Shallow Valley has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,022
proposed penalties
$4,268
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $754 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
24
inspections on record
162
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: 162 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Shallow Valley has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-01-28.
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
48
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
645
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
821
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
72
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
640
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
4,326
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,218
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
2,380
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,053
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
68
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
102
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
143
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
919
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
879
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
566
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
804
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
555
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
822
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
657
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
753
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
752
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,661
2
0
1204.1
2019 Q4
1,588
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,866
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,273
1
0
439.9
2019 Q1
2,544
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,080
2
1
649.4
2018 Q3
4,471
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
4,476
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,008
4
1
998.0
2017 Q4
2,749
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,965
2
1
674.5
2017 Q2
3,355
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,662
5
0
1878.3
2016 Q4
1,588
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,113
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,075
1
0
481.9
2016 Q1
2,357
2
0
848.5
2015 Q4
3,547
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,416
2
1
1412.4
2015 Q2
2,076
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,259
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,415
2
0
828.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2023 · 1 incident
September 26, 2023TX · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
The start of shift was normal with good weather, no rain. EE was on EE's way to help fuel up the Loader with co-worker when a swarm of bees came at EE and stung EE on EE's head, arms, back and neck. EE reported that EE was allergic and EE's supervisor helped EE to the truck and got EE to the hospital.
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