Lowery Excavating Metal/Non-Metal
Lowery Excavating, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Steve E Lowery
Mackinaw,
Tazewell County,
IL
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1103063
Lowery Excavating has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
137
citations
21
significant & substantial
$15,746
proposed penalties
$13,422
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,324 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
50
inspections on record
696
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: 696 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lowery Excavating has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 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.$16K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 3,867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,048 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,951 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,115 | 5 | 1 | 1605.1 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,586 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,798 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,170 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,990 | 3 | 0 | 1003.3 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,022 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,970 | 3 | 0 | 1010.1 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,356 | 4 | 0 | 1191.9 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,112 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,226 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,712 | 6 | 1 | 2212.4 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 547 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,908 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,797 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 763 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,969 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,554 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,490 | 5 | 0 | 2008.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,555 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,594 | 20 | 7 | 7710.1 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,489 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,677 | 2 | 1 | 747.1 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,228 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,275 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 977 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,169 | 2 | 0 | 922.1 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,038 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,126 | 8 | 0 | 3762.9 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,357 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,010 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 380 | 4 | 1 | 10526.3 |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,610 | 1 | 1 | 383.1 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,724 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 3,003 | 9 | 0 | 2997.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,595 | 5 | 2 | 3134.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,226 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,415 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 740 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,462 | 15 | 2 | 6092.6 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,008 | 2 | 0 | 996.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,428 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,503 | 2 | 0 | 1330.7 |
| 2006 Q1 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 353 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,922 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,411 | 1 | 0 | 708.7 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,526 | 9 | 0 | 5897.8 |
| 2004 Q1 | 831 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,292 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,022 | 6 | 0 | 5870.8 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 630 | 11 | 1 | 17460.3 |
| 2001 Q3 | 641 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 526 | 2 | 1 | 3802.3 |
| 2000 Q3 | 464 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 418 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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