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: 268 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 FARM PLANT has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-21.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2001-04-03, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-04-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2001-04-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-04-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2001-04-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-04-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.46
0.15
Truck Driver
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
VALLEY FARM PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.75 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
7.57
0.00
0.000
2004 *
5.09
0.00
0.000
2003 *
4.32
0.00
0.000
2002 *
4.66
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
8
2007
13
2006
15
2005
20
2004
19
2003
20
2002
18
2001
18
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
VALLEY FARM PLANT sits in Navarro County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Navarro County, Texas · Population 53,735
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$59,310
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
2008 Q2
3,894
2
0
513.6
2008 Q1
4,839
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
6,454
3
1
464.8
2007 Q3
8,045
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,998
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
7,721
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,948
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,255
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2
6,966
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
9,528
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
12,814
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
13,841
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
14,594
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
11,584
4
0
345.3
2004 Q4
11,296
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
12,805
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
13,486
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,704
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
12,565
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
11,616
2
1
172.2
2003 Q2
11,903
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
10,251
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
9,747
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
10,608
3
0
282.8
2002 Q2
10,981
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
11,599
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
10,791
5
2
463.3
2001 Q3
10,879
2
1
183.8
2001 Q2
9,890
4
0
404.4
2001 Q1
9,207
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
9,416
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,128
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
9,993
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,345
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2008 · 1 incident
January 8, 2008TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
employee was swiping dirt off of trailer ramp with his right hand and a sliver of metal cut through his glove and little finger. Employee received stiches and was released to light duty. Employee will have stiches removed in 10 days.
2005 · 2 incidents
July 6, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was tightening air line on Euclid b-30 haul unit when coupling broke and air blew dirt in left eye. Employee went to the doctor and was prescribed ointment for eye and returned to regular duty.
April 4, 2005TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Materials Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Greased U-joints in center of truck, hit top backing from under truck putting grease on back of shirt.
2004 · 1 incident
February 7, 2004TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PUSHING PIPE RIGHT THUMB GOT SMASHED BETWEEN PIPE AND HAND RAIL.
2003 · 1 incident
December 8, 2003TX · Metal/Non-Metalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
REPAIRING PEA GRAVEL BELT WHEN UTILITY KNIFE CUT LEFT KNEE AREA. RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO CLIMBING, FOR ONE WEEK RESTRICTION.
1998 · 2 incidents
November 13, 1998TX · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SUBJECT WAS WALKING,FROM DRAGLINE TO HIS CAR AFTER SHIFT ENDED. HE STEPPED ACROSS A RUT FULL OF WATER, FALLING IN THE PROCESS. HE SAID HE FELT A LITTLE PAIN BUT DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL MO NDAY. AND FOUND OUT HE HAD BROKEN HIS LEFT LEG.
July 28, 1998TX · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerPOWERED HAULAGE
EE ASKED MECHANIC TO CHECK SOME LOOSE LUG NUTS ON B30 DURING LUNCH HOUR. EE WENT BACK TO B30 GOT IN DUMP BED WITH DOORS OPEN. WHILE STAND ON GROUND HE STARTED CLEANING THE BED. MEANWHILE TH E SRVICE MANAGER GOT IN THE B30 AND PROCEEDED TODRIVE INTO SHOP WITH EE IN DUMP BED AREA KNOCKING HIM DOWN WHEN TURNING INTO SHOP
1996 · 1 incident
April 11, 1996TX · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE DROPPED HIS HARD HAT, IT ROLLED UNDER THE EDGE OF MECHANICS TRUCK. WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO PICK IT UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE EDGE OF THE TOOL BOX DOOR.