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DeKalb Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company

Sycamore, De Kalb County, IL  ·  Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1103190

DeKalb Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

2

Years on record

2010–2017

Latest incident

Mar 2017

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2009

20

citations

3

significant & substantial

$2,610

proposed penalties

$2,610

paid to date

100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2008

27

inspections on record

404

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: 404 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DeKalb Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$3K

proposed penalties

$3K

current assessed

$3K

paid to date

$0

outstanding

20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-10.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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 Q1	0	0	0
2022 Q4	746	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	460	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	226	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	189	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	643	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	694	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	388	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1	394	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	1,613	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	988	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	990	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	400	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	638	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	838	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	746	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	390	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	503	1	0	1988.1
2018 Q3	319	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	232	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	454	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	1,752	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	1,927	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	1,726	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	220	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	2,817	1	0	355.0
2016 Q3	3,863	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	2,937	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	2,076	4	2	1926.8
2015 Q4	3,771	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	6,013	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	2,982	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	1,594	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	3,069	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	3,259	6	0	1841.1
2014 Q2	2,544	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	2,073	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	3,533	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	4,553	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	5,022	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	2,794	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	3,901	6	1	1538.1
2012 Q3	4,402	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	6,111	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	3,226	1	0	310.0
2011 Q4	5,317	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	5,028	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	3,143	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	2,466	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	6,187	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	4,746	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	7,288	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	3,402	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	6,880	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	8,519	1	0	117.4
2009 Q2	7,051	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	4,428	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	6,926	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	13,110	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	12,997	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	1,337	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

March 8, 2017 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Smoke was observed coming from the West property line. It was determined that a fire was present along the public road and encroaching onto the berm of the property. The fire originated from a power line being blown into a broken tree limb during a wind storm. The fire department extinguished the fire, however it was not extinguished within 30 minutes of discovery.

2010 · 1 incident

September 24, 2010 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL

Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Lightning struck wooden power pole on mine property. Mine inactive at the time of incident. Mine supervisors present on property found the pole burning and notified MSHA. Not able to extinguish fire within the required time limit. Water truck available but power company not able to deenergize power lines for over one hour due to location of the property.

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