Mining Incidents

Avail Valley Construction Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by AVCO Holdings LLC
Afton, Lincoln County, WY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4801637

Avail Valley Construction has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2020–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
87
citations
30
significant & substantial
$58,799
proposed penalties
$53,883
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,917 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
47
inspections on record
601
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 601 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Avail Valley Construction has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$59K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$33
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 2 0
2025 Q2 366 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 1 0
2024 Q2 592 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,289 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,356 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,141 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 384 7 4 18229.2
2022 Q3 525 2 1 3809.5
2022 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,075 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,266 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,454 16 9 4632.3
2021 Q1 5,567 4 0 718.5
2020 Q4 2,132 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,288 2 1 1552.8
2020 Q2 2,353 11 4 4674.9
2020 Q1 4,004 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,813 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,923 3 1 609.4
2019 Q2 4,736 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,236 3 0 1341.7
2018 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,333 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,603 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,116 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,682 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,484 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,529 2 0 790.8
2016 Q4 1,181 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,361 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 17,512 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,601 1 0 178.5
2015 Q3 6,641 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,805 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,132 1 0 242.0
2014 Q4 2,299 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,006 1 0 199.8
2014 Q2 5,949 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,926 2 0 337.5
2013 Q4 3,813 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,257 2 2 886.1
2013 Q2 2,855 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,977 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,347 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,587 1 0 218.0
2012 Q2 5,786 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,123 3 1 960.6
2011 Q4 3,902 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,958 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,786 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,279 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,225 1 1 449.4
2010 Q3 3,298 3 1 909.6
2010 Q2 3,532 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,911 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,997 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,164 6 3 1440.9
2009 Q2 2,376 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,784 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,492 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,504 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,575 2 0 1269.8
2007 Q4 1,698 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,121 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,933 5 0 1271.3
2006 Q4 1,297 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,961 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,279 2 0 1563.7
2006 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,194 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,596 3 1 1879.7
2005 Q2 1,414 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 985 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,110 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,148 1 1 465.5
2004 Q2 2,034 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,670 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,947 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,084 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 806 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2021 · 1 incident

2020 · 1 incident

July 22, 2020 WY · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Avail Valley Construction-WY, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was splicing a cable. Holding the splicing tube in one hand and tightening the screws with the other, the screw slipped and punctured a hand.

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