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LIMEKILN QUARRY: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gerald A Martin
Oregon, Lee County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1100230

LIMEKILN QUARRY has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1997
Latest incident
Sep 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
115
citations
25
significant & substantial
$15,819
proposed penalties
$15,819
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin & Company Excavating's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
564
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: 564 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LIMEKILN QUARRY has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
115 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-30.
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.
21.7%
significant & substantial
8.7%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
40.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.7% low, 69.6% moderate, 8.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2008-02-20.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2008-167M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-03-31
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.2 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 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. Wastone Quarry Inc 1950 to 1997
  2. Martin & Company Excavating 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 5
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 6
2018 5
2017 6
2016 8
2015 7
2014 7
2013 4
2012 8
2011 5
2010 4
2009 3
2008 4
2007 3
2006 3
2005 5
2004 5
2003 4
2002 5
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LIMEKILN QUARRY sits in Lee County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Lee County, Illinois · Population 34,058
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$68,459
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 854 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 294 1 1 3401.4
2025 Q4 629 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 695 5 0 7194.2
2025 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 812 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 691 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 513 3 1 5848.0
2024 Q1 272 6 1 22058.8
2023 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 669 1 0 1494.8
2023 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 549 10 0 18214.9
2022 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 57 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 288 2 0 6944.4
2019 Q2 497 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 272 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 386 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 603 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 478 3 0 6276.2
2016 Q4 834 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,531 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,064 4 0 3759.4
2016 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 709 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 995 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 911 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,041 3 0 2881.8
2014 Q3 1,854 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,205 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,155 2 0 1731.6
2013 Q3 1,411 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,101 1 0 908.3
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,317 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,502 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,879 4 1 2128.8
2012 Q1 191 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,459 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,863 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,516 8 0 5277.0
2011 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,125 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,680 14 4 8333.3
2010 Q2 690 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 854 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 671 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 770 2 0 2597.4
2008 Q3 1,097 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 279 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,178 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,201 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 814 2 0 2457.0
2007 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 827 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,421 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,427 5 0 3503.9
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 927 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,178 2 1 1697.8
2005 Q2 391 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 989 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,420 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,245 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 504 1 0 1984.1
2003 Q4 1,310 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,372 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,339 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 426 8 3 18779.3
2002 Q4 998 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,238 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,638 10 2 6105.0
2002 Q1 369 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,038 3 1 1472.0
2001 Q3 2,765 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,512 5 1 3306.9
2001 Q1 1,172 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,257 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,888 10 9 2572.0
2000 Q2 3,315 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,790 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 3, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Martin & Company Excavating · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT APPEARS WHILE DRILLING THE FRONT HOLES ON THE HIGHWALL (APPROX. 92') THE CHAIN THAT LIFTS THE DRILLHAMMER BROKE, WHEN THE THE HAMMER WAS NEAR THE TOP OF THE MAST ALLOWING IT TO FALL. THE HA MMER APPRENTLY STRUCK THE DRILLER WHO WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY BELT AND PUSHED HIM OFF THE WALL. THERE WAS A SAFETY HARNESS ON THE MACHINE BUT DRILLER DID NOT HAVE IT ON AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1983 · 1 incident

July 1, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wastone Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WORKING ON END LOADER SLIPPED OFF TIRE RUPTURING BLOOD VESSEL WHEN FELL AGAINST BATTERY BOX.