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Lacon Plant: 2 recorded fatalities Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Peter E Powell
Lacon, Marshall County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1102742

Lacon Plant has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
123
citations
13
significant & substantial
$15,588
proposed penalties
$15,588
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Galena Road Gravel Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
884
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: 884 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lacon Plant has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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.
10.7%
significant & substantial
0.8%
high negligence or reckless
10.7%
reasonably likely or greater
51.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.3% low, 68.9% moderate, 0.8% 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: 2025-09-30
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.91 0.68 1.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.85 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.01 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.96 0.15 Truck Driver
2011-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.02 0.22 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.9 0.27 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2025-07-03
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2025-07-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 SF ORE PROCESSING
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.

Lacon Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ 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 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.18 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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Mid-West Sand & Gravel Inc 1980 to 1993
  2. Midwest Material Company 1993 to 1996
  3. Midwest Material Company 1996 to 2017
  4. Galena Road Gravel Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 7
2023 7
2022 7
2021 8
2020 8
2019 8
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 5
2013 6
2012 6
2011 7
2010 7
2009 7
2008 8
2007 11
2006 14
2005 13
2004 14
2003 13
2002 15
2001 14
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lacon Plant sits in Marshall County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Marshall County, Illinois · Population 11,715
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$69,818
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 3,727 2 0 536.6
2026 Q1 3,169 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,957 2 0 676.4
2025 Q3 3,615 2 0 553.3
2025 Q2 3,409 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,950 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,381 3 0 887.3
2024 Q3 3,994 3 0 751.1
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,822 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,837 2 0 521.2
2023 Q4 3,127 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,354 3 0 894.5
2023 Q2 3,530 4 1 1133.1
2023 Q1 3,179 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,844 1 0 351.6
2022 Q3 3,465 3 0 865.8
2022 Q2 4,143 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,857 1 0 350.0
2021 Q4 3,531 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,437 2 0 450.8
2021 Q2 4,430 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,954 2 0 677.0
2020 Q4 3,395 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,047 1 0 247.1
2020 Q2 4,351 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,039 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,385 1 0 295.4
2019 Q3 4,901 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,944 3 1 760.6
2019 Q1 3,424 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,859 5 1 1748.9
2018 Q3 2,899 1 0 344.9
2018 Q2 3,172 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,087 1 0 479.2
2017 Q4 2,314 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,157 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,653 1 1 376.9
2017 Q1 1,741 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,090 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,592 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,527 1 0 395.7
2016 Q1 1,625 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,185 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,612 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,910 2 1 687.3
2015 Q1 2,006 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,106 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,755 1 0 363.0
2014 Q2 2,717 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,467 1 0 681.7
2013 Q4 2,321 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,680 4 0 1492.5
2013 Q2 2,815 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,466 1 0 682.1
2012 Q4 2,059 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,710 4 0 1476.0
2012 Q2 2,655 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,739 1 0 575.0
2011 Q4 2,476 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,086 4 0 1296.2
2011 Q2 2,909 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,307 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,760 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,413 9 0 2637.0
2010 Q2 3,423 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,913 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,956 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,903 3 0 768.6
2009 Q2 3,140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 835 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,729 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,037 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,190 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,756 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,694 1 0 270.7
2007 Q3 4,997 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,280 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,119 2 0 641.2
2006 Q4 4,578 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,087 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,792 3 0 441.7
2006 Q1 6,488 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,045 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,063 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,021 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,880 3 0 510.2
2004 Q4 6,255 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,287 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,233 3 1 414.8
2004 Q1 6,504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,916 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,451 24 5 3221.0
2003 Q2 6,655 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,078 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,358 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,958 7 0 879.6
2002 Q2 7,416 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,478 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,365 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,948 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,548 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,555 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,300 6 2 1132.1
2000 Q3 6,925 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,332 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,550 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
May 27, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Material Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING PINS OUT OF A BOOM TO ADD AN EXTENSION WHEN THE PIN CAME OUT AND THE BOOM FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE.

September 7, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Mid-West Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

CAT 621 BEING PULLED HEAD FIRST TO ANOTHER IN PREPERATION TO JUMP-START 2ND MACHINE,EMPL GOT BETWEEN THE MACHINES AND WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2007 · 1 incident

June 25, 2007 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Midwest Material Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Crusher was not running. Employee was sitting down and went to hand co-worker a wrench.

1995 · 2 incidents

April 13, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Midwest Material Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING AROUND CONVEYOR AND HIS COAT GOT CAUGHT ON THE CONVEYOR.

January 9, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Midwest Material Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON ON A CRANE BOOM. ANGLE IRON FELL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.INJURY NOT REPORTED TO GENERAL MANAGER UNTIL 1-16-95.