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: 317 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Farmdale has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $716 in penalties contested before the Commission, $716 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-04.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Stood as issued
7 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$716 proposed, $716 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2009-10-16.
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: 2011-03-16, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-03-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Backhoe Operator
2001-03-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.87
0.40
Truck Driver
2001-03-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.17
0.35
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
0
2018
2
2017
0
2016
4
2015
0
2014
6
2013
0
2012
4
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
2
2006
2
2005
3
2004
5
2003
5
2002
6
2001
8
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Farmdale sits in Tazewell County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Illinois · Population 130,555
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,704
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
OPERATOR STEPPED DOWN FROM A NACHINE DID NOT NOTICE A ROCK, STEPPED ON THE ROCK AND TWISTED HER ANKLE. DR'S OFFICE VISIT, X-RAY SHOWED SPRAIN ONLY 3 1/2 DAYS OFF WORK.
1999 · 1 incident
March 4, 1999IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BEND STEEL TO MAKE A SKID TO MOVE HOPPER, CHAIN SLIPPED OFF AND GRAZED INDIVIDUALS RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT LEG AT THE KNEE.
1996 · 1 incident
July 26, 1996IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TWO INDIPENDENT TRUCK DRIVERS GOT INTO A FITH WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEED BY PEORIA BLACKTOP IN WHICH ARE WENT TO HOSPITAL AND THE OTHE RWAS ARRESTED BY TAZWELL COUNTY SHERRIFF'S DEPT.
August 31, 1995IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peoria Blacktop Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PERSON PINCHED MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES CONCRETE SPOKITTING END OF FINGER TO HAVE STITCHES PUT IN FINGER.
June 9, 1995IL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE CLEANING HOPPER EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING CHUTE WITH SCRAPER AND HIT TOP OF HOPPER WITH LEFT HAND. WENT TO HOSPITAL THINKING IT WAS BROKEN. EVERYTHING OK ACCORDING TO DOCTOR.
1994 · 1 incident
December 10, 1994IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE CAME TO WORK COMPLAINING THAT HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM. SAID HE WOKE UP WITH A BACKACHE SATURDAY MORNING AND IT WAS HURTING TOO MUCH TO WORK. WENT DR.'S ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. BACK WAS NOT BOTHERING HIM WHEN HE LEFT WORK ON FRIDAY WHEN WE CLOSED DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND. SAID HE MAY HAVE DONE IT LIFTING ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER.
1993 · 1 incident
March 15, 1993IL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
WHILE SLIDING DOWN AN UNDER CONVEYOR IN CRUSHING PLANT TO ADJUST JAW A PIECE OF WIRE IN MATERIAL PIERCED LEFT BUDDOCK & REQUIRED SEVERAL STITCHES AS PRECAUSION RESULTS OF AUDIT WAS DETERMINED IT HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED
1989 · 1 incident
July 17, 1989IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL REMOVED SAFETY SHIELD FROM FACE WHILE PLACING SCRAP STEEL IN SCRAP BIN AND HIT LEFT CHEEK ON FACE WITH HOT END CAUSING BURN TO FACE.EMPL NOT TAKING EXTREME CAUTION IN WHAT HE WAS DOING.
1987 · 1 incident
May 5, 1987IL · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorMACHINERY
A SMALL WELD BR2KE ON CONTROL LEVER THAT RAISES & LOWERS SCREEN DECK ON PEP SHAKER ALLOWING SHALT TO SPIN AS DECK WAS BEING LOWERED THROWING LEVER AGAINST INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND CUTTING IT.
1985 · 1 incident
June 12, 1985IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
INSPECTING DRIVE CHANE ON CONVEYOR NOTICED IT WAS ABOUT TO COME OFF WENT TO SHUT MACHINE OFF AND AS HE DID SO CHAIN CAME OFF UPPER SPROCKET AND FELL DOWN HITTING HIM IN LEFT ELBOW LEAVING SM ALL CUT.2 HRS LATER WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT BLOOD VESSEL IN LEFT ELBOW RUPTURED WHICH LEFT HIM VERY WEAK.RESCUE SQUAD TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL.
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