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Gavers Pit & Mill: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald R Gavers
Woodstock, Mchenry County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1102259

Gavers Pit & Mill has $11K 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
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
93
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,590
proposed penalties
$10,590
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
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Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
569
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: 569 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gavers Pit & Mill has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-08.
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.
9.7%
significant & substantial
5.4%
high negligence or reckless
9.7%
reasonably likely or greater
43.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 5.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2019-09-04, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-09-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-10-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.49 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.1 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Gavers Asphalt Paving & Excavating 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 3
2019 2
2018 4
2017 3
2016 3
2015 4
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 6
2003 6
2002 5
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gavers Pit & Mill sits in McHenry 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.
McHenry County, Illinois · Population 311,366
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$102,836
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
2026 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 212 1 0 4717.0
2025 Q2 215 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 289 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 255 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 287 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 553 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 86 7 0 81395.3
2023 Q2 217 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 916 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 946 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 248 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 114 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,140 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 417 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 208 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,174 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,096 6 1 5474.5
2019 Q2 374 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,579 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,125 1 0 470.6
2018 Q2 1,838 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 644 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,168 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,475 3 0 1212.1
2017 Q2 2,170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,279 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,686 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,485 1 0 402.4
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,382 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,395 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,518 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 2,456 1 0 407.2
2014 Q3 2,528 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 257 14 1 54474.7
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 2,051 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,189 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 566 5 0 8833.9
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,052 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,514 10 1 6605.0
2012 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,628 2 0 1228.5
2010 Q3 1,883 5 0 2655.3
2010 Q2 1,772 4 1 2257.3
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,849 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,850 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,225 1 0 449.4
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,983 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,494 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,835 3 0 1058.2
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 2,954 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,483 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,134 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 3,485 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,484 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,476 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 3,494 2 0 572.4
2005 Q3 3,500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,810 3 1 787.4
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 4,265 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,047 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,727 3 0 804.9
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 4,307 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,079 4 0 980.6
2003 Q2 3,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 3,474 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,493 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,425 4 0 904.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 4,563 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,323 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,042 8 1 1586.7
2001 Q1 402 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,874 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,812 5 3 860.3
2000 Q2 6,013 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,386 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 21, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Gavers Asphalt Paving & Excavating · Struck by flying object

THE BELT RIPPED- CLEVICE HIT VICTIM IN HEAD CAUSING SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA WHICH RESULTED IN DEATH.