Mining Incidents

Kay's Corner Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Sterling, Whiteside County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1102981

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
45
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,483
proposed penalties
$6,483
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 85 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 81 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

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 29, 2011 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alliance Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pulling the cover for the brake assembly off of a 980C wheel loader. The cover slipped and crushed his left ring finger, fracturing the tip of finger and lacerating finger in 4 places, requiring 4 stitches. EE works a 5 day work week.