Mining Incidents

Chalk Hills Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Karen Palmer
Emery, Emery County, UT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4202077

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
115
citations
25
significant & substantial
$15,652
proposed penalties
$15,652
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 15,471 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,029 2 0 181.3
2025 Q2 17,334 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,613 1 0 276.8
2024 Q4 18,001 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 17,539 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,508 2 1 797.4
2023 Q3 1,672 7 0 4186.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 14, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was shrink wrapping a pallet with a weed burner and for some unknown reason he burned himself and was found by a co-worker in a serious burn condition. He is burned over 36% of his body including left arm, which has been amputated, and his right upper arm, chest and face. The cause of death was mucomuyosis (fungal infection).

Reportable incidents

15 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2025 · 2 incidents

January 27, 2025 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was putting a safety brace on a mill door. EE didn't have the 2 pins in place that holds the brace in place causing the brace to fall back striking EE's forehead. EE's hard hat was taken off minutes before the accident and would have most likely taken the hit. Instead, the brace struck EE's forehead.

January 7, 2025 UT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE was lining up a bulky bag strap. When EE stepped off the bag, EE's foot slipped causing EE to fall to the bag below.

2024 · 1 incident

April 26, 2024 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was adjusting air pressure on an air ram when the ram suddenly came down and caught EE's hand. EE went to the after hours clinic where they put 3 stitches in EE's left hand.

2023 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2023 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was using a razor blade knife to cut insulation off an electrical wire. The knife slipped causing a cut across the middle finger on left hand.

January 6, 2023 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was carrying a rotary airlock plate from outside to the maintenance area in the warehouse to replace seals in the plate. EE slipped on the wet concrete ground causing EE to fall to the ground. The plate slipped out of EE's hands in the process of falling and once EE was on the ground the plate fell on EE's right leg. It had been raining off and on the morning of.

2021 · 1 incident

March 9, 2021 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on a step, stacking pallets on a palletizer. The last pallet was placed on the machine crooked. While using bodily force to free the pallet, they stepped back off the step feeling a knee pop causing them to fall to the ground. As they stood back to their feet, they felt the knee pop again.

2018 · 1 incident

May 18, 2018 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Struck against stationary object

A contracted truck driver was loaded and getting ready to leave our property when EE noticed EE's front hub cap was missing. EE knelt down to check EE's wheel seal. While getting back up EE hit EE's head on EE's truck mirror leaving a cut in the side of EE's head. EE was taken to the hospital where they put 5 staples in EE's head. EE immediately returned back to work.

2012 · 1 incident

January 12, 2012 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Struck against stationary object

the miner was using a small sledge hammer to beat product out of a bin. While swinging the hammer, he struck an I bolt that's welded to the bin for lifting purposes. He went to the emergency room where they told him his thumb was broken. The Doctor told him to keep it taped up for a couple weeks and to come back if the pain got worse. The miner never had a second visit.

2008 · 1 incident

2007 · 1 incident

July 17, 2007 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

In the bagging warehouse, on the second level of bulk bags, while stepping down to lower level of bulk bags, caught foot in loop of a bulk bag and fell to next level on left arm, face, and side.

2005 · 1 incident

July 20, 2005 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

After loading a pneumatic, the spillage on the trailer was being blown off with an air hose when a chunk of dried cement came in contact with ee's eye.

2004 · 1 incident

December 8, 2004 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S ARM WAS PINNED BETWEEN BAG SPOUT AND THE BAG PLACER ON OUR 50 LB. BAGGER

2000 · 3 incidents

December 12, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DOOR ON BLDG WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF COLD WEATHER, WE WERE OPERATING FORKLIFTS AND ALSO HAD A KEROSENE TORPEDO HEATER BURNING.

December 12, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DOORS ON BLD WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF COLD WEATHER& WE WERE OPERATING FORKLIFTS & HAD A KEROSENE TORPEDO HEATER BURNING.

December 12, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Diamond K Gypsum Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DOOR ON BLDG WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF COLD WEATHER, WE WERE OPERATING FORKLIFTS AND ALSO HAD A KEROSENE TORPEDO HEATER BURNING.