Mining Incidents

Valley Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Larry K Smith
Helena, Lewis And Clark County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401851

Valley Sand & Gravel has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2002
25
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,426
proposed penalties
$2,368
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $58 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
132
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: 132 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 $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-15.
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 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 418 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 56 7 2 125000.0
2010 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 787 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 418 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 728 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 689 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,186 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 120 1 0 8333.3
2004 Q3 678 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 543 14 5 25782.7
2003 Q4 387 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 437 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 896 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 453 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,060 3 2 2830.2
2002 Q3 1,861 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 491 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,234 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 479 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 673 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 344 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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