Oakley Valley Stone Inc has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1989–2013
Latest incident
Jul 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,111
proposed penalties
$3,811
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $300 gap.
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: 561 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Oakley Valley Stone Inc has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-08.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 60%
Stood as issued
1 · 20%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 20%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2004-11-16.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2016-05-24, 10 years ago
30%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz93 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
0.19
1.89
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-07-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.21
1.67
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-07-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.2
1.25
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-05-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-09-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2013-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.27
0.93
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-08-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.26
0.96
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-08-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.28
0.50
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-08-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.31
0.68
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-08-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.31
0.71
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-08-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2002-07-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.4
0.53
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift 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.
Oakley Valley Stone Inc recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.21 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
9.35
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
1
2025
4
2024
5
2023
7
2022
8
2021
6
2020
3
2019
6
2018
8
2017
6
2016
7
2015
9
2014
5
2013
3
2012
3
2011
5
2010
0
2009
4
2008
8
2007
10
2006
13
2005
15
2004
12
2003
11
2002
12
2001
10
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Oakley Valley Stone Inc sits in Cassia County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Cassia County, Idaho · Population 25,165
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,042
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
34
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
3,939
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
251
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
60
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,460
2
0
448.4
Show 96 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,517
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
342
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
6,027
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,744
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
776
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,039
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,064
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
5,463
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,589
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
1,849
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
672
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
6,071
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,522
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
186
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
4,781
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
4,120
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
5,482
3
0
547.2
2017 Q2
4,557
1
0
219.4
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
130
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,885
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,270
1
0
305.8
2016 Q1
80
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
494
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,912
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,108
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
841
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,149
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,002
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
4,585
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,274
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
4,637
1
1
215.7
2012 Q2
110
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
4,987
2
0
401.0
2011 Q2
2,768
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
208
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,421
1
0
134.8
2009 Q2
363
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
184
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
302
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,219
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,639
2
0
301.3
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
1,767
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
9,263
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,898
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
689
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
12,290
1
0
81.4
2006 Q2
11,606
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
559
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,123
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
12,998
3
0
230.8
2005 Q2
15,024
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
577
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,000
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
11,682
5
1
428.0
2004 Q2
7,701
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
2,031
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
11,420
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,193
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
345
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
508
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,774
4
1
409.2
2002 Q2
9,519
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
505
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
340
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,063
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
10,203
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
306
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,677
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,346
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
9,072
4
1
440.9
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2013 · 1 incident
July 17, 2013ID · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
(See Attachment) EE was trying to take upper pallet off if the lower empty pallet to begin palletizing stone which he had prepared. He stated that he pushed it away from him that the bottom pallet rocked back causing the upper pallet to tip over and deliver the cut to his head. First Aid only, check by doctor no lost time no resticted duty related to this injury.
2004 · 1 incident
July 16, 2004ID · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
NO CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS. WORKER WAS IN THE NORMAL ACTIVITY OF HIS WORK, WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR. IN SELECTING A PIECE OF STONE, ANOTHER STONESLID ONTO HIS RIGHT HAND. BRUISED SOFT TISSUE ON HAND NEAR THUMB.
1999 · 1 incident
July 7, 1999ID · Metal/Non-Metalgroundman, yardmanMACHINERY
NO CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS. WORKER WAS IN THE NORMAL ACTIVITY OF HIS WORK WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR, INCLUDING SAFETY GLASSES. WORKER RECEIVED CUT ON CORNEA OF EYE. UNKNOWN OBJECT STRUCK EYE BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND UPON EXAMINATION.
1998 · 1 incident
July 30, 1998ID · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS POUNDING ON THE TOOTH OF A BACKHOE WHEN A SMALL SPLINTER OF METAL STRUCK HIM AND ENTERED JUST UNDER THE SKIN OF HIS LEFT FOREARM. EMPLOYEE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND THE INJURY HEALED OVER LEAVING A SMALL HARD LUMP UNDER THESKIN. HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO HAVE IT REMOVED BEFORE RETURNING TO MEXICO, WHICH HE DID.
NO CONTRIBTING CONDITIONS. WORKERS WAS IN THE NORMAL ACITIVTY OF HIS WORK, WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR, INCLUDING SAFETY GLASSES. WORKER RECEIVED CUT ON CORNEA OF EYE. HE IS UNSURE OF EXACTLY WH AT HAPPENED. T HERE WAS NO DEBRIS FOUND IN THE EYE. POSSIBLE VISION DAMAGE.
THERE WERE NO CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS. WORKER WAS IN THE NORMAL ACTIVITY OF HIS WORK, WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR. WORKER RECEIVED LACERATION TO INSIDE OF LEFT KNEE WHICH REQUIRED APPROX. 10 INNER AND 10 OUTER STITCHES. WORKER LOST CONTROL OF PART OF STONE HE WAS SPLITTING.
1991 · 1 incident
May 24, 1991ID · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manOTHER