Mining Incidents

Valley Rock Metal/Non-Metal

Gilliam & Sons Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bill W Gilliam
Taft, Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405733

Valley Rock has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2008
22
citations
5
significant & substantial
$7,413
proposed penalties
$7,413
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
13
inspections on record
171
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: 171 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 $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-03-21.
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
2012 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 189 1 0 5291.0
2011 Q4 986 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,256 1 0 796.2
2011 Q2 1,124 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 906 2 0 2207.5
2010 Q4 1,513 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,303 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 982 2 1 2036.7
2010 Q1 1,142 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,733 3 1 1731.1
2009 Q3 1,810 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,848 5 2 2705.6
2009 Q1 1,672 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,528 5 1 3272.3
2008 Q3 1,333 3 0 2250.6
2008 Q2 1,957 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,389 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,486 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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