Mining Incidents

Smith Valley Metal/Non-Metal

VCNA Prairie, Inc · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Greenwood, Johnson County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202390

Smith Valley has $1K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,077
proposed penalties
$1,077
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
6
inspections on record
84
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: 84 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Smith Valley has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-06.
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
2010 Q2 2,396 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,804 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,874 1 1 258.1
2009 Q3 4,284 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,250 3 1 705.9
2009 Q1 3,305 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,402 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,123 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 3,952 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,760 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,359 5 0 1488.5
2007 Q3 3,773 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,580 1 0 279.3
2007 Q1 2,361 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,455 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,560 1 0 280.9

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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