Mining Incidents

C J Materials Inc: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

C J Materials Inc · Surface
Controlled by Randy Holesinger
Morrison, Whiteside County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1102824

C J Materials Inc has $9K 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
68
citations
14
significant & substantial
$9,251
proposed penalties
$9,251
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
47
inspections on record
399
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: 399 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

C J Materials Inc has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-17.
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.
20.9%
significant & substantial
9.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.9%
reasonably likely or greater
50.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.4% low, 65.7% moderate, 9.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2012-02-01.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2012-333M Withdrawal Lesnick 2012 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2019-09-25, 6 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-09-25 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. Nelson Sand & Gravel Company 1985 to 1987
  2. C J Materials Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
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.

C J Materials Inc sits in Whiteside County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Whiteside County, Illinois · Population 55,192
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,536
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 153 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 166 4 0 24096.4
2025 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 176 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 171 1 0 5848.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 176 5 2 28409.1
2021 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 141 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 174 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 139 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 121 1 0 8264.5
2019 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 123 2 0 16260.2
2018 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 86 1 0 11627.9
2017 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 115 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 74 1 0 13513.5
2015 Q3 163 3 0 18404.9
2015 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 2 0
2013 Q4 77 4 0 51948.1
2013 Q3 131 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 73 5 1 68493.2
2012 Q2 111 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 79 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 123 3 0 24390.2
2011 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 101 2 1 19802.0
2007 Q3 136 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 33 5 0 151515.2
2006 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 99 2 0 20202.0
2005 Q2 115 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 79 6 2 75949.4
2003 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 79 17 7 215189.9
2002 Q3 69 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 102 2 1 19607.8
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 116 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 109 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 40 2 0 50000.0
2000 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 215 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 41 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.