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Meyer Material Company - Harvard Pit #11: 28 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Harvard, Mchenry County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102648

Meyer Material Company - Harvard Pit #11 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
3
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,193
proposed penalties
$2,193
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Meyer Material Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
264
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: 264 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Meyer Material Company - Harvard Pit #11 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
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-05-08.
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.
7.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
7.1%
reasonably likely or greater
53.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 35.7% low, 64.3% 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: 2014-02-26, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2005-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 3.09 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.82 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.51 0.11 Ground Control/Timberman
2004-11-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 2.09 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 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. Morris Gravel & Excavating Inc 1978 to 1984
  2. Harvard Ready Mix Inc 1984 to 1996
  3. Meyer Material Company 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2014 1
2009 0
2008 2
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 8
2001 8
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Meyer Material Company - Harvard Pit #11 sits in McHenry County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
McHenry County, Illinois · Population 311,366
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$102,836
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
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 1,338 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 267 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,127 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,305 4 0 1735.4
2008 Q1 447 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,718 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,391 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,807 3 0 1068.8
2007 Q1 1,616 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,763 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,722 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,443 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,282 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,281 2 0 876.8
2005 Q3 2,452 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,823 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,034 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,713 4 0 1474.4
2004 Q3 3,249 2 0 615.6
2004 Q2 1,277 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 235 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,135 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,049 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,688 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,389 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 578 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 958 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,398 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,184 5 0 2289.4
2001 Q3 2,145 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,035 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,813 5 2 2757.9
2000 Q4 2,737 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,009 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,398 3 0 882.9
2000 Q1 2,525 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 1 incident

August 10, 2007 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meyer Material Company · Fall from machine

While climbing down from the Komatsu Endloader (company number 9135), the employee fell hitting his ribs on a milk crate used for a step / platform. Fracture to the 6th rib.

2003 · 1 incident

July 31, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meyer Material Company · Fall onto or against objects

PUTTING 55 GALLON DRUM INTO OIL TRAILER, HAND SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE FELL ONTO 5 GALLON BUCKET, CAUSING RIB INJURY.

2000 · 1 incident

May 16, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meyer Material Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAWS USING A PRY BAR TO LINE UP BOLT HOLES ON A CUTTING EDGE. EMPLOYEE REMOVED ONE HANDFROM THE BAR TO INSERT A BOLT, THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS UPPER LT SIDE LIP.