Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Injured was dismounting small skid steer loader, and lost his balance as he moved from unit to uneven ground. He sprained ankle.
Lakeside Synfuel Plant: 5 MSHA citations Coal
Lakeside Synfuel Plant has $400 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
- 7
- Years on record
- 2002–2007
- Latest incident
- May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
5
citations
2
significant & substantial
$400
proposed penalties
$400
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
22
inspections on record
409
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 409 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lakeside Synfuel Plant has $400 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$400
proposed penalties
$400
current assessed
$400
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-01-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.40.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
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.
MSHA sampling at Lakeside Synfuel Plant shows 100% of 37 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
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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.Respirable coal dust
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2007-08-20, 19 years ago
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
37
samples
0.53
dust max (mg/m3)
37 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- FINE COAL PLANT OPERATOR7
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER7
- LABORER/BLACKSMITH7
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2007-08-20, 19 years ago
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- FINE COAL PLANT OPERATOR5
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER4
- LABORER/BLACKSMITH4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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.Respirable coal dust by year
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.| Year | within 1.5 mg/m3 | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 100% | 3 |
| 2005 | 100% | 12 |
| 2004 | 100% | 5 |
| 2003 | 100% | 9 |
| 2002 | 100% | 8 |
Noise by year
| Year | over PEL | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0% | 4 |
| 2005 | 0% | 5 |
| 2004 | 0% | 4 |
| 2003 | 0% | 5 |
| 2002 | 0% | 5 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Lakeside Synfuel Plant recorded 4.50 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
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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.4.50
total case rate
4.50
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, coal mining averaged 7.11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 * | 4.50 | 4.50 | 0.000 |
| 2006 * | 4.42 | 4.42 | 0.000 |
| 2005 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2004 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2003 * | 8.00 | 8.00 | 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
- Lakeside Synfuel, LLC 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 21 |
| 2006 | 22 |
| 2005 | 23 |
| 2004 | 23 |
| 2003 | 23 |
| 2002 | 22 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lakeside Synfuel Plant sits in Saline County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 3.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Saline County, Illinois · Population 23,387
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$54,945
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q4 | 7,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 12,126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 12,159 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 12,218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 12,728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 10,131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 10,584 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 11,764 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Q4 | 11,758 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 12,204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 12,990 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 12,612 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 11,740 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 12,729 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 12,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 12,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 12,781 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 12,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 12,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 12,613 | 1 | 1 | 79.3 |
| 2002 Q4 | 12,666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 12,676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 12,882 | 4 | 1 | 310.5 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file2007 · 1 incident
2006 · 1 incident
October 2, 2006
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Stepped in depression in the stockpile yard causing a jerking in left leg and lower back.
2003 · 3 incidents
October 26, 2003
IL · Coal
SUPERVISOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS SCRAP METAL, USING A CONSTRUCTION FORKLIFT TO REMOVE ROOFINGMETAL SHEATS FROM ON TOP OF THE SCRAP METAL. UPON PULLING ON THE SCRAP METAL THE ROOFING METAL FELL OFF OF THE FORKS OF THE LIFT STRIKING THE SUPERVISOR JUST ABOVE HIS LEFT ANKLE.
September 11, 2003
IL · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWO EE'S WERE ASSIGNED TO REMOVE A PLATE/DOOR FROM A MACHINE AFTER REMOVING THE BOLTS ONE EE ON THE INSIDE STRUCK THE DOOR TO KNOCK IT LOOSE. THE PLATE FLEW OFF STRIKING THE INJURED TRAPPING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE MACHINEHE PULLED HIS HAND AS IT WAS BEING TRAPPED
February 21, 2003
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS CUTTING ONE PIECE OF STEEL OFF OF ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL BEAM. ON COMPLETING THE CUT, THE SMALLER PIECE FELL FREE ALLOWING THE BIGGER PIECE TO FALL SOME 2" STRIKING THE LEFT FOOT O F THE INDIVIDUAL. THE BEAM STRUCK THE FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE CAP OF HIS FOOT. THE INJURED REMOVED THE STEEL FROM HIS FOOT AND SOUGHT ASSISTANCE.
2002 · 2 incidents
August 7, 2002
IL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Struck against stationary object
THE INJURED PERSON WAS USING A PRY BAR TO HELP SEAT A STEEL LINER. THE PRY BAR WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY LINED AT EDGE OF THE METAL, RESULTING IN IT SLIPPING OUT FROM THE BAR AND WENT DOWN HIS HAND AND STRUCK A METAL KNIFE BLADE, MASHED LITTLE FINGER. FINGER WAS BROKEN. FINGER DID NOT REQUIRE SETTING THE BONE DID NOT REQUIRE A SPLINT.
July 3, 2002
IL · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Struck against stationary object
AIR ARCING-SLAGE LANDED ON NECK CAUSING JERKING REACTION, ARM GOT CAUGHT ON SHARP STEEL BLADE OF PUGMIXER. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, ER DR. APPLIED SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND.