Mining Incidents

Valley Rock Products - Willows Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eugene B Ceccotti
Willows, Glenn County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0404618

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2018
Latest incident
Dec 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
187
citations
53
significant & substantial
$289,192
proposed penalties
$45,952
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 2,429 31 17 12762.5
2025 Q3 2,451 2 2 816.0
2025 Q2 2,199 23 4 10459.3
2025 Q1 1,930 2 0 1036.3
2024 Q4 2,472 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,915 1 0 522.2
2024 Q2 2,465 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,605 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

4 on file

2018 · 1 incident

December 7, 2018 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Rock Products · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Dry open area mechanic was tightening bolts on Texas Crusher and pulled a muscles twisting.

2017 · 1 incident

July 3, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was adjusting the door on the feed hopper at the crusher. The door has a handle to lift to raise or lower door. As the employee lifted up on handle employee strained a muscle in employee's back.

2006 · 1 incident

September 15, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Rock Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing onto excavator - strained lower back.

2000 · 1 incident

March 8, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING OUT THE FEED HOPPR OF THE WASH PLANT, EMPLOYEE STRAINE DHIS LOWER BACK.