Fischer Excavating Inc Metal/Non-Metal
Fischer Excavating Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Wayne V Fischer; Joe L. Fischer
Freeport,
Stephenson County,
IL
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1103059
Fischer Excavating Inc has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
111
citations
27
significant & substantial
$16,796
proposed penalties
$16,328
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $468 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
46
inspections on record
612
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 612 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fischer Excavating Inc has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 964 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 876 | 3 | 0 | 3424.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 798 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 802 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 779 | 3 | 0 | 3851.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 729 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,088 | 3 | 1 | 2757.4 |
| 2023 Q2 | 970 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,325 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,263 | 1 | 0 | 791.8 |
| 2022 Q1 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,721 | 1 | 0 | 581.1 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,298 | 3 | 1 | 2311.2 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,697 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,669 | 5 | 0 | 2995.8 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,698 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,532 | 4 | 2 | 2611.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 846 | 1 | 0 | 1182.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,221 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,091 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 946 | 1 | 0 | 1057.1 |
| 2017 Q3 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 960 | 4 | 1 | 4166.7 |
| 2017 Q1 | 557 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 886 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,426 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 983 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,274 | 11 | 0 | 8634.2 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,365 | 1 | 1 | 732.6 |
| 2015 Q2 | 662 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 852 | 3 | 1 | 3521.1 |
| 2012 Q3 | 941 | 2 | 0 | 2125.4 |
| 2012 Q2 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 987 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,109 | 7 | 1 | 6312.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,334 | 2 | 0 | 856.9 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 4,850 | 12 | 8 | 2474.2 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,315 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 2,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,957 | 5 | 0 | 2554.9 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,041 | 12 | 7 | 5879.5 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,166 | 1 | 0 | 857.6 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,291 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,471 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,081 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,404 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 871 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 661 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,175 | 8 | 2 | 6808.5 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,029 | 3 | 1 | 2915.5 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,129 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 960 | 2 | 0 | 2083.3 |
| 2003 Q2 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 388 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,221 | 1 | 0 | 819.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 917 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 639 | 6 | 0 | 9389.7 |
| 2000 Q4 | 749 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,016 | 3 | 1 | 2952.8 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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