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Kay's Corner Pit: 45 MSHA citations 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.
See Alliance Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
24.4%
significant & substantial
8.9%
high negligence or reckless
24.4%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 80.0% moderate, 8.9% 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: 2016-11-29, 9 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-18 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. Alliance Materials, Inc. 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kay's Corner Pit sits in Whiteside County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Whiteside County, Illinois · Population 55,192
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,536
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
2026 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
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
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
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.