Mining Incidents

Valley Clay Mining Co. operator

Controlled by Steve R McCann
MSHA operator ID: L13985
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2002–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
140
citations
41
significant & substantial
$37,807
proposed penalties
$37,239
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $568 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
809
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: 809 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$38K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
1
2011
2
2009
1
2004
1
2002
1

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