Mines in Lake County, Illinois
Lake County, Illinois has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 2 intermittent, 8 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 45 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2023. Inspectors have issued 206 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Lake County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.
- Mines on register
- 11
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 1
- Citations issued
- 206
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Aggregates | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aptakisic Sand Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doetsch Brothers Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| E & D Robinson Construction Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gold Bond Building Products | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake County Grading Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lakemoor Materials, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Land & Lakes Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Payne & Dolan Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc.Active 0 fatal 142 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 1101228
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SPRUCE LAKE SAND & GRAVELAbandoned 1 fatal 1 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Super Aggregates · MSHA ID 1102868
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Midwest AggregatesIntermittent 0 fatal 43 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Payne & Dolan Inc · MSHA ID 1101306
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Lakemoor MaterialsIntermittent 0 fatal 20 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Lakemoor Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 1103303
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Aptakisic Sand CorporationAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Aptakisic Sand Corp · MSHA ID 1101057
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Cowhey PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Land & Lakes Company · MSHA ID 1102200
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Gurnee PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · E & D Robinson Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1102048
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Lake County Pit And MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Lake County Grading Inc · MSHA ID 1101879
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VoloAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Doetsch Brothers Company · MSHA ID 1101806
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Wadsworth PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Wadsworth Sand & Gravel Co Inc · MSHA ID 1102198
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Waukegan PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Gold Bond Building Products · MSHA ID 1100799
Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.
The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.