Mining Incidents

CARTHAGE PLANT #52 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Riverstone Group
Carthage, Hancock County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100032

CARTHAGE PLANT #52 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–2023
Latest incident
Oct 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
49
citations
12
significant & substantial
$15,127
proposed penalties
$13,890
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,237 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
467
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: 467 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CARTHAGE PLANT #52 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-28.
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
2023 Q4 2,002 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,686 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,086 3 1 734.2
2023 Q1 3,853 4 0 1038.2
2022 Q4 3,259 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,997 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,136 8 4 2551.0
2022 Q1 3,475 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 3,484 1 0 287.0
2021 Q3 914 1 0 1094.1
2021 Q2 3,617 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,036 2 1 982.3
2020 Q4 2,852 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,481 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,867 1 0 258.6
2020 Q1 2,531 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,212 2 1 474.8
2017 Q1 995 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,615 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,555 10 2 1800.2
2008 Q1 6,048 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,415 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,922 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,386 1 1 106.5
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 3,774 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,754 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,013 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,350 6 1 1121.5
2001 Q4 703 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,817 4 1 1047.9
2001 Q2 1,932 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 466 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 557 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 607 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 518 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2023 · 1 incident

October 10, 2023 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Stone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee alleges was lifting some small packages and as EE turned to walk, EE tripped over a small box that was in the walkway and fell to the ground bruising EE's mid lower back.

2022 · 1 incident

December 16, 2022 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Stone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking across production area and tripped causing injury to shoulder and arm.

2008 · 1 incident

March 13, 2008 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Central Stone Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee alleges he was looking for a part for the crusher, he leaned over to look at a shelf and started feeling pain on both sides of his lower back.

2007 · 1 incident

May 29, 2007 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee alleges he was cleaning out shin and hit an angle iron, hurting his back, head, neck and scratched his face and broke his glasses. He is seeing a chiropractor.

1999 · 1 incident

September 20, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Stone Company · Fall from machine

EE ALLEGES HE WAS INSTALLING RAILS ON CONVEYOR AS HE WAS CLIMBING DONW WITH THE TORCH IN HIS HAND HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK.

1998 · 1 incident

October 8, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HE WAS CLEANING OUT CONE CRUSHER WITHWATER HOSE & THE CONE WAS PLUGGED UP WITH MUD & A LARGE ROCK CAME OFF OF TOP OF PLANT & HIT HIM IN THE FACE CAUSING HIM TO BREAK 3 TEETH

1996 · 1 incident

November 12, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF TRUCK THAT HE DOESN'T NORMALLY DRIVE. THE STEPS WERE HIGHER THAT HIS TRUCK AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

1995 · 1 incident

January 25, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BATTERY CHARGER UP TOCHARGE BATTERIES TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK

1994 · 1 incident

February 11, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING A BOULDER IN CRUSHER JAW & HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PITMAN BOULDER CRUSHING FINGERS

1983 · 1 incident

April 8, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Central Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS USING SHORT PIECE OF DRILL STEEL FOR PURPOSES OF CLEANING OUT ROCK BIN AND HIS FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL THAT IS STATIONARY

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The full compliance file on CARTHAGE PLANT #52

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.