PVL Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
A splice atop a SoCal Edison pole arced and caught line insulation on fire.
Panamint Valley Limestone Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
PVL Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Specialty Granules LLC
Trona,
Inyo County,
CA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0400275
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2016–2025
- Latest incident
- Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
80
citations
16
significant & substantial
$10,204
proposed penalties
$10,204
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 6,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 5,229 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,469 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,343 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,325 | 9 | 0 | 1690.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 925 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,299 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2025 · 1 incident
2023 · 1 incident
November 3, 2023
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
PVL Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
A miner slipped while fueling an excavator and fell on backside
2016 · 1 incident
August 16, 2016
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
OTHER
Shawn Barker Construction · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
8:30 am IE began grading the roadway. IE then called another EE on the radio stating IE needed help. EE and another EE came to IE's assistance and IE could not communicate to them.