Mining Incidents

VALLEY ROCK: 4 MSHA citations 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Lone Tree Sand & Gravel Inc 1989 to 1990
  2. West Coast Aggregates Inc 1990 to 2014
  3. CalMat Co 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 0
2013 0
2012 1
2011 3
2009 0
2001 0
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

VALLEY ROCK sits in San Joaquin County, California, 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.
San Joaquin County, California · Population 787,416
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$88,531
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
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.