Mining Incidents

Lyons Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael P Vondra
Lyons, Cook County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103168

Lyons has $3K 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
2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
24
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,223
proposed penalties
$3,223
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
10
inspections on record
118
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: 118 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lyons has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2010 Q2 4,035 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,811 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,430 19 4 4288.9
2009 Q3 4,769 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,406 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,795 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,722 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,674 2 0 427.9
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 6,120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,465 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,091 3 0 589.3
2007 Q3 5,945 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,533 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,730 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,890 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,649 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

October 14, 2009 IL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reliable Materials Lyons LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A non-employee unlawfully gained access to Reliable Materials Lyons, LLC's private property and apparently committed suicide by leaping from a high wall. The body was found by a Lyons, Illinois police officer. MSHA employees were on the site for an annual inspection and were notified immediately.

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