Mining Incidents

Valley Incorporated operator

Controlled by Terry Truelock
MSHA operator ID: L07254
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
162
citations
29
significant & substantial
$53,323
proposed penalties
$37,020
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,303 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
80
inspections on record
988
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: 988 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
160 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1995
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Mines on record

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