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Mid-Illinois Quarry: 160 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Casey, Clark County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1100098

Mid-Illinois Quarry has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1986–2013
Latest incident
Aug 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
160
citations
37
significant & substantial
$34,113
proposed penalties
$28,610
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,503 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Mid-Illinois Quarry L.L.C.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
82
inspections on record
1,312
inspection hours
12.2
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.
160 citations across 1,312 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mid-Illinois Quarry has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 5 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
154 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-08.
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.
23.3%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
23.3%
reasonably likely or greater
44.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.6% none, 32.7% low, 62.9% moderate, 3.8% 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 · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$916 proposed, $414 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 2020-10-20.
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 2004-42-M Settlement Feldman 2004 $7K → $4K
LAKE20020077M Settlement Barbour 2002 $3K → $2K
LAKE 2019-0256 Settlement Sullivan 2021 $572 → $139
LAKE20020002M Settlement Schroeder 2002 $399 → $55
LAKE 2019-0278 Settlement Paez 2019 $344 → $275
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: 2026-06-08
4%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
38
samples
24
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz101 over
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (38)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-09-16 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 25.91 10 2.59 Cleanup Man
2026-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-07-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-02-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Cleanup Man
2024-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-02-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-07-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Utility Man
2021-07-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2021-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-07-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.1 0.45 Truck Driver
2020-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2016-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.87 0.16 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-07-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2015-07-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-07-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.93 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-08-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.55 10 0.06 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2013-08-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.04 0.12 Bobcat Operator
2008-10-28 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.18 10 0.32 Truck Driver
2008-09-16 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.84 10 0.18 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2008-09-16 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.85 10 0.39 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.89 0.17 Truck Driver
2007-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 2.2 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.32 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-07-13 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.42 10 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-13 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.28 10 0.43 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-07-13 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2021-07-14, 5 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2021-07-14 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-07-14 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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.

Mid-Illinois Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.41 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Medusa Aggregates Company 1950 to 1978
  2. Medusa Aggregates Company 1979 to 1982
  3. Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. 1982 to 2006
  4. Mid-Illinois Quarry-Div/Mid-Illinois Concrete 2006 to 2012
  5. Mid-Illinois Quarry L.L.C. 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 9
2024 12
2023 15
2022 18
2021 19
2020 19
2019 16
2018 15
2017 9
2016 8
2015 10
2014 10
2013 9
2012 9
2011 10
2010 10
2009 10
2008 10
2007 11
2006 11
2005 9
2004 9
2003 14
2002 13
2001 13
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mid-Illinois Quarry sits in Clark County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Clark County, Illinois · Population 15,328
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,625
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 5,489 2 0 364.4
2026 Q1 5,251 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,449 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,146 6 1 1447.2
2025 Q2 5,461 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,965 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,554 5 0 1097.9
2024 Q3 5,692 5 0 878.4
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,500 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,271 2 0 379.4
2023 Q4 4,461 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,624 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,438 3 1 551.7
2023 Q1 5,216 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,207 3 2 713.1
2022 Q3 4,577 3 1 655.5
2022 Q2 4,388 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,366 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,928 5 0 1272.9
2021 Q3 4,886 4 2 818.7
2021 Q2 8,824 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,969 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,542 4 0 721.8
2020 Q3 7,090 1 0 141.0
2020 Q2 6,534 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,717 2 0 349.8
2019 Q4 4,917 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,354 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,820 3 1 515.5
2019 Q1 4,490 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,543 8 0 1443.3
2018 Q3 5,877 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,021 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,687 5 2 879.2
2017 Q4 6,126 5 1 816.2
2017 Q3 7,272 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,140 3 1 488.6
2017 Q1 4,695 1 0 213.0
2016 Q4 4,547 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,671 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,108 2 0 391.5
2016 Q1 4,822 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,995 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,853 4 2 683.4
2015 Q2 6,395 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,451 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,098 4 1 563.5
2014 Q3 7,574 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,516 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,399 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,454 6 2 1100.1
2013 Q3 6,585 7 1 1063.0
2013 Q2 6,156 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,769 3 1 796.0
2012 Q4 5,214 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,032 5 0 828.9
2012 Q2 6,295 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,476 7 3 1563.9
2011 Q4 5,128 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,894 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,204 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,395 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,193 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,887 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,418 1 1 155.8
2010 Q1 3,951 5 2 1265.5
2009 Q4 5,658 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,402 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,005 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,469 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,525 3 0 543.0
2008 Q3 6,477 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,611 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,224 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,108 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,139 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,807 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,287 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,518 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,890 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,273 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,908 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,708 8 0 2157.5
2005 Q3 6,846 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,496 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,975 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,446 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,194 1 0 161.4
2004 Q2 8,192 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,661 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,892 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,261 7 1 755.9
2003 Q2 11,239 1 1 89.0
2003 Q1 9,804 2 0 204.0
2002 Q4 7,321 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,686 2 1 299.1
2002 Q2 8,384 1 1 119.3
2002 Q1 8,400 1 1 119.0
2001 Q4 8,296 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,351 2 1 213.9
2001 Q2 9,663 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,214 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,439 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,348 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,980 13 4 1629.1
2000 Q1 5,760 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2013 · 1 incident

