metal (flipper tooth) from a jaw crusher by cutting the tooth with a torch. When most of the tooth was cut, the jae closed a little bit and shot the tooth into the face of the employee.