Mining Incidents

Valley View Quarry - Pioneer Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary A Moyle
Houghton, MI, Houghton County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003368

Valley View Quarry - Pioneer Crusher has $15K 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 2007
76
citations
8
significant & substantial
$15,044
proposed penalties
$11,372
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,672 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
33
inspections on record
433
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: 433 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 View Quarry - Pioneer Crusher has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-17.
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
2025 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,237 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,413 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,087 8 1 7359.7
2024 Q3 1,547 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,263 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 345 9 0 26087.0
2023 Q3 1,643 3 1 1825.9
2023 Q2 1,523 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 1,347 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,096 2 0 1824.8
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,533 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,767 6 1 3395.6
2021 Q2 1,727 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,723 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,217 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 689 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,407 7 1 4975.1
2019 Q3 2,143 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,294 2 0 871.8
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 931 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,036 2 0 982.3
2018 Q2 2,102 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 904 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,923 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 902 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,322 4 0 3025.7
2016 Q3 1,894 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,039 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 938 3 1 3198.3
2015 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 931 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 847 5 0 5903.2
2014 Q3 1,291 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 342 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 740 6 1 8108.1
2013 Q3 1,411 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 787 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,249 1 0 800.6
2012 Q3 1,611 5 0 3103.7
2012 Q2 1,239 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 602 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 324 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,857 2 1 1077.0
2010 Q3 1,606 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,606 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 2,145 1 0 466.2
2009 Q3 3,106 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,395 1 0 417.5
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,883 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,589 5 1 3146.6
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 867 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,336 4 0 2994.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,606 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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