Mining Incidents

VALLEY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

New Berlin, Waukesha County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700952

VALLEY PIT has $4K 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
10
Years on record
1984–1997
Latest incident
Jan 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,774
proposed penalties
$3,774
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
113
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: 113 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 PIT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-04-17.
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
2003 Q3 5,031 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,150 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,621 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,327 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,559 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,945 6 1 2037.4
2002 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,726 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 5,294 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,179 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 671 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,054 7 2 1726.7
2000 Q3 5,756 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,498 18 4 5145.8
2000 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1997 · 1 incident

January 20, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Valley Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS REPAIRING A TORN BELT. SLIPPED ON THE WET BELT SURFACE AND FELL ON HIS BACK. STRUCK HIS HEAD, SHOULDER AND BACK ON THE GROUND. EMP HAS ACONCUSSION, STRAINED SHOULDER AND BACK PAIN.

1994 · 1 incident

November 3, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHEN GETTING OUT OF TRUCK IN A HURRY, THE LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER BAR AND RIGHT KNEE CAME DOWN AND HIT IT.

1993 · 1 incident

September 13, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

IT WAS RAINING & WHILE WALKING ON CAT WALK SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEG UNDER HIM. HE PARTLY CRACKED THE SMALL BONE IN LOWER LEG AND NEEDED A CAST UP TO HIS KNEE.

1992 · 2 incidents

August 10, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

23655 FELL OUT OF HOPPER WHILE HE BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING UP

May 15, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE PUTTING A GUARD ON THE FEEDER BY THE FIELD HOPPER SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE THROUGH IT WAS SAND. THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS SORE SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. HE TOOK A RUSTY FLAKE OUT AN D IT IS FINE NOW.

1991 · 2 incidents

July 26, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Rubbed or abraded

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS ON WASH PLANT, A SPECK FLEW INTO EYE BEHIND HIS GLASSES. HE RUBBED HIS EYE & IT SEEMED OK. NEXT MORNING (SATURDAY) THERE WAS PAIN IN THE EYE, AND FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN IT. THE DOCTOR EXAMINED IT AND SAID IT WAS A SCRATCH. NOW IS FINE.

May 14, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE CUTTING ENDS OF BOLTS FROM A BEARING WITH A CUTTING TORCH, AN END FELL INTO CUFF AND WHILE TRYING TO GET IT OUT IT FELL INSIDE BOOT.

1988 · 2 incidents

May 31, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE REACHED INTO AREA UNDER PLANT BELT WITH GLOVE ON GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN IDLER AND PULLED HAND BETWEEN BELT AND IDLER.

April 13, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TAKING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER OFF OF A MACK TRUCK I FORGOT & PLACED MY HAND IN BETWEEN MUFFLER & CYLINDER WHILE CYLINDER WAS LEVELING OFF MY RT.HAND WAS SINCHED CAUSING A CUT REQUIRING A S TICHES ON MY RING FINGER AT MIDDLE JOINT & AN ABRASION ON INDEX FINGER OF SAME HAND

1984 · 1 incident

February 2, 1984 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING ON ICE & SNOW SLIPPED AND LAND ON BACK & NECK.

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