Mining Incidents

Gesell Gravel Pit: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David K Stark
Downs, Mclean County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103001

Gesell Gravel Pit has $644 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
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
9
citations
4
significant & substantial
$644
proposed penalties
$644
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
7
inspections on record
87
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: 87 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gesell Gravel Pit has $644 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.
$644
proposed penalties
$644
current assessed
$644
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-12-09.
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.
44.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
44.4%
reasonably likely or greater
11.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2002-07-17, 24 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-07-17 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. Stark Materials Company Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 0
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 6
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gesell Gravel Pit sits in McLean 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.
McLean County, Illinois · Population 170,882
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$78,329
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
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,198 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,627 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,562 1 0 640.2
2003 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 1,171 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 757 1 0 1321.0
2002 Q3 770 4 2 5194.8
2002 Q2 2,363 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,523 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,375 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,163 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,490 3 2 668.2
2001 Q1 1,652 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,389 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,207 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,164 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 331 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

May 22, 2001 IL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator OTHER
Stark Materials Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON HIS WAY TO WORK EE STOPPED AT HOSPITAL COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS & NUMBNESS IN ARMS. HE DID NOT LET HOSPITAL ADMIT HIM. HE DROVE APPROX. 1 HOUR TO JOB SITE. EE SAW HIM HOLDING HIS CHEST AR OUND 6:45 AM. AND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS O.K. TRIEDTO TALK HIM INTO GOING TO A DR. EE CALLED HIS WIFE TO GET HIM & PROCEEDED TO HIS CAR. WHILE IN CAR, EE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK & EXPIRED @ OSF.