Mining Incidents

Valley Sand and Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chad Van Zee
Rock Valley, Sioux County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1300750

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
157
citations
36
significant & substantial
$29,095
proposed penalties
$26,515
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 3,188 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,584 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,371 1 0 296.6
2025 Q1 1,763 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,976 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,465 2 0 1365.2
2024 Q2 3,332 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,428 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

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

August 8, 2007 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Sand & Gravel · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was shutting down a diesel powered water pump which was plugged causing the water to heat up. When he disconnected the hose the hot water burned his right arm and torso.