Mining Incidents

VALLEY ROCK Metal/Non-Metal

CalMat Co · Surface
Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
V ernalis, San Joaquin County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405042

VALLEY ROCK has $355 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
5
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$355
proposed penalties
$355
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
4
inspections on record
30
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: 30 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 ROCK has $355 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.
$355
proposed penalties
$355
current assessed
$355
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-10-20.
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
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,152 2 0 1736.1
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 1 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 3,215 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,496 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1992 · 4 incidents

July 13, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Coast Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HE PICKED UP WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A PEN OR HOLE PUNCH WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A GUN AND IT WENT OFF IN HIS HAND.

July 8, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Coast Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING MAT ON SCREEN MAKING HOLES IN MAT WITH RAZOR KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT FORE ARM.

June 9, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Coast Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ADJUSTING A 2" NUT ON THE END OF THE TOGGLE SPRING AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT AND FINGER WAS SMASHED AGAINST THE JAW HOUSING AND THE WRENCH.

1991 · 1 incident

September 23, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Coast Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MUD FROM UNDER A SH CONE WITH A SCOOP SHOVEL AND AS HE TURNED WHILE PULLING THIS SHOVEL, HE INJURED HIS BACK.

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