Mining Incidents

Valley Materials Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Riley, Harney County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503507

Valley Materials Inc has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 1 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 2000
200
citations
43
significant & substantial
$44,244
proposed penalties
$3,663
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,581 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
934
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: 934 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 Materials Inc has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 1 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$41K
outstanding
192 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-11.
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 372 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 2 0
2024 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 324 7 2 21604.9
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 724 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 83 4 0 48192.8
2022 Q4 324 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 368 1 0 2717.4
2022 Q2 689 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 420 13 2 30952.4
2021 Q4 965 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,068 25 11 23408.2
2021 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 117 1 0 8547.0
2019 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 97 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 88 12 0 136363.6
2018 Q1 73 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 162 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 58 5 0 86206.9
2016 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 125 1 0 8000.0
2014 Q1 450 12 5 26666.7
2013 Q4 721 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 981 4 0 4077.5
2013 Q2 1,082 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 735 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 815 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 639 1 0 1564.9
2010 Q4 1,075 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,620 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,543 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 982 1 0 1018.3
2009 Q4 865 7 1 8092.5
2009 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 904 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 937 4 2 4268.9
2007 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,560 3 1 1923.1
2007 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2007 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 1 0
2006 Q3 1,276 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,057 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,352 1 0 739.6
2005 Q4 1,265 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,093 1 0 914.9
2005 Q2 1,173 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,450 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 960 12 4 12500.0
2004 Q3 800 6 3 7500.0
2004 Q2 400 4 0 10000.0
2004 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 240 6 0 25000.0
2003 Q2 810 1 0 1234.6
2003 Q1 538 5 1 9293.7
2002 Q4 327 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 408 34 8 83333.3
2002 Q2 201 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 240 0 0 0.0

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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