Mining Incidents

HAMMOND PIT: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Raymond J Graham
Cook County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101074

HAMMOND PIT has $159 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
18
Years on record
1986–1996
Latest incident
Oct 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$159
proposed penalties
$159
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
2
inspections on record
13
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: 13 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HAMMOND PIT has $159 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.
$159
proposed penalties
$159
current assessed
$159
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-04-18.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
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.

HAMMOND PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.14 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.
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. Chicago Gravel Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 0
2001 7
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HAMMOND PIT 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
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 4,723 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,259 2 1 275.5
2001 Q1 1,464 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,523 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,897 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,458 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 2,563 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

1996 · 1 incident

October 10, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicago Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS BACK & LEG WHILE PULLING CLAY AND FLAT ROCKS OFF OF A CONVEYOR BELT.

1995 · 1 incident

March 16, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chicago Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A TIE IN THE RAILROAD TRACK ON COMPANY PROPERTY. THE WOODEN HANDLED MALLET HE WAS HOLDING BROKE ON IMPACT OF A BLOW HE DIRECTED AT A TIE, & THE HANCLE THEN HIT HIS RIGHT HAND, INJURING TWO FINGERS. THE LITTLE FINGER END HAD TO BE SEWN BACK TOGETHER, THE RING FINGER WAS BRUSIED.

1994 · 1 incident

April 14, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chicago Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING A CONVEYER PULLEY EE STUMBLED & BUMPED HIS FINGER IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A PULLED LIGAMENT IN HIS FINGER

1992 · 1 incident

September 3, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicago Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A DUMP SHEAVE & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 3 incidents

November 1, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicago Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPRAIN TO RIGHT FOREARM WHILE UNLOADING HOPPER CARS AND WINDING THEM UP.

1988 · 5 incidents

December 22, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chicago Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TO UNLOCK THE CUSTOMER'S DOOR FROM THE INSIDE, SHE CLIMBED OVER THE COUNTER, WHICH HAD NO ACCESS HOLE TO THE DOOR. UPON GETTING OFF THE COUNTER, I.NAME INJURED HER BACK.

November 26, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicago Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS CLEANING UNDER THE CRUSHERS AND IN LIFTING A BUCKET OF MUD,HIS BACK WENT OUT SUDDENLY.

June 3, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chicago Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IN CLEANING CRUSHER, THE SCRAPER SLIPPED AND MASHED THE THUMB AGAINST THE CRUSHER.

March 25, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicago Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURT HIMSELF MOVING WATER HOSE.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 29, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Chicago Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PRY BAR,I3JURED SHOULDER.

December 29, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicago Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOING REPAIR WO9K,PROPANE TANK AND SMASHED RIGHT FOREFINGER AGAINST STEEL BEAM.

1986 · 2 incidents

October 29, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chicago Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

PULLED MUSCLE L9FT LEG.