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Sorensen Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Western Rock Products · Surface

Controlled by CRH PLC

Washington City, Washington County, UT · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4202267

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2003–2024
Latest incident: Jun 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$7,030

proposed penalties

$6,728

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	12,701	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	12,647	1	0	79.1
2024 Q3	12,351	1	0	81.0
2021 Q4	6,799	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	4,173	1	0	239.6
2021 Q1	10,751	3	1	279.0
2020 Q4	5,633	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	8,303	1	0	120.4

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

June 10, 2024 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Western Rock Products · Struck by falling object

EE, a loader operator, was working on a guard above EE's head this morning and a bunch of powdery dirt fell off the belt frame above EE's head and hit EE in the face. It got around EE's safety glasses and got some in EE's eyes.

2003 · 1 incident

February 25, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Western Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO WORKERS WERE LIFTING LEGS TO A CONVEYOR BELT TO TURN THEM OVER AND HOOK A CRANE ON TO THEM TO PUT THEM IN PLACE. WHEN THE LUGS WERE ABOUT CHEST HIGHT RYINT TO CHANGE POSITIONS WITH HIS ARM S AND HANDS THE WORKER FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. ABOUT 200 LBS.