Mining Incidents

Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Etna, IL, Coles County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101163

Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company has $2K 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
18
Years on record
1984–2004
Latest incident
Nov 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
32
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,257
proposed penalties
$2,257
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
254
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: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-23.
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.
21.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.9%
reasonably likely or greater
53.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.1% low, 96.9% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2004-11-17, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.92 0.36 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. Mattoon Sand & Gravel 1950 to 1988
  2. Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 4
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 6
2003 5
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company sits in Coles 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.
Coles County, Illinois · Population 46,689
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$56,040
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
2008 Q3 2,078 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,821 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,235 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,767 2 1 722.8
2007 Q3 3,411 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,578 8 2 2235.9
2007 Q1 2,899 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,246 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3 3,482 1 1 287.2
2006 Q2 3,598 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,322 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,548 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,544 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,332 2 0 600.2
2005 Q1 2,203 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,212 1 0 311.3
2004 Q3 3,260 6 1 1840.5
2004 Q2 3,309 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,676 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,672 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,899 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,147 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,397 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,450 5 0 1449.3
2002 Q3 3,480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,448 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,946 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,362 3 1 892.3
2001 Q3 3,544 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,532 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,544 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,120 3 1 961.5
2000 Q3 3,592 1 0 278.4
2000 Q2 3,456 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,676 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2004 · 1 incident

November 2, 2004 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pulling heavy cables through mud, while attempting to pull out loader that was stuck, he strained his back.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 18, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A FLOAT ON LAKE THAT WAS STUCK HIGH GROUND, USING PIPES. CAUSING BACK STRAIN.

February 15, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS WELDING AND GRINDING AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

2001 · 1 incident

September 25, 2001 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS IN SAND TANK PLANT. WAS NOT RUNNING. REPAIRING A VLAVE AND BACKED LEFT LEG INTO SHARP POINTED PIECE OF METAL WHICH BROKE OFF INTO HIS LEG.

2000 · 1 incident

March 3, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS ASSISTING WITH ASSEMBLY OF BOOSTER PUMP AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

1998 · 2 incidents

December 9, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PIKCING UP A STEEL PIPE AND THE PIPE SLIPPED OFF OF THE STAND CAUSING IT TO BE HEAVIER THAN HE EXPECTED RESULTING IN STRAINING HIS BACK

June 22, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MOWING GRASS AROUND THE OFFICE WITH A PUSH MOWER AND WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT LEG WITH A ROCK.

1995 · 1 incident

September 7, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

HAULING DIRT AND HIT LARGE DUMP AND WAS THROWN INTO THE ROLL OVER CAB.

1990 · 2 incidents

November 28, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS WORKING ON THE SAND SCREW WHEN ANOTHER OPERATOR (UNAWARE HE WAS WORKING ON IT) ACCIDENTLY TURNED THE SAND SCREW ON RESULTING IN A BROKEN LEG.

1989 · 2 incidents

August 23, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN TRYING TO UNDO A CABLE THATWAS CAUGHT THE HAND WRENCH CONNECTED TO THE CABLE CAME LOOSE WHICH HIT HIM IN THE ARM AND STOMACH RESULTING IN CUTS AND BRUISES

May 3, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mattoon Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING IMPELLER TO REPAIR DREDGE PUMP, RESULTING IN A RUPTURE REQUIRING SURGERY IN A FEW WEEKS.

1987 · 1 incident

April 10, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mattoon Sand & Gravel · Struck by falling object

USING LOADER TO3MOVE WORK BARGE.CHAIN BROKE, BARGE DROPPED ON FOOT.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mattoon Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

USING LADDER TO CLIMB UP & PUT ANTIFREEZE IN LOADER. 3RD TIME UP LADDER LEGS KICKED OUT AND THREW I.NAME TO CONCRETE APPROX. 5 1/2 FT. FALL INJURING TAILBONE. (5 CRACKS) AND BRUISING BACK.

1984 · 3 incidents

June 22, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Mattoon Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BATTERY DOWN ON WELDER USED PULLY TO START- ROPE RECOILED CATCHING LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND- STITCHES REQUIRED TO CLOSE OPEN WOUND.