Mining Incidents

Rockford Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

VCNA Prairie LLC · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Rockford, Winnebago County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1100298

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
87
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,141
proposed penalties
$10,141
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 3,163 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,295 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,343 1 0 299.1
2025 Q1 2,865 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,196 5 0 1191.6
2024 Q3 4,873 2 0 410.4
2024 Q2 5,245 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,743 2 0 534.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 19, 2019 IL · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The miner was lifting a piece of steel for one of the conveyors in the quarry. While lifting the piece of steel they felt a pop in right arm/shoulder. The information about this injury was obtained through reports taken by the safety director at the time of the injury. Who was no longer employed at Rogers Ready Mix & Materials as 10/14/2019

2002 · 1 incident

August 8, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A SCREEN, HIS BODY JERKED INTO SAFETY CABLE BREAKING CABLE FALLING INTO HOPPER OF CONVEYER ON HIS BACK.