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Gifford East-South: 89 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael P Vondra
Elgin, Cook County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103125

Gifford East-South has $94K 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
2
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Sep 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
89
citations
21
significant & substantial
$93,885
proposed penalties
$65,524
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,361 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bluff City Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
22
inspections on record
470
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: 470 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gifford East-South has $94K 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.
$94K
proposed penalties
$66K
current assessed
$66K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $79K in penalties contested before the Commission, $51K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-14.
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.
23.6%
significant & substantial
14.6%
high negligence or reckless
22.5%
reasonably likely or greater
46.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.1% low, 57.3% moderate, 14.6% 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.
28 citations taken to the federal commission · 31% of citations on record
  • Settled 26 · 93%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 4%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 4%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
36%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$79K proposed, $51K 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 2011-05-10.
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 2011-670M Settlement Zielinski 2012 $50K → $35K
LAKE 2011-281M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $26K → $13K
LAKE 2008-596M Dismissal Lesnick 2009 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2011-344M Settlement Tureck 2011 $636 → $474
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-04-21, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.04 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Gifford East-South recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.

Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.33 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 8.41 8.41 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Bluff City Materials, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 3
2013 11
2012 6
2011 7
2010 8
2009 7
2008 7
2007 11
2006 11
2005 10
2004 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gifford East-South sits in Cook 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.
Cook County, Illinois · Population 5,185,812
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,797
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
2015 Q4 868 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 495 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 619 1 0 1615.5
2015 Q1 316 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,126 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,126 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 905 8 0 8839.8
2014 Q1 533 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 3,897 8 0 2052.9
2013 Q3 9,279 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,911 5 0 561.1
2013 Q1 3,854 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,699 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,823 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 946 7 3 7399.6
2012 Q1 1,394 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,351 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,630 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,523 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,041 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,235 26 9 6139.3
2010 Q3 4,383 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,853 22 6 3758.8
2010 Q1 3,018 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,813 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,796 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,663 2 0 546.0
2009 Q1 1,279 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,789 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,026 4 1 663.8
2008 Q1 1,133 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,550 1 0 219.8
2007 Q3 7,068 2 0 283.0
2007 Q2 7,066 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,109 2 1 391.5
2006 Q4 8,056 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,903 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,407 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,032 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,909 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,334 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,851 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 714 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,477 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,633 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

September 20, 2012 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff City Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was docking the dredge for the winter when one of the winch cables got caught underneath the corner of the dredge. Lenny tried to pull the cable free when he strained his shoulder. He didn't think anything of it until weeks later when the pain continued. He went to the doctor on 11-9-2012 and at that point was restricted from work.

2007 · 1 incident

January 30, 2007 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Bluff City Materials, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Operating a haul truck down hill of haul road that was iced over, slid & lost control running into embankment. Was not wearing seat belt & he was tossed around the inside of the cab, resulting in fractured left clavicle & possible shoulder separation.