Mining Incidents

Valley Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Linda M Wenger
Los Banos, Merced County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405478

Valley Sand & Gravel has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $235 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 2001
92
citations
22
significant & substantial
$25,078
proposed penalties
$22,798
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,280 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
35
inspections on record
395
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: 395 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 Sand & Gravel has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $235 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$235
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-07.
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 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 163 2 0 12269.9
2013 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 591 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 891 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 538 2 2 3717.5
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 546 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 589 5 1 8489.0
2011 Q3 577 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 465 2 0 4301.1
2011 Q1 473 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 575 3 1 5217.4
2010 Q3 879 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 685 10 4 14598.5
2010 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,396 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,276 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,199 2 1 1668.1
2009 Q1 1,139 1 1 878.0
2008 Q4 2,039 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,366 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,746 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,434 7 0 2875.9
2007 Q3 3,020 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,650 6 3 1643.8
2007 Q1 2,271 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,571 6 2 2333.7
2006 Q3 3,187 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,789 4 0 1434.2
2006 Q1 2,548 2 0 784.9
2005 Q4 3,345 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,964 6 0 2024.3
2005 Q2 1,993 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 939 4 1 4259.9
2004 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 546 6 0 10989.0
2004 Q2 1,622 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,054 6 2 5692.6
2003 Q4 1,866 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,785 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,444 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,004 13 3 12948.2
2002 Q4 1,691 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,235 3 1 2429.1
2002 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 339 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,211 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,147 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,498 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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