Mining Incidents

VALLEY SAND & GRAVEL: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

VALLEY SAND & GRAVEL · Surface
Controlled by Ron Scull
HONESDALE, Wayne County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609053

VALLEY SAND & GRAVEL has $576 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$576
proposed penalties
$576
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
28
inspections on record
193
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: 193 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 $576 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.
$576
proposed penalties
$576
current assessed
$576
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-20.
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
71.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.6% low, 71.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2012-05-01, 14 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. VALLEY SAND & GRAVEL 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

VALLEY SAND & GRAVEL sits in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania · Population 51,189
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$62,182
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
2026 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 80 1 0 12500.0
2025 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 86 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 99 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 27 1 0 37037.0
2014 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 57 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 24 1 0 41666.7
2012 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 86 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 165 1 0 6060.6
2006 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 97 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 304 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 30 3 0 100000.0

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.