Mining Incidents

West Valley Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Russell Ricks
Cottonwood, Shasta County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405689

West Valley Sand & Gravel has $4K 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 2006
33
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,055
proposed penalties
$4,055
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
23
inspections on record
192
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: 192 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Valley Sand & Gravel has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-07-21.
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
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 360 2 0 5555.6
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 900 5 1 5555.6
2013 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 600 3 1 5000.0
2012 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,200 2 1 1666.7
2012 Q1 1,200 3 0 2500.0
2011 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,024 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,548 4 1 2584.0
2011 Q1 1,350 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,112 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,112 5 2 2367.4
2010 Q2 2,112 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,000 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,000 1 0 500.0
2009 Q1 2,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,112 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,112 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 650 4 0 6153.8
2007 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,640 3 0 1136.4
2007 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,675 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,400 1 0 416.7
2006 Q2 780 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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