Mining Incidents

E9351 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.
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.
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 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
2023 Q4 2,328 3 1 1288.7
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.