Mining Incidents

Mill Creek Mining, Inc.: 143 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Charles W Brandt
Milan, Rock Island County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1100034

Mill Creek Mining, Inc. has $19K 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
19
Years on record
1985–2009
Latest incident
Dec 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
143
citations
24
significant & substantial
$18,600
proposed penalties
$18,600
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
71
inspections on record
1,103
inspection hours
13.0
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.
143 citations across 1,103 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mill Creek Mining, Inc. has $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
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.
16.8%
significant & substantial
4.9%
high negligence or reckless
16.8%
reasonably likely or greater
39.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.0% low, 74.1% moderate, 4.9% 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: 2020-09-17, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-09-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2017-04-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.21 0.12 Utility Man
2015-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.11 0.23 Truck Driver
2012-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-01-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-01-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-01-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-01-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2004-01-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Mill Creek Mining, Inc. recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.

Injury rate, 2013
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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.33 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
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 7.19 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 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. Collinson Stone Co 1950 to 2014
  2. Mill Creek Mining, Inc. 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 8
2023 7
2022 8
2021 8
2020 7
2019 8
2018 8
2017 8
2016 8
2015 8
2014 8
2013 13
2012 13
2011 13
2010 13
2009 13
2008 13
2007 13
2006 13
2005 13
2004 13
2003 14
2002 13
2001 13
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mill Creek Mining, Inc. sits in Rock Island 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.
Rock Island County, Illinois · Population 142,995
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,768
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 4,867 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,016 1 0 249.0
2025 Q4 4,506 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,429 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,966 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,089 1 0 323.7
2024 Q4 3,941 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,082 1 0 245.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,239 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,704 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,141 1 0 318.4
2023 Q3 3,544 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,608 2 0 766.9
2023 Q1 3,291 1 0 303.9
2022 Q4 4,140 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,912 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,816 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,146 2 0 635.7
2021 Q4 3,665 2 0 545.7
2021 Q3 4,796 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,278 4 2 935.0
2021 Q1 2,868 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,377 3 0 888.4
2020 Q3 3,602 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,974 1 0 336.2
2020 Q1 4,102 1 0 243.8
2019 Q4 3,627 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,093 1 0 244.3
2019 Q2 4,137 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,196 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,477 1 0 287.6
2018 Q3 3,509 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,143 1 0 241.4
2018 Q1 3,936 2 1 508.1
2017 Q4 3,881 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,021 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,862 7 1 1812.5
2017 Q1 3,935 3 0 762.4
2016 Q4 3,986 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,236 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,115 4 0 972.1
2016 Q1 3,680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,986 3 0 752.6
2015 Q3 4,023 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,464 2 1 577.4
2015 Q1 3,060 6 2 1960.8
2014 Q4 2,963 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,585 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,037 2 1 1928.6
2014 Q1 5,382 4 2 743.2
2013 Q4 5,408 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,773 2 0 295.3
2013 Q2 6,318 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,823 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,188 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,162 1 0 162.3
2012 Q2 6,357 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,850 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,383 1 1 156.7
2011 Q3 6,024 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,188 2 0 323.2
2011 Q1 6,110 5 1 818.3
2010 Q4 6,682 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,903 5 0 724.3
2010 Q2 6,955 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,072 1 0 141.4
2009 Q4 6,461 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,241 1 0 138.1
2009 Q2 7,176 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,929 2 1 288.6
2008 Q4 5,447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,552 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,774 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,967 2 0 335.2
2007 Q4 7,072 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,955 9 0 1294.0
2007 Q2 7,007 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,864 4 0 582.8
2006 Q4 6,734 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,214 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,293 4 0 548.5
2006 Q1 7,001 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,561 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,027 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,354 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,737 1 1 129.2
2004 Q4 6,423 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,205 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,708 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,072 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,813 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,618 5 1 755.5
2003 Q2 6,134 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,597 14 3 2501.3
2002 Q4 6,534 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,352 7 0 1102.0
2002 Q2 7,042 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,489 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,344 10 3 1361.7
2001 Q3 7,734 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,034 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,091 6 3 985.1
2000 Q4 6,311 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,997 3 0 428.8
2000 Q2 7,014 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,538 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2009 · 1 incident

December 26, 2009 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Collinson Stone Co · Fall onto or against objects

Stepped out of truck to get fuel, slipped on snow covered ice and fell. Struck upper back and neck on step bar on truck, bruised area.

