Valley Sand & Gravel (Portable) Metal/Non-Metal
Valley Excavating Sand & Gravel LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Larry K Smith
Helena,
Lewis And Clark County,
MT
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402271
Valley Sand & Gravel (Portable) has $14K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
87
citations
19
significant & substantial
$13,955
proposed penalties
$13,955
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
33
inspections on record
429
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 429 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 (Portable) has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,510 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,370 | 1 | 0 | 729.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,210 | 1 | 0 | 826.4 |
| 2024 Q1 | 970 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 910 | 3 | 0 | 3296.7 |
| 2023 Q1 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,810 | 2 | 1 | 1105.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 320 | 2 | 0 | 6250.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 350 | 2 | 0 | 5714.3 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 450 | 4 | 0 | 8888.9 |
| 2018 Q2 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 331 | 2 | 0 | 6042.3 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 466 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 376 | 10 | 2 | 26595.7 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 356 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 339 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 342 | 2 | 1 | 5848.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 347 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 180 | 9 | 0 | 50000.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,018 | 1 | 0 | 982.3 |
| 2012 Q2 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 772 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 996 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 588 | 6 | 2 | 10204.1 |
| 2011 Q1 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 798 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 575 | 2 | 0 | 3478.3 |
| 2010 Q1 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 683 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,337 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 565 | 7 | 2 | 12389.4 |
| 2009 Q1 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,072 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,437 | 6 | 3 | 4175.4 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,834 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,362 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,578 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,276 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,324 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 796 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 786 | 5 | 1 | 6361.3 |
| 2005 Q3 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 566 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 249 | 12 | 5 | 48192.8 |
| 2004 Q3 | 477 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 679 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 403 | 10 | 2 | 24813.9 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 337 | 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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The full compliance file on Valley Sand & Gravel (Portable)
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.