Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Co has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
24
Years on record
1987–2019
Latest incident
Sep 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
141
citations
11
significant & substantial
$26,979
proposed penalties
$26,617
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $362 gap.
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.
141 citations across 1,097 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Co has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
141 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-03-09.
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.
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.
22citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
18 · 82%
Stood as issued
3 · 14%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 5%
67%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
4%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $8K 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 2016-04-26.
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.
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: 2009-12-09, 16 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz104 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-11-20
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
16.58
10
1.66
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-05-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
12.22
10
1.22
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
31.13
10
3.11
Cleanup Man
2004-02-19
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
172.27
10
17.23
Cleanup Man
2009-12-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-01-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.98
10
0.30
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-11-20
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.56
10
0.26
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-05-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.03
10
0.10
Truck Driver
2008-05-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.1
10
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
5.41
10
0.54
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2008-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
3.02
0.19
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-07-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
3.59
10
0.36
Cleanup Man
2002-08-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.63
0.16
Washer Operator
2002-08-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Co recorded 6.25 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.
Injury rate, 2019
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
6.25
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.29 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2019 *
6.25
0.00
0.000
2018 *
6.19
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
17.21
0.00
0.000
2015 *
11.38
0.00
0.000
2014 *
5.79
5.79
0.000
2013 *
5.82
0.00
0.000
2012 *
5.78
5.78
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
6
2019
17
2018
17
2017
17
2016
20
2015
18
2014
18
2013
17
2012
18
2011
17
2010
16
2009
16
2008
16
2007
16
2006
16
2005
16
2004
17
2003
16
2002
16
2001
16
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Casper Stolle Quarry & Contracting Co sits in St. Clair County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
St. Clair County, Illinois · Population 254,777
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$70,178
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
2020 Q4
1,773
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,917
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,707
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,119
1
1
242.8
2019 Q4
7,066
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,924
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
8,650
1
1
115.6
2019 Q1
8,362
0
0
0.0
Show 76 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4
8,099
4
0
493.9
2018 Q3
7,497
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
8,452
2
0
236.6
2018 Q1
8,255
3
1
363.4
2017 Q4
7,849
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
8,291
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
8,114
1
0
123.2
2017 Q1
7,954
5
0
628.6
2016 Q4
7,776
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
9,398
3
1
319.2
2016 Q2
9,219
1
0
108.5
2016 Q1
8,466
9
1
1063.1
2015 Q4
8,695
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
8,564
4
0
467.1
2015 Q2
9,092
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
8,804
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
8,614
10
1
1160.9
2014 Q3
8,986
7
0
779.0
2014 Q2
8,796
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
8,176
12
0
1467.7
2013 Q4
8,598
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
8,533
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
8,649
4
0
462.5
2013 Q1
8,567
4
0
466.9
2012 Q4
8,174
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
8,375
3
0
358.2
2012 Q2
9,056
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
8,978
1
0
111.4
2011 Q4
8,238
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
8,333
2
1
240.0
2011 Q2
7,968
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
7,684
5
0
650.7
2010 Q4
8,115
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,787
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,403
5
0
675.4
2010 Q1
6,581
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,710
5
1
745.2
2009 Q3
6,869
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,121
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
6,526
3
0
459.7
2008 Q4
6,835
3
1
438.9
2008 Q3
7,185
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,885
8
1
1014.6
2008 Q1
7,287
12
0
1646.8
2007 Q4
7,921
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
7,814
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,105
3
0
370.1
2007 Q1
7,542
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
8,148
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,488
1
0
117.8
2006 Q2
8,081
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,727
2
0
258.8
2005 Q4
8,009
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
8,401
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,320
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,979
5
0
626.6
2004 Q4
9,204
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,517
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
8,001
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,703
1
0
129.8
2003 Q4
8,423
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,096
6
1
741.1
2003 Q2
7,953
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
7,861
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,900
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,228
2
0
382.6
2002 Q2
6,630
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
8,045
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
8,294
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,951
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
9,531
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,956
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,605
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,130
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,818
2
0
255.8
2000 Q1
7,833
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
24 on file
2019 · 1 incident
September 26, 2019IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was hoisting piece of metal onto saw horses with 1840 Skid steer loader & the metal slipped & struck EE in right knee while sitting in the operator's seat. Informed me at 3:00 pm that day but refused treatment. The next morning, Friday, informed me it was still sore & was sent to doctor & placed on restricted duty with follow up visit scheduled.
