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Byron East (Sand and Gravel): 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

VCNA Prairie LLC · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Byron, Ogle County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1100017

Byron East (Sand and Gravel) has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
20
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,878
proposed penalties
$1,878
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See VCNA Prairie LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
36
inspections on record
345
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: 345 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Byron East (Sand and Gravel) has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-09.
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.
15.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 65.0% low, 35.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2025-11-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Washer Operator
2010-07-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.91 0.19 Washer Operator
2010-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Byron Materials Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. R Rogers Trucking & Materials 1989 to 1994
  3. Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. 1994 to 2025
  4. VCNA Prairie LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 5
2022 5
2021 4
2020 5
2019 6
2018 7
2017 5
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 4
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Byron East (Sand and Gravel) sits in Ogle County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Ogle County, Illinois · Population 51,536
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,244
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 1,421 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,116 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,394 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,323 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,163 1 0 859.8
2025 Q1 818 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,611 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,355 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,387 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,586 1 0 630.5
2023 Q4 1,665 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,588 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,784 1 0 560.5
2023 Q1 684 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,947 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,778 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,792 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,444 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,635 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,269 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,691 3 3 1774.1
2021 Q1 1,408 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,396 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,039 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 950 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,113 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,860 1 0 537.6
2019 Q2 2,149 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,698 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,948 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,018 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,201 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,342 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,081 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 916 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 787 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,456 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,644 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,451 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,470 1 0 680.3
2015 Q3 1,639 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,473 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 752 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,569 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,538 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,545 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 737 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,175 1 0 851.1
2013 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,355 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,777 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,751 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,354 1 0 738.6
2011 Q1 715 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 991 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,031 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 381 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 958 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,059 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,188 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 894 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 547 1 0 1828.2
2008 Q1 413 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 517 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 887 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,087 2 0 1839.9
2006 Q3 2,232 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,176 1 0 850.3
2005 Q3 581 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,179 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 328 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 507 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 1,025 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 543 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 524 2 0 3816.8
2003 Q2 2,108 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,048 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,073 2 0 1863.9
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 937 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,041 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,085 2 0 959.2
2001 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,185 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,839 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 11, 2024 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. · Fall from ladders

The miner climbed the ladder on the side of the aggregate feeder to dislodge some stuck material. The material dislodged causing the bin to shift. Which caused the miner to fall off of the ladder, injuring EE's left shoulder and left index finger. EE received stiches to the finger.

2020 · 1 incident

June 18, 2020 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was changing a bearing on the head pulley of a conveyor. When EE loosened the pillow block bearing the shaft popped up striking EE in the palm of EE's left hand causing a laceration which required stitches.

1988 · 1 incident

November 4, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Byron Materials Inc · Fall from machine

TRIPPED GETTING OFF LOADER.