2005 · 1 incident

March 3, 2005 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Collinson Stone Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Opening bin door to load truck pulled or injured upper back.

2004 · 1 incident

May 13, 2004 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Collinson Stone Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REPLACING SAFETY GUARD ON MAIN SCREEN AFTER REPAIRS. LIFTING GUARD AND INJURED BACK.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

May 31, 2001 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Collinson Stone Co · Struck by falling object

RAIN POSSIBLY LOOSENED ROCK ON HI-WALL. ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ARM FRACTURING IT.

May 10, 2001 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Collinson Stone Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TURNING LARGE STONE LODGED IN JAW CRUSHER PUSHING W/LEFT LEG WHEN STONE DROPPED RESULTING IN TWIST OR SPRAINING OF HIP.

2000 · 2 incidents

April 25, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Collinson Stone Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURRYING TO SHUTOFF ENGINE ON CONE CRUSHER.

1995 · 1 incident

December 4, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Collinson Stone Co · Fall onto or against objects

TEARING DOWN OLD SCALEHOUSE. SLIPPED AND FELL ON A 2X4 WITH A NAIL IN IT AND INJURED LEFT KNEE.

1993 · 3 incidents

November 22, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Collinson Stone Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A CHAIN HOIST & CARRYING IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. WHEN HE SAT HOIST DOWN HE FELT A PAIN (STINGING) IN HIS LEFT SIDE. IT WAS A HERNIA.

August 2, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Collinson Stone Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RETRIEVING ROCK HOOK FROM JAW CRUSHER WHEN A STONE ROLLED ONTO HOOK CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN HOOK AND SIDE OF CRUSHER RESULTING IN LACERATION OF 3RD FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

January 19, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Collinson Stone Co · Struck by flying object

APPLYING HEAT TO FEEDER FLOOR WHEN A PIECE OF STONE POPPED FROM HEAT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT EYE.

1992 · 1 incident

July 6, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Collinson Stone Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING OVERSIZE STONE FROM JAW CRUSHER WHEN STONE TURNED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO BE INJURED.

1991 · 1 incident

October 15, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Collinson Stone Co · Fall onto or against objects

LUBRICATING MILL WHEN WALKING ON CONVEYOR CATWALK SUBJECT SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING RIGHT ELBOW AND HIP OF CONVEYOR CATWALK HAD FROST ON IT.FALL RESULTED IN A CHIPPED BONE IN RIGHT ELBOW.

1989 · 1 incident

February 23, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Collinson Stone Co · Struck by falling object

CLEANING FEEDER OF ROCK. ROCK FELL ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER. REPORT SUBMITTED AS A RESULT OF A PART 50 AUDIT CONDUCTED 2-6-1990. PC 7014 GUIDLINE WAS NOT RECEIVED TO CLARIFY CORRECT INTERPRETATI ON OF INJURY.

1988 · 1 incident

March 30, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Collinson Stone Co · Fall from machine

DRIVING STOCK PILE TRUCK ON MUDDY WET DAY SLIPPED ON RUNNING BOARD FELL OUT OF TRUCK INJURING NECK AND LOWER BACK.

1987 · 1 incident

April 30, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Collinson Stone Co · Struck by flying object

BREAKING A LAR1E STONE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN CHIP HIT RIGHT EYE.

1986 · 1 incident

December 22, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Collinson Stone Co · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

USING SLEDGE HA4MER WHEN HAMMER HIT CRUSHER INSTEAD OF STONE CAUSING UNEXPECTED JAR OR SHOCK IN GROIN AREA

1985 · 1 incident

November 26, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Collinson Stone Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT CLEANIN1 FEEDER WHEN HE NOTICED PAIN IN STOMACH AREA (ON 12-3-85 CRANKING STARTING ENGINE ON POWER UNIT AND MORE PAIN IN STOMACH AREA.)O(12-4-85 COMING DOWN LADDER WHEN MORE PAIN OCCUR RED) TOOK SUBJ 7O HOSPITAL -DIAGNOSED UMBILICAL HERNIA.