2018 · 1 incident
April 2, 2018IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Annual audiogram indicated a reportable hearing loss in right ear when compared to baseline audiogram from January 2006. Sent to specialist for retest and evaluation on 4/2/18
2016 · 3 incidents
April 27, 2016IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was positioning a bearing housing in the hydraulic press. The bearing housing slipped on the frame, causing the housing to fall partially off the frame, pinning EE's fingers between the housing and the frame. EE went to urgent care clinic, was referred to the ER where EE received sutures. Returned to work the same day on light duty, and released to full duty on 5/6/16
April 15, 2016IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Not an accident. An employee has had an audiogram when compared to baseline audiogram falls under the category of Reportable Hearing Loss. This is the purpose for this report.
March 7, 2016IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was hooking a lifting strap to lift a drill steel out of the drill. Steel stuck in the bit, causing the eye bolt in the drill head to fail. Miner was struck by falling shackle. Miner refused treatment, wanted to see how it felt the next morning. On 3/8, miner sought treatment, diagnosed with a fracture of the right radius. Miner returned 3/8 on light duty.
2015 · 2 incidents
November 2, 2015IL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee (Ee) was greasing the loader at the start of shift. Ee reported he ducked under the boom arms and felt a pop in his lower back. Ee said he'd like to see how it felt in a few days before he went to clinic. Ee went to clinic 11/05/15, diagnosed with lower back strain. Physical therapy ordered w/ no restrictions. Released from care 11/17/15
July 8, 2015IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ee slipped while walking on an elevated walkway checking conveyors. Ee grabbed handrail, straining right shoulder. Ee reported injury to foreman on 7/9/15, but did not request treatment/evaluation. 7/14/15 Ee received evaluation of injury. Dr. diagnosed sprain of right shoulder, returned to full duty same day (7/14/15), & ordered physical therapy.
Employee was using sledge hammer to move slabs of rock that had jammed a conveyor. The employee hit himself in the shin with the sledge hammer. It was not a direct hit but slid back from rock being hit into shin. The accident resulted in bruising and a cut that required 6 stitches.
2012 · 1 incident
September 24, 2012IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
Employee was cleaning frozen mud from the pulley on main belt conveyor using a round bar 5' to 6' long. Right small finger pulled in between bar and conveyor belt which pulled part of the skin off the finger as he pulled out his finger. He received 8 stitches from a specialist and returned to work.
2003 · 1 incident
August 22, 2003IL · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE STATED HE WAS ON TOP OF THE PLATFORM HOSING DOWN OIL ON HIS MACHINE. HE STARTED BACK DOWN THE STAIRS, & SLIPPED. THERE WAS EITHER OIL ON HIS BOOT OR HE SLIPPED FROM THE WATER. HE PUSHED HI MSELF AWAY TO PREVENT HITTING HIS BACK OR HEAD AS HE FELL AND LANDED ON HIS LEG.
EMPL WAS USING A CHISEL AND HAMMER PICE OF CHISEL BROKE OFF AND PUNCHED SKIN IN STOMACH AREA WOUND CLEANED FOUND FIT FOR FULL DUTY AND TOLD TO REPORT BACK TO WORK
January 4, 1989IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
PINCHED LEFT IN8EX FINGER BETWEEN THE BIT AND HAMMER OF A DOWN THE HOLE DRILL. HAD REMOVED HAMMER FROM DRILL AND PUT IN PICKUIP TRUCK TO GO TO MACHINE SHOP WAS TAKING HAMMER FROM TRUCK AND LO LOWERED IF OFF 7AILGATE FORGETTING TO REMOVE FINGER FROM BETWEEN BIT AND HAMMER. PINCHED SKIN FROM SIDE OF FINGER SLIGHT DAMAGE TO FINGER BUT REQUIRED SKIN GRAFT
A CUSTOMER TRUC5 DRIVER STALLED HIS ENGINE ON HIS TRUCK ON A HILL & ROLLED BACK INTO THE BUCKET OF A COMPANY.TRUCK DRIVER SAID HE HAD BEEN JUST RELEASED FROM HOSP.FOR A HERNIA & FELT THE IMPAC T MAY HAVE BROK9N LOOSE SOME OF THE STICHES AMBULANCE WAS CALLED & HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSP.TO SEE
April 30, 1987IL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON