Mining Incidents

Valley Rock Products-Orland Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eugene B Ceccotti
Orland, Glenn County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0401996

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2002–2021
Latest incident
Mar 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
181
citations
36
significant & substantial
$35,689
proposed penalties
$35,689
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 5,934 5 0 842.6
2025 Q3 6,899 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,168 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,484 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,407 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,685 2 0 260.2
2024 Q2 7,153 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,832 1 0 171.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2021 · 1 incident

March 5, 2021 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting of fabricated steel bar resulting in a lower back muscle pull.

2015 · 1 incident

May 7, 2015 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Rock Products · Struck against a moving object

Employee claims that the seat in the 980 cat loader caused back problems. That the seat did not have lumbar support. Employee was observed on 5/6/2015 not being able to walk with out pain, EE was ask if hurt at work, EE replied no that back has been bothering EE. A work comp claim was not filed until 8/27/2015. Employee never filed report of injury at work.

2013 · 1 incident

June 13, 2013 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee lifted pit truck hood and felt back pain in his back. He continued working for approximately one month at this time he went to the doctor on 07/16/2013. The doctor put employee on restricted work duty at this time. Because of the restricted work duty, we have been unable to accommodate this employee. He is still currently off of work.

2010 · 1 incident

May 27, 2010 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Rock Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Standing on machine and slipped. Reached out and hung on to air filter housing and pulled tendon in wrist.

2009 · 1 incident

March 12, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Valley Rock Products · Struck by falling object

Welding cross member on mixer truck. Lifted hood to look at weld, cooled copper fragment from weld scratched R eyeball.

2008 · 2 incidents

May 10, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Rock Products · Struck against a moving object

Collison with concrete bridge w/pit truck #210 causing a laceration to head and cervical strain.

April 11, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing on equipment and tightening chain binder that holds equipment together.

2007 · 3 incidents

May 14, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Strain while shoveling trench resulting in right abdominal strain including groin.

March 7, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products · Struck by falling object

Mechanic was working on truck H2O tank. Tank slipped from mount and hit his left forearm - contusion - no fracture.

2005 · 2 incidents

November 9, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Cleaning material from conveyor drum pulley - metal bar used for cleaning got caught in pulley and hit hand (fingers) against machinery.

September 2, 2005 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a muffler with a hole in it. He had his finger near the hole when another employee kicked the muffler. Hole flexed and cut his left pinky fingertip with fingernail also.

2004 · 1 incident

September 20, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Rock Products · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee setting jack to take weight of transmission on mixer truck 1984 Mack. Caught finger....laceration - finger nail - bone crack left ring finger.

2002 · 1 incident

November 11, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING DEBRIS OUT FROM THE CRUSHER TUNNEL REPEATED USE OF SHOVEL CAUSED A STRAIN ON EE LEFT WRIST