Vado Quarry has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2019–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
97
citations
23
significant & substantial
$29,122
proposed penalties
$28,167
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $955 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
42
inspections on record
758
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: 758 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Vado Quarry has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-03.
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
7,566
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
6,730
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
6,200
5
1
806.5
2025 Q1
5,007
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,375
3
2
470.6
2024 Q3
7,527
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
9,013
3
0
332.9
2024 Q1
8,394
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
9,050
5
2
552.5
2023 Q3
8,512
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
8,205
5
0
609.4
2023 Q1
7,163
1
0
139.6
2022 Q4
6,537
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
7,375
3
0
406.8
2022 Q2
7,327
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
6,786
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
7,142
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,006
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,737
2
0
296.9
2021 Q1
6,607
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
7,214
6
1
831.7
2020 Q3
7,642
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,685
2
1
260.2
2020 Q1
6,997
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
6,738
1
0
148.4
2019 Q3
6,182
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,999
7
1
1166.9
2019 Q1
5,982
1
0
167.2
2018 Q4
5,584
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,462
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
4,938
4
0
810.0
2018 Q1
4,421
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,737
6
2
1266.6
2017 Q3
4,935
1
0
202.6
2017 Q2
5,056
2
2
395.6
2017 Q1
4,025
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
5,216
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,497
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,605
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
5,315
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
5,029
4
0
795.4
2015 Q3
4,995
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
5,508
1
0
181.6
2015 Q1
5,157
1
0
193.9
2014 Q4
5,350
4
0
747.7
2014 Q3
3,401
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,650
7
2
1917.8
2014 Q1
3,723
1
0
268.6
2013 Q4
6,131
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,872
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
8,692
1
0
115.0
2013 Q1
11,938
3
1
251.3
2012 Q4
13,809
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
11,518
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
9,690
7
3
722.4
2012 Q1
4,850
8
4
1649.5
2011 Q3
2,551
3
1
1176.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2026 · 1 incident
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