Mining Incidents

Midwest Aggregates Metal/Non-Metal

Payne & Dolan Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Bechthold
Antioch, Lake County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1101306

Midwest Aggregates has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1987–2023
Latest incident
Nov 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
43
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,824
proposed penalties
$3,724
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
43
inspections on record
717
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: 717 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Midwest Aggregates has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
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
2025 Q4 1,101 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,852 1 0 540.0
2025 Q2 1,528 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 668 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,474 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,728 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,976 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 966 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,536 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,122 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,332 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,516 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,914 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,321 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,217 1 0 310.8
2022 Q1 1,786 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,839 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,453 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,285 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 934 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,423 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,814 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,028 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,703 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,084 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,703 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,564 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,484 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,199 3 0 937.8
2018 Q3 3,576 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,577 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,438 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,753 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,587 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,500 1 0 285.7
2017 Q1 3,622 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,751 1 0 266.6
2016 Q3 3,706 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,216 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,226 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,386 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,797 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,125 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,457 2 1 578.5
2014 Q4 4,796 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,418 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,977 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,146 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,513 1 0 284.7
2013 Q3 3,525 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,642 2 0 549.1
2013 Q1 1,674 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,629 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,943 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,531 1 0 283.2
2012 Q1 2,605 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,284 2 0 609.0
2011 Q3 3,632 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,980 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,054 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,657 4 0 1505.5
2010 Q3 2,927 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,704 3 0 1109.5
2010 Q1 1,583 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,095 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,572 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,117 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,017 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,197 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,922 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,744 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,773 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,214 2 0 474.6
2007 Q3 3,810 3 0 787.4
2007 Q2 3,724 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,819 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,049 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,839 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,827 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,031 6 1 1979.5
2005 Q4 3,912 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,098 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,790 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,989 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,686 3 0 527.6
2004 Q3 5,386 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,830 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,285 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,027 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,445 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,793 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,895 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,325 2 0 375.6
2002 Q3 6,237 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,071 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,889 3 0 509.4
2001 Q3 5,367 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,298 2 0 377.5
2001 Q1 2,997 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,952 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,081 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,131 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,929 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2023 · 1 incident

November 1, 2023 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Payne & Dolan Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was repairing blown hydraulic hose on a loader when the wrench slipped off the hose, which caused the employee to strike their right index finger against the hose clamp, causing a laceration. Employee did not seek medical treatment until 12/16/2023. Employee was ref. to a hand specialist and was given a finger splint on 01/11/2024.

2006 · 1 incident

January 20, 2006 IL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Payne & Dolan Inc · Struck against stationary object

Banged his elbow on the plant hopper while doing some cleanup work and he burst the bursia sack in elbow. No lost time (meds only).

2004 · 1 incident

August 4, 2004 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Payne & Dolan Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS REPAIRING A CHAIN ON A BOBCAT SKID LOADER AND CUT HIS HAND ON THE EDGE.

1991 · 2 incidents

October 3, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lake County Grading Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADING CONCRETE CHUNKS AND WIRE A PIECE OF CONCRETE WITH REINFORCEING WIRE EXPOSED TIPED CAUSING WIRE TO PUNCTURE LEG. OPERATOR WAS NOT CONCERNED AT TIME OF ACCIDENT HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL A TT. AS HE WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME. TWO WEEKS LATERREDNESS AND TENDERNESS STARTED.

March 23, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Lake County Grading Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS BACKING FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR WHEN STRUCK ON RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD ABOVE THE EAR WITH A BLUNT OBJECT OF UNKNOWN MATERIAL POSSIBLALY CONCRETE OR REBAR HE WAS NOT WEARING A HARD HAT.

1987 · 1 incident

September 8, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lake County Grading Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR HAD MU8 ON BOOTS AS WELL AS MUD BEING ON LADDER TREADS HE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED FROM LADDER HE TRIED TO STOP HIS FALL BY TRYING TO GRAB LADDER AND W RAPPED HI S ARM AROUND TR9AD CAUSING FRACTURE TO FOREARM

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