Amrize Utica Stone Plant has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
33
Years on record
1986–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
140
citations
17
significant & substantial
$30,847
proposed penalties
$28,440
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,407 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 928 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Amrize Utica Stone Plant has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$31K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 89%
Stood as issued
1 · 11%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
17%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$16K proposed, $14K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-07-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-03-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-09-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.89
0.17
Utility Man
2025-09-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.58
0.41
Utility Man
2015-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2015-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.52
0.88
Utility Man
2010-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
0.65
0.86
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.06
0.34
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.2
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.95
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Amrize Utica Stone Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.41 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
11
2025
11
2024
11
2023
11
2022
10
2021
10
2020
16
2019
17
2018
15
2017
15
2016
12
2015
12
2014
11
2013
10
2012
9
2011
8
2010
8
2009
8
2008
12
2007
10
2006
10
2005
9
2004
8
2003
9
2002
11
2001
10
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Amrize Utica Stone Plant sits in LaSalle County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘ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.
LaSalle County, Illinois · Population 109,049
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,281
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
5,966
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
4,884
1
0
204.8
2025 Q4
3,517
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
6,674
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5,854
2
0
341.6
2025 Q1
5,336
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,866
3
0
1046.8
2024 Q3
4,797
4
0
833.9
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,389
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,245
3
0
480.4
2023 Q4
6,952
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,998
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,002
1
0
199.9
2023 Q1
4,612
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,332
2
0
461.7
2022 Q3
6,084
1
0
164.4
2022 Q2
4,081
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,103
3
0
731.2
2021 Q4
3,880
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,677
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,338
1
1
157.8
2021 Q1
5,627
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
7,193
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
8,106
2
0
246.7
2020 Q2
9,645
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,945
1
0
125.9
2019 Q4
8,523
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
11,342
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
9,493
2
0
210.7
2019 Q1
7,208
2
0
277.5
2018 Q4
9,919
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
10,274
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
7,171
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,535
2
0
441.0
2017 Q4
6,280
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
8,412
1
0
118.9
2017 Q2
6,308
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
4,398
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,902
1
0
204.0
2016 Q3
5,251
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,252
2
0
275.8
2016 Q1
2,120
4
0
1886.8
2015 Q4
7,305
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,196
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,783
2
0
294.9
2015 Q1
2,388
1
0
418.8
2014 Q4
5,379
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,094
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,933
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,872
3
0
774.8
2013 Q4
4,955
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,031
1
0
165.8
2013 Q2
4,349
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,948
2
0
678.4
2012 Q4
4,213
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,514
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
4,513
4
1
886.3
2012 Q1
4,746
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,746
9
2
1896.3
2011 Q3
4,936
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,994
10
0
2002.4
2011 Q1
3,191
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,456
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,806
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,529
5
0
1104.0
2010 Q1
4,200
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,448
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,351
2
1
596.8
2009 Q2
4,449
5
1
1123.8
2009 Q1
4,358
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,215
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,650
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,197
5
2
806.8
2008 Q1
5,599
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,753
2
0
347.6
2007 Q3
4,543
18
2
3962.1
2007 Q2
5,438
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,197
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,078
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,859
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,466
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,164
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,823
8
2
1658.7
2005 Q3
5,504
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,310
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,597
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,840
3
1
619.8
2004 Q3
4,647
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,305
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,005
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,397
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,649
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,656
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,330
4
0
923.8
2002 Q4
5,781
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,986
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,872
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,570
1
1
179.5
2001 Q4
6,646
3
0
451.4
2001 Q3
6,921
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
7,119
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,147
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,622
3
2
393.6
2000 Q3
8,092
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
9,813
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,995
2
0
333.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
33 on file
2024 · 1 incident
April 4, 2024IL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The injured employee was observing / assisting another employee with removing a stuck piece of material from a chute. The employee dropped the pry bar onto the injured employee's left hand.
DESCENDING LADDER EE FELL. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN 3 POINT CONTACT.
2002 · 1 incident
March 26, 2002IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Utica Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE SETTING CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR THE RAMP TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE JAW, THE HOOK BEING USED TO LIFT THE BLOCKS SLIPPED. THE BLOCK LANDED ON THE BOTTOM ROW OF BLOCKS AND ROLLED OFF, PINNING EE TO THE GROUND AND BREAKING HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.
1999 · 1 incident
April 7, 1999IL · Metal/Non-Metalcutting machine operator, ripper, universal operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING RUBBER BELTING FOR A CONVEYOR RESULTING IN DEEP CUT ON LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND. THE CUT REQUIRED STUTCHES TO STOP THE BLEEDING.
June 3, 1993IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WENT UP A CONVEYOR TO REMOVE A BROKEN PIECE OF STEEL.ON RETURN I STEPPED OVER A MOTOR MOUNTING STAND AND PROCEEDING DOWN,I STEPPED ON AN ANGLE IRON SUPPORT,SLIPPED AND HIT MY LEG JUST BELOW MY KNEE CAP.
EMPLOYEE TIGHTENING BOLTS IN SCREEN WHEN IRON RAIL FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S BACK. THE CLAMP BARS NOT PROPERLY PLACED WHILE WORKING ON SCREEN PLANT.
February 6, 1991IL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Utica Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
RECONNECTING DIFFERENTIAL MAIN BEARING.DRIVE SHAFT SWUNG TO THE LEFT AND CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN FRAME AND DRIVE SHAFT.HAND SWOLLEN AND BRUISED.X-RAYS SHOW NO BROKEN BONES.
WHILE CLEANING IN AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 12 FT BY 18 FET AND APPROXIMATELY 6 FT HIGH THERE WAS A SHEET OF STEEL 4 FT ABOVE AND IT FELL ONTO HIS THIGH WITH OUT ANY WARNING.
August 13, 1990IL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
FLOOR OF QUARRY WAS MUDDY. PERSON SLIPPED WHEN HE WAS ENTERING MACHINE & BUMPED LEG ON EDGE OF BUCKET OF SKID LOADER. RESULTEDIN CUT ON LEG APPROX 2 1/2" LONG.
I WAS LIFTING ONE END OF AN IRON BAR, WHILE THE OTHER END WAS STILL ON THE EDGE OF THE PLANT WHILE HOLDING ON THE ONE END, I PULLED THE BAR SO THE OTHER END WOULD SLIDE OFF OF THE PLANT WHEN T HE END ON THE PLANT LANDED ON THE GROUND I KEPT HOLD OF MY END THAT IS WHEN I PULLED THE MUSCLES IN MY BACK THE IRON BAR WEIGHS APP 200 TO 300 LBS.
January 30, 1988IL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON