Mining Incidents

Buckheart Mine #17 Coal

Oros and Busch Application Technologies, Inc · Facility
Controlled by Jacob J Oros
Canton, Fulton County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102975

MSHA sampling at Buckheart Mine #17 shows 100% of 2 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
306
inspection hours
n/a
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: 306 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Buckheart Mine #17 shows 100% of 2 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2012-08-29, 14 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2
samples
0.22
dust max (mg/m3)
2 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH2

Noise
The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2012-03-22, 14 years ago
0%
over PEL
1
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Dave Clinard Truck Service Inc 1995 to 2017
  2. Oros and Busch Application Technologies, Inc 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Buckheart Mine #17 sits in Fulton 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.
Fulton County, Illinois · Population 33,259
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,617
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
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 890 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 959 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 919 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 947 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 936 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 996 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,145 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,145 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,122 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,033 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 865 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,062 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 959 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 905 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 815 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 932 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 957 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 855 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 745 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 775 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 823 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 762 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 776 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 738 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 695 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 666 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 743 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 821 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 940 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 907 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 743 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 694 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 693 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 726 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 692 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 703 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 695 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 639 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 617 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 631 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 623 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 609 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 638 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 642 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 612 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 680 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.