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Valley Sand and Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Valley Sand & Gravel · Surface

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

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	3,188	0	0.0
2025 Q3	3,584	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,371	1	296.6
2025 Q1	1,763	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,976	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,465	2	1365.2
2024 Q2	3,332	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,428	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.