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E9351: 96 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Valley Paving Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Brent Carron
New Germany, Carver County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103303

E9351 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2024
Latest incident
May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
96
citations
23
significant & substantial
$12,241
proposed penalties
$12,241
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Valley Paving Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
32
inspections on record
435
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: 435 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

E9351 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
24.0%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
24.0%
reasonably likely or greater
41.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.0% low, 67.7% moderate, 6.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-10-14
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz72 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 0.79 1.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 11.54 0.82 14.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-11-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.74 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.83 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-09-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 0.82 0.98 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.51 0.94 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Valley Paving Inc. 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 6
2023 8
2022 6
2021 7
2020 7
2019 6
2013 0
2012 3
2011 4
2010 2
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 6
2004 3
2003 3
2002 2
2001 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

E9351 sits in Carver County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Carver County, Minnesota · Population 108,622
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$123,144
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 1,659 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,433 1 0 697.8
2025 Q3 1,324 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,029 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,326 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,320 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,238 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 63 0 0 0.0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,328 3 1 1288.7
2023 Q3 2,502 2 0 799.4
2023 Q2 2,135 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,393 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,057 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,850 3 1 1621.6
2021 Q4 2,490 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,659 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,923 1 0 520.0
2020 Q4 2,121 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,387 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,908 3 1 1572.3
2019 Q4 1,719 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,017 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,755 1 0 569.8
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 39 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,001 7 2 3498.3
2011 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 1 0
2010 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 782 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 578 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 723 3 0 4149.4
2008 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 113 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 1 0
2006 Q4 353 16 6 45325.8
2006 Q3 1,074 11 3 10242.1
2006 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,083 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,172 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 895 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,923 19 4 9880.4
2004 Q3 3,376 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,614 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,804 9 2 4988.9
2003 Q3 3,035 1 0 329.5
2003 Q2 1,130 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,239 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,147 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,652 11 3 4147.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

May 23, 2024 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Paving Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

(R) Shoulder strain while pounding clay/chute on screener to get build-up material off / daily end of day cleaning task.

2006 · 1 incident

September 15, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Paving Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was installing a new belt on a conveyor and his hand got caught between the belt and the pulley.