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Valley Concrete & Gravel Prtbl Wash Plnt: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
INDEPENDENCE, Polk County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503367

Valley Concrete & Gravel Prtbl Wash Plnt has $2K 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
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,738
proposed penalties
$1,738
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
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Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
147
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: 147 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Valley Concrete & Gravel Prtbl Wash Plnt has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-01-23.
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.
17.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.6%
reasonably likely or greater
70.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 88.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Valley Concrete & Gravel Company 1991 to 2006
  2. Valley Concrete & Gravel 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 1
2009 3
2008 1
2007 11
2006 8
2005 4
2004 3
2003 4
2002 4
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Valley Concrete & Gravel Prtbl Wash Plnt sits in Polk County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Polk County, Oregon · Population 88,553
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,318
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
2010 Q1 554 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,621 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,128 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,318 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 618 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 616 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 516 2 1 3876.0
2007 Q4 3,948 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,936 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,129 1 0 319.6
2007 Q1 2,601 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,898 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,947 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 961 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 209 7 2 33492.8
2004 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 339 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 344 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 311 1 0 3215.4
2003 Q3 382 1 0 2617.8
2003 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,228 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 878 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 761 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 944 1 0 1059.3
2001 Q3 672 1 0 1488.1
2001 Q2 899 1 0 1112.3
2001 Q1 373 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,369 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 812 2 0 2463.1
2000 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

August 3, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Concrete & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

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