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Shenandoah Mill Metal/Non-Metal

KMI Zeolite Inc · Facility

Controlled by Clarence Wagenaar

Death Valley, Inyo County, CA  ·  Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 2602408

Shenandoah Mill has $180K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

2

Years on record

2017–2018

Latest incident

Aug 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

335

citations

84

significant & substantial

$179,787

proposed penalties

$168,648

paid to date

94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,139 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

94

inspections on record

1,543

inspection hours

21.7

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

335 citations across 1,543 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shenandoah Mill has $180K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$180K

proposed penalties

$169K

current assessed

$169K

paid to date

$118

outstanding

330 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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	773	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,022	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,781	5	2	2807.4
2025 Q1	2,808	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	2,976	8	3	2688.2
2024 Q3	2,754	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,630	16	1	6083.7
2024 Q1	2,192	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	5,715	4	1	699.9
2023 Q3	7,726	3	0	388.3
2023 Q2	5,753	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	6,775	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	8,748	3	0	342.9
2022 Q3	7,090	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	5,431	4	2	736.5
2022 Q1	6,657	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	4,521	7	2	1548.3
2021 Q3	6,023	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	5,219	11	3	2107.7
2021 Q1	3,674	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	4,655	6	2	1288.9
2020 Q3	7,415	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	6,178	2	0	323.7
2020 Q1	6,765	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	7,151	5	0	699.2
2019 Q3	8,907	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	8,361	7	1	837.2
2019 Q1	6,260	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	8,851	6	2	677.9
2018 Q3	8,587	10	3	1164.6
2018 Q2	10,312	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	10,227	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	16,342	11	1	673.1
2017 Q2	11,352	4	1	352.4
2017 Q1	6,579	10	0	1520.0
2016 Q4	8,386	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	8,246	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	4,231	4	2	945.4
2016 Q1	4,030	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	4,548	6	1	1319.3
2015 Q3	5,979	20	17	3345.0
2015 Q2	5,440	9	1	1654.4
2015 Q1	4,181	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	3,722	13	1	3492.7
2014 Q3	6,545	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	5,687	4	0	703.4
2014 Q1	3,301	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	5,541	8	2	1443.8
2013 Q3	7,045	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	4,812	15	1	3117.2
2013 Q1	6,853	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	6,669	6	1	899.7
2012 Q3	6,538	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	6,451	6	1	930.1
2012 Q1	2,952	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	2,846	12	6	4216.4
2011 Q3	3,137	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	2,640	5	1	1893.9
2011 Q1	2,000	9	2	4500.0
2010 Q4	1,813	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	1,902	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	2,327	3	2	1289.2
2010 Q1	2,171	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	2,674	8	4	2991.8
2009 Q3	3,447	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	4,613	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	2,930	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	4,138	5	1	1208.3
2008 Q3	4,016	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	4,861	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	5,530	9	4	1627.5
2007 Q4	3,610	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	1,903	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	1,489	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	2,379	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	2,628	26	6	9893.5
2006 Q3	2,554	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	2,341	4	0	1708.7
2006 Q1	751	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	475	4	0	8421.1
2005 Q3	646	2	0	3096.0
2005 Q2	1,608	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	1,342	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	1,209	1	0	827.1
2004 Q3	395	5	1	12658.2
2004 Q2	1,775	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	1,579	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	708	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	738	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	1,785	8	2	4481.8
2003 Q1	924	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	1,824	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	2,130	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	1,640	2	2	1219.5
2002 Q1	2,018	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	1,176	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	1,260	5	0	3968.3
2001 Q2	1,787	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	1,774	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	1,707	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	1,665	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	800	1	0	1250.0
2000 Q1	1,920	8	2	4166.7

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2018 · 1 incident

August 25, 2018 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

KMI Zeolite Inc · Fall from machine

Miner was one of our CDL driver. Miner stepped out of the truck onto the side of the scale. When they stepped onto the scale, their foot slipped and they fell onto the side rail and over. Miner broke four ribs and their clavicle.

2017 · 1 incident

March 15, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

KMI Zeolite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Braker bar slipped hit employee on R eyelid and R index finger causing lacerations.

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