Mining Incidents

Colchester Plant-#51 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Riverstone Group
Colchester, IL, Mcdonough County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100033

Colchester Plant-#51 has $165 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1988–2002
Latest incident
Mar 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$165
proposed penalties
$165
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
6
inspections on record
46
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: 46 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Colchester Plant-#51 has $165 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.
$165
proposed penalties
$165
current assessed
$165
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-09-12.
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
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 681 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,939 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,307 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,528 2 0 441.7
2001 Q2 6,297 0 0 0.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 3,603 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,089 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,730 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,611 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,099 1 0 476.4

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 8, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED BY TRUCK AGAINST SHOP WALL.

Reportable incidents

17 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2002 · 1 incident

March 27, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Central Stone Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS WORKING AROUND WELDING AREA AND HIS EYES STARTED TO BURN.

2001 · 1 incident

August 7, 2001 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS TAKING A CAN OF GASOLINE TO PUMP AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON A ROCK.

1998 · 1 incident

April 14, 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 · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ALLEDGES HE WAS HELPING THREE OTHER C0-WORKERS TO PUT GEAR BOX ON FLOOR & HE STARTED FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1997 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK HAULING AND DUMPING ROCK, HE STARTED FEELING PAIN IN LEFT ARM, BY THE END OF THE DAY THE PAIN HAD EXTENDED TO HIS LEFT ELBOW

March 24, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Central Stone Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CUTTING WEAR PLATES FROM LOADER BUCKET, PLATE FELL T9O FLOOR STRIKING RIGHT LEG IWTH SHARP EDGE, CAUSING A CUT TO LOWER RIGHT LEG. THE MEDICATION THAT HE WAS PRESCRIBE D MADE HIM SICK CAUSING HIM TO LOOSSE 1 DAY OF LOSS TIME.

1996 · 1 incident

October 28, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Central Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING ON EQUIPMENT LOOSENING BOLTS ANDSTARTED FEELING PAIN IN RIGHT HAND AND CHEST MUSCLES.

1995 · 1 incident

September 25, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRUCK, HIT BUMP AT THE BOTTOM OF RAMP OF STOCKPILE AND THE CATCH ON THE SEAT SLIPPED, CAUSING SEAT TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH, BRUISING LOWER BACK.

1994 · 1 incident

November 10, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S SEAT FRAME IN TRUCK WAS WORN OUT, CAUSING THE SEAT IN TRUCK NOT TO BE STRAIGHT, THEREFORE EE'S HIP WAS THROWN OUT OF PLACE.

1993 · 1 incident

July 21, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Central Stone Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS HAND ON CRUSHER BELT WILE ADJUSTING GUARD BELT. LATE REPORTING IS BECAUSE DOCTOR'S REPORT CAME IN OUR OFFICE TODAY STATING A SPLINT WAS APPLIED TO HIS FINGER.

1991 · 1 incident

November 9, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Central Stone Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING DRILL UP FROM ONE HOLE GETTING READY TO GO TO ANOTHER HOLE AND BACKED UP ABOUT 3' TO 4',TURNED AROUND TO MOVE AIR LINE AND FELL DOWN FACE OF ROCK APPROXIMATELY 22'.AREA WH ERE HE FELL WAS SLOPED AND HE SLID DOWN ON HIS SIDE.

1990 · 5 incidents

October 22, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CHECKING WATER NOZZLES AT END OF SCREEN WHEN A ROCK CAUGHT ON SKIRT BOARDS ON CONVEYOR APPROX. 6FT ABOVE AND FELL STRIKING EE ON HEAD. ROCK HIT HIS HARD HAT AND PUSHED HIS HEAD TO ONE S IDE. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT ACCORDING TO FIRST REPORT OF INJURY. WHEN THE BILL CAME IN TO OUR OFFICE ON DEC 5 IT INDICATED HE MADE 7 VISITS TO A CHIROPRACTO

August 17, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS SPRAYING WATE RON RADIATOR TRYING TO COOL IT DOWN. HE THOUGHT IT WAS COOL AND REMOVED RADIATOR CAP. RADIATOR WAS STILL HOT AND HAD PRESSURE ON CAP AND WHEN HE REMOVED CAP IT BOILED OVER ON HIS HAND AND STOMACH. HE JUMPED OFF LOADER WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND ALSO INJURED HIS LEG.

July 25, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WIRE GHROUGH MAIN ENTRANCE HOLE IN WALL WHEN FLOOR FELL THROUGH WHERE HE WAS STANDING. HE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT ANOTHER SWITCH BEHIND HIM ON THE FLOOR.

May 14, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Stone Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE, I.NAME AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, E.NAME WERE SLIDING SPRINGS ACROSS SHOP FLOOR AND EXPERIENCED MINOR PAIN TO BACK AND NECK. EMPLOYEE WORKED THROUGH MAY 18TH. OFF ON MAY 21, 1990.

May 5, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Central Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON PIPE COUPLING, I.NAME WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET AWAY. A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF HAMMER AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN FRONT RIGHT UPPER CHEST AREA.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 10, 1988 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

EMPLOYEE WAS NOT SURE IF THE INJRY OCCURRED AT HOME OR AT WORK;THINKS WORK AGGRAVATED IT.HE WAS CLEANING AROUND PLANT AREA AND A CUSTOMER CAME IN.WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF LOADER HE TWISTED HIS K NEE.HE DIDN'T LOSE ANY TIME FROM WORK BUT HE DIDRECEIVE PRESCRIPTIONS FROM THE DOCTOR.

January 6, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HERNIA REPAIR DUT TO INJURY OF PREVIOUS DATE-9-7-87. LIFTING OF HEAD PULLEY INTO PICKUP AT EARLIER DATE.

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