Mining Incidents

Byron West-Limestone Metal/Non-Metal

VCNA Prairie LLC · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Byron, Ogle County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1102967

Byron West-Limestone has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,680
proposed penalties
$3,680
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
601
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: 601 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 West-Limestone has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,404 1 0 712.3
2025 Q3 1,716 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,565 1 0 639.0
2025 Q1 1,624 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,107 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,931 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,654 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,441 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,515 2 0 795.2
2023 Q1 2,199 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,898 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,742 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,256 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,673 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,719 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,953 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,427 1 1 700.8
2020 Q4 1,625 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,691 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,054 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,685 6 1 3560.8
2019 Q4 2,283 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,912 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,729 1 0 578.4
2018 Q4 1,985 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,044 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,188 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,861 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,520 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,087 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,992 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,466 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,630 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,274 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,966 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,718 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,054 2 0 973.7
2015 Q3 2,283 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,963 1 0 509.4
2015 Q1 1,611 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,537 2 0 1301.2
2014 Q3 1,539 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,549 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,585 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,175 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,180 1 0 847.5
2013 Q1 1,418 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,342 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,357 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 708 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,413 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,739 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,208 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,866 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,400 1 0 714.3
2010 Q4 1,491 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,583 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,010 2 0 1980.2
2010 Q1 1,767 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,449 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,053 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,777 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,302 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,464 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,383 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,588 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,651 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,599 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,561 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,580 4 0 2531.6
2007 Q1 887 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,087 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,954 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,287 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,698 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 968 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,507 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,078 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,025 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,026 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,491 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,822 2 0 708.7
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 1,448 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,125 1 0 470.6
2002 Q3 2,057 1 0 486.1
2002 Q2 2,344 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,391 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,497 2 1 801.0
2001 Q3 1,476 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,920 2 0 1041.7
2001 Q1 1,005 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,151 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,764 5 5 2834.5
2000 Q2 1,547 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,547 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.

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