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.
422 citations across 2,349 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hastie, LLC has $297K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$297K
proposed penalties
$242K
current assessed
$242K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
382 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $187K in penalties contested before the Commission, $121K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-09.
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.
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.
16citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
14 · 88%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 13%
63%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 16 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$187K proposed, $121K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2019-02-11.
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.
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: 2025-08-21
16%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz173 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (29)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.89
0.88
1.01
Truck Driver
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.89
2.26
1.72
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2002-06-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.49
0.74
2.01
Drill Operator, Rotary
2025-08-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-08-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.86
2.13
0.40
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2021-05-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-07-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2014-07-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.81
0.23
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-07-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
1.75
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-08-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
1.43
0.57
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-08-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
1.73
0.35
Truck Loader
2011-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.8
0.09
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
2.9
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-16
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.43
10
0.14
Truck Driver
2004-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
1.43
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
2.33
0.21
Truck Loader
2003-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.09
2.24
0.49
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-06-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.55
0.82
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-12-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.99
2.38
0.42
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2002-06-26
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.54
10
0.25
Truck Driver
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.
Hastie, LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.41 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
3.08
3.08
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
38
2025
33
2024
32
2023
35
2022
34
2021
26
2020
26
2019
26
2018
25
2017
28
2016
30
2015
30
2014
28
2013
27
2012
26
2011
27
2010
25
2009
22
2008
24
2007
23
2006
19
2005
16
2004
18
2003
18
2002
18
2001
17
2000
20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hastie, LLC sits in Hardin County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 9.1% 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.
Hardin County, Illinois · Population 3,623
9.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,155
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
The employee was cleaning the chute to the crusher when a boulder rolled over on EE's right foot. EE's foot was bruised and swelled.
2015 · 1 incident
June 15, 2015IL · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hastie Mining · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The employee was installing a v belt on a Cedar Rapids crusher. He got the tip end of his ring finger between the shiv and the v belt and the crushed rolled and caught his finger breaking it.
May 10, 2008IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Slipped and fell on hydracone platform. He was not wearing fall protection. There were handrails around the platform. He was only 2-3 feet from platform.
2005 · 1 incident
June 14, 2005IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE PULLING BEARING OFF A SHAFT, PULLER BROKE AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SWELLING.
2004 · 2 incidents
April 22, 2004IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hastie Mining · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS CHANGING SCREENS AND FELT SOMETHING HURTING IN HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.
March 1, 2004IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hastie Mining · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
He was changing a pulley, grabbed frame and pried bearing loose; hand slipped and got mashed between frames, mashing right thumb.