August 20, 2013 IL · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid-Illinois Quarry L.L.C. · Fall from machine

Slipped off tracks of excavator, falling on shot rock/hair line fracture to left elbow-cuts to left knee-cuts to face.

2011 · 1 incident

August 2, 2011 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mid-Illinois Quarry-Div/Mid-Illinois Concrete · Struck against a moving object

Miner was operating Cat haul trk when he ran off haul road striking a boulder berm that had been placed to protect trucks from a drainage ditch and culvert pipe. The truck crossed over a boulder hitting a dirt bank causing the operator to hit his head on cab frame

2010 · 1 incident

November 8, 2010 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Illinois Quarry-Div/Mid-Illinois Concrete · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was fueling and greasing D8N Dozer to start stripping burden. He was bending over to grease ripper on the back of the machine, as he straightened up, he pulled a muscle in his lower back.

2009 · 1 incident

March 9, 2009 IL · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mid-Illinois Quarry-Div/Mid-Illinois Concrete · Struck by falling object

Wet shot rock plugged up the Primary Crusher. I was inside of the crusher cleaning out the rock. I picked up a large rock to throw outside, the rock slipped off of the blow bar and fell on my left index finger, cutting it deeply.

2004 · 1 incident

March 24, 2004 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS CUTTING MOTOR AND HYDRAULIC PUMP LOOSE FROM MACHINE. WHEN THE TORCH CUT THE HYDRAULIC HOSE THERE WAS OIL RESIDUE INSIDE CAUSING A FLASH BACK.

2002 · 1 incident

November 8, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Fall from machine

THE STRONG WINDS BLEW HIS TARP ON HIS TRUCK, SO HE CLIMBED UP TO FIX IT. HIS SHOES WERE SLICK AND HE SLIPPED OFF THE TRUCK. HE SHATTERED HIS WRIST TRYING TO BREAK HIS FALL.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 15, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WHILE LOOSENING BOLTS OVER HIS HEAD WITH WRENCHS, FELT A PULL IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

May 15, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING FINES FROM THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHEN HE REACHED FOR A SHOVEL HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE LATER SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND AFTER EXAMINATION IT WAS DETER MINED THAT HE HAD A TORN CARTILAGE. EE WAS PUT ON NO-WORK STATUS.

1998 · 1 incident

August 5, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN THE SHOP REPLACING THE BRAKES ON A TRUCK. AS HE WAS HOOKING THE SPRING BACK ON THE BRAKES THE PLIER SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CHIPPING A FRONT TOOTH.

1996 · 1 incident

October 23, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON A LOADER WHEN HIS FOOTSLIPPED AND HE LOST HIS HOLD ON THE HANDRAILS. EE FELL APPROX. 3 FT BREAKING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

1994 · 1 incident

January 26, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE D8-K DOZER. AS HE WAS MOVING TO THE NEXT GREASER HE SLIPPED ON MUD ON THE RAIL FALLING AGAINST THE TILT CYLINDER, CATCHING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE GREASE GUN AND THE CYLINDER RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE FINGER.

1992 · 1 incident

August 10, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

54730WAS LIFTING ANFO BAG TO LOAD ON BLASTING TERUCK,TURNED WRONG AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. RESULTANT MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS -LUMBAR STRAIN WITH MUSCLE SPASM.

1987 · 1 incident

October 2, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TRIPPED OVER BE5RING CAGE ON SHOP FLOOR.

1986 · 1 incident

August 7, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS USING A 6AR TO DISLODGE A LARGE STONE IN THE IMPACTOR THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER MAHSING IT REQUIRED 8 STITCHES