Mining Incidents

Fox Ridge Stone Co.: 122 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Fox Ridge Stone LLC · Surface
Controlled by Joe Hamman
Oswego, IL, Kendall County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102646

Fox Ridge Stone Co. has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1992
Latest incident
Jan 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
122
citations
25
significant & substantial
$18,812
proposed penalties
$16,232
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,580 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
365
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: 365 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fox Ridge Stone Co. has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-14.
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.
20.5%
significant & substantial
4.1%
high negligence or reckless
20.5%
reasonably likely or greater
48.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.4% low, 70.5% moderate, 4.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
37 citations taken to the federal commission · 30% of citations on record
  • Settled 30 · 81%
  • Stood as issued 7 · 19%
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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $6K 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 2010-03-04.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2010-285M Settlement Miller 2013 $3K → $2K
LAKE 2010-187M Settlement Miller 2011 $3K → $2K
LAKE 2007-57M Dismissal Feldman 2007 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2010-502M Settlement Zielinski 2011 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Fox Ridge Stone LLC 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2010 5
2009 5
2008 6
2007 5
2006 8
2005 9
2004 10
2003 10
2002 10
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fox Ridge Stone Co. sits in Kendall County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Kendall County, Illinois · Population 135,053
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$110,474
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
2022 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,440 3 1 2083.3
2021 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q3 1,440 10 0 6944.4
2020 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,112 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 768 18 5 23437.5
2010 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,706 1 0 586.2
2009 Q4 2,086 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,595 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,981 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,809 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,573 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,687 7 1 1493.5
2006 Q2 4,150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,810 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,153 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,820 12 3 2061.9
2005 Q2 5,152 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,811 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,232 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,672 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,656 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,595 6 0 1305.8
2003 Q3 4,515 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,091 7 0 1375.0
2003 Q1 3,532 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,053 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,867 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,011 7 3 1164.5
2001 Q4 4,800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,270 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,292 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,505 6 2 1089.9
2000 Q1 5,070 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 1 incident

January 28, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fox Ridge Stone LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE DOING REPAIRS CAUSING A SEVERE LUMBAR STRAIN.

1990 · 1 incident

July 30, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fox Ridge Stone LLC · Struck by falling object

CLEANING UP SPILLED MATERIAL & 3" ROCK FELL ON INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND SMASHING FINGER & PULLING OUT FINGERNAIL.

1988 · 1 incident

September 22, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fox Ridge Stone LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT HIS THUMB WITH HAMMER AGAINST A PIECE OF STEEL THAT HE WAS WORKING ON.