Mining Incidents

Kay's Corner Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Sterling, Whiteside County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1102981

Kay's Corner Pit has $6K 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
2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
45
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,483
proposed penalties
$6,483
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
353
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: 353 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kay's Corner Pit has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 157 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 232 2 1 8620.7
2021 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 322 1 0 3105.6
2019 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 461 3 0 6507.6
2018 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 164 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 283 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 213 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 421 1 0 2375.3
2015 Q3 521 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 327 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 511 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 481 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 781 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 374 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 329 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 646 1 0 1548.0
2012 Q2 484 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,024 1 0 976.6
2011 Q3 891 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 560 18 5 32142.9
2010 Q2 682 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 432 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,032 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,032 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 968 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,072 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 896 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,024 2 2 1953.1
2006 Q1 985 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,016 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,272 1 0 786.2
2005 Q1 984 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,016 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,162 1 0 860.6
2004 Q1 1,021 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,212 5 0 4125.4
2003 Q2 1,203 3 1 2493.8
2003 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 737 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,241 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,340 2 1 1492.5
2002 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,191 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,221 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,494 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,152 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,782 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 985 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 29, 2011 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alliance Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was pulling the cover for the brake assembly off of a 980C wheel loader. The cover slipped and crushed his left ring finger, fracturing the tip of finger and lacerating finger in 4 places, requiring 4 stitches. EE works a 5 day work week.

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