Bolingbrook Quarry & Mill has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Years on record
1985–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
18
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,055
proposed penalties
$1,055
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 280 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bolingbrook Quarry & Mill has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-14.
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.
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: 2003-02-26, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-02-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.71
0.54
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-02-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.8
0.83
0.96
Utility Man
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.
Bolingbrook Quarry & Mill recorded 4.11 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
4.11
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.53 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
2005 *
4.11
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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
2005
20
2004
19
2003
22
2002
18
2001
17
2000
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bolingbrook Quarry & Mill sits in Will County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Will County, Illinois · Population 698,450
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$107,799
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
2005 Q4
8,552
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
15,193
2
0
131.6
2005 Q2
13,102
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
11,764
1
0
85.0
2004 Q4
12,522
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
15,728
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
15,089
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
11,921
5
0
419.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4
15,207
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
14,506
1
0
68.9
2003 Q2
14,646
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
12,630
1
0
79.2
2002 Q4
11,356
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,965
1
0
100.4
2002 Q2
13,220
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
9,579
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
11,572
3
0
259.2
2001 Q3
11,421
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
11,162
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
9,041
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
11,542
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
11,964
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
11,464
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
11,039
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
29 on file
2005 · 1 incident
June 17, 2005IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was using a pnuematic sanding tool to grind with. He was using a grinding disk. The sanding tool was rated at a speed of 22,000 rpm, the disk was rated at 13,000 rpm. The disk blew apart and a piece of the disk cut his abdomen requiring 3 sutures.
2004 · 3 incidents
June 3, 2004IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS SITTING ON TAILGATE OF COMPANY TRUCK AT CUSTOMER-RECOMMENDED DISTANCE DURING BLASTING. DEBRIS FROM BLAST CAME IN HIS DIRECTION, CAUSING HIM TO GET OFF TAILGATE AND SEEK COVER.
March 30, 2004IL · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necMACHINERY
SETTING A STAIR LANDING (SUPPORTED BY A CRANE) ONTO A PLATFORM, WHILE WORKING IN A MAN BASKET. THE LOAD SHIFTED AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE STAIR LANDING AND THE PLATFORM. CONTUSION/AVULSION RIGHT 3RD FINGER.
January 23, 2004IL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE HE WAS PUTTING TOOLS IN GANGBOX, THE WIND CAUGHT THE LID AND IT HIT HIS HEAD. SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT - STRAIN/SPRAIN OF THE CERVICAL STRUCTURES.
1999 · 1 incident
March 23, 1999IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE HAD A PERIOD SCREENING CHEST X RAY READ BY THREE B READERS USING THE ILO PROCEDURES. THE X RAY WAS CHARACTERIZED AS CONSISTENT WITH PNEUNOCONIOSIS WITH READING 1/1 AND 0/1 THE THIRD B READE R DID NOT AGREE. DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY ONLY READING CHEST X RAYS THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO SATISFY MSHA PROGRAM POLICY LTR P92 - 2
1996 · 1 incident
October 5, 1996IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS CHANGING PUNCH PLATES ON THE DEISTER SCAPLING SCREEN. WHILE INSTALLING PUNCH PLATE SCREEN SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND SMASHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER RESULTING IN AN OPEN FRACTURE
EMPLOYEE WAS RECEIVING A LOAD OF SHOT STONE FROM LOADER A LARGE STONE ROLLED STRIKING THE SIDEBOARD & ROCKED THE TRUCK AGGRAVATING A PREEXISTING BACK CONDITION EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL JULY 26TH
1994 · 1 incident
January 27, 1994IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorELECTRICAL
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOCKED WHEN POWER COMPANY POWER SURGE AFFECTED CONTROL ROOM. THERE WAS NO INJURY. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN A PRECAUTIONARY EXAM & TIME OFF FOR OBSERVATION.
EMPL WAS CLEANING UP THE FLOOR OF THE SURGE TUNNEL. HE BROKE A SLAB OF STONE IN HALF WITH A HAMMER SO HE COULD EASILY DISPOSE OF THE STONE. AS HE PICKED THE STONE UP HE CUT HIS FINGER ON THE S HARP EDGE OF THE SONE, WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
1991 · 2 incidents
October 17, 1991IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I.NAME & I.NAME WERE DISCONNECTING SWITCH BOX WHEN FLASH OCCURRED POWER WAS TURNED OFF ON 3 ADJOINING SWITCH BOXES THE ONE THEY WERE WORKING ON MISTAKENLY WAS NOT TURNED OFF BURNS TO HANDS ARM & FACE RESULTED
I.NAME & I.NAME WERE DISCONNECTING SWITCH BOX WHEN FLASH OCCURRED POWER WAS TURNER OFF ON 3 ADJOINING SWITCH BOXES THE ONE THEY WERE WORKING ON MISTAKENLY WAS NOT TURNED OFF BURNS TO HANDS ARM & FACE RESULTED
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