Mining Incidents

MANLEY BROS. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Paul Salt
Troy Grove, Il., La Salle County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1101016

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
418
citations
96
significant & substantial
$165,115
proposed penalties
$164,980
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 13,049 16 2 1226.1
2025 Q3 12,650 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,435 5 1 402.1
2025 Q1 11,619 4 0 344.3
2024 Q4 11,262 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,847 9 0 829.7
2024 Q2 11,585 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,952 8 1 669.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

August 27, 2025 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was using a front end-loader to clean up along the high wall.

July 11, 2025 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to try and break a gear box off of a shaft.

April 25, 2025 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Fall from ladders

Employee was checking motor on piece of equipment when the ladder they were standing on kicked out from underneath when they were climbing down ladder. Employee stopped themselves from falling by reaching with right arm.

2023 · 2 incidents

December 22, 2023 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was installing a jib arm on top of old rotex elevators. Employee was lifting jib arm from waist level to overhead. Employee was using team lift. While lifting employee felt pain in abdomen. Employee is scheduled for surgery on March 5, 2024 to repair hernia. Employee has been working since accident on light duty.

October 19, 2023 IL · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was doing regular job duties, specifically splitting samples and began to feel pain in the right elbow. Employee didn't lose any work time until 5/8/2024. That is the date that EE had MRI and the doctor took employee out of work.

2022 · 1 incident

November 15, 2022 IL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Contractor was using utility knife to cut insulation off a wire, contractor was wearing leather gloves. The knife slipped and cut left index finger.

2020 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2020 IL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was changing belts on cooler blower #3 when the screw driver that EE was using slipped off sheave causing EE's finger to get pinched between belt and sheave.

March 30, 2020 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was driving a chisel into a belt pulley to remove said pulley from an air compressor head. Employee swung at and missed end of chisel striking left hand.

2019 · 2 incidents

March 7, 2019 IL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Fall from machine

Opened hatch door to clean plugged cyclone. Climbed down and cleaned them. Forgot to close hatch door. Came back seconds later and fell through the hole. Note: EE has not lost a day of work yet.

January 8, 2019 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Struck against stationary object

Climbing down old main loading elevator and bumped right elbow. Employee has not lost any work from incident.

2014 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2014 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was working near dryer burner chamber when he heard cries from inside burner chamber for help. In his attempt to exit the manlift he was working from to assist fellow workers, he fell 4' onto catwalk injuring his left knee.

August 16, 2014 IL · Metal/Non-Metal mason IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

OUR BRICKLAYER WAS IN A 70'FT. SAND DRYER, ALONG WITH OTHER TRADESMEN FROM OTHER COMPANIES, WHO STARTED THEIR WORK PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL. WHILE PERFORMING REPAIRS TO THE FIREBRICK. IN THE COURSE OF WELDING ANCHOR PINS FOR THE BRICKS, AFTER INSTALLING THE THIRD ANCHOR, AN APPARENT NATURAL GAS POCKET IGNITED, BURNING OUR BRICKLAYERS ARM, BACK AND TOP OF HIS HEAD.

2013 · 1 incident

July 25, 2013 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HOISTING
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was changing a grease zerk on a bucket elevator tail shaft bedring while elevator was in service. Worker's glove was caught in motion sensor star & glove was ripped from right hand causing possible fracture on bone in right hand.

2012 · 1 incident

February 10, 2012 IL · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Maintenance men were welding a patch on graltionator elevator and sparks got inside elevator igniting rubber belt & buckets. Fire was extinguished within 30 minutes. There were no injuries. Still assessing damage as of 2/16/12.

2010 · 1 incident

May 3, 2010 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was tossing a rope across a small dewatering hole to another worker.

2005 · 1 incident

2002 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HANGING UP A HARNESS WHEN A PARTICLE FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

May 13, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS POUNDING ON PIPE TO DISLODGE SAND, AND A PIECE OF RUIST FELL INTO THE LEFT EYE.

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 3 incidents

December 6, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LARGE PIECE OF GRATING FROM CATWALK CLIPPED HIS MID CALF & FORCED HIM TO THE GROUND. RIGHT FOOT WAS BENT AT THE ANKLE CAUSING BAD BRUISING.

October 18, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON A SHIEVE TO PUT IMPELLER ON. HURT RIGHT ARM.

March 17, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Manley Brothers Of Indiana Inc · Struck by falling object

GETTING A 4" PIPE OUT AND IT FELL. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET AWAY, HE TRIPPED AND THE PIPE LANDED ON TOP OF THE BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG.