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Fossil Rock Mine, Emery County, Utah: 259 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Fossil Rock Mine is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Emery County, Utah, operated by Fossil Rock Resources, LLC. with 254 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4201211). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 259 citations and orders there with $89,197 in proposed penalties, and 11 accident reports were filed there, with 10 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4201211
- Status
- Active since September 4, 2024
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Emery County, Utah
- Nearest town
- Orangeville
- Operator
- Fossil Rock Resources, LLC.
- Parent company
- Wolverine Fuels LLC
- Employees
- 254
- MSHA field office
- Price UT Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 259
- Significant and substantial
- 24 (9.3%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 31
- Proposed penalties
- $89,197
- Amount paid so far
- $83,814
- Inspections
- 47
- Inspector hours on site
- 2,368
- Citations per inspection
- 5.51 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 11
- Injury and illness cases
- 10
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 4, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | $532 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | $4,043 | 3 |
| 2025 | 100 | 12 | $38,731 | 6 |
| 2026 | 145 | 10 | $45,891 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Fossil Rock Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 22 |
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 20 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 16 |
| 30 CFR 75.1725 | Underground coal mines, safety | 15 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 62.130 | Occupational noise exposure | 12 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 75.364 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 75.1100-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 75.904 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 70.210 | Underground coal mines, health | 4 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
Injury and illness cases at Fossil Rock Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 4 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 6 |
What the accident reports at Fossil Rock Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 5 |
| Machinery | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Electrical | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Fossil Rock Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 2 |
| Continuous miner | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Emery County, Utah
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentry Mine #3 | Altius Construction LLC | Emery County, UT | Coal (bituminous) | 10 | 1,340 |
| Emery Valley Mine | Emery Valley Resources, LLC. | Emery County, UT | Coal (bituminous) | 139 | 1,333 |
| Rockland Mine | Miracle Rock Mining | Emery County, UT | Common shale | 16 | 37 |
| Chalk Hills Quarry | Diamond K Gypsum Inc | Emery County, UT | Gypsum | 25 | 27 |
| TSJ Crusher #1 | TSJ Construction | Emery County, UT | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 17 |
| Hunter Prep Plant | Hunter Prep Plant, LLC | Emery County, UT | Coal (bituminous) | 19 | 13 |
| Burdick Portable #5 | Staker & Parson Companies | Emery County, UT | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 10 |
| Crusher 3 | Arizona Materials | Emery County, UT | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 6 |
| Orangeville Pit | Allred Construction | Emery County, UT | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 4 |
| Portable Crusher #1 | Emery County Road Department | Emery County, UT | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 3 |
| TSJ Crusher #2 | TSJ Construction | Emery County, UT | Quartz, ground | 3 | 2 |
| Crusher #2 | Staker & Parson Companies | Emery County, UT | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 0 |
| Portable #1 | Sinbad Construction Company | Emery County, UT | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.