Mining Incidents

Ottawa Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Josh Voss; Dan Voss
Ottawa, La Salle County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103152

Ottawa Plant has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
28
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,745
proposed penalties
$6,892
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,853 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
15
inspections on record
150
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: 150 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ottawa Plant has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-11.
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
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,474 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,306 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,757 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,878 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,674 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,649 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 2,820 18 6 6383.0
2011 Q4 1,563 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,517 1 0 659.2
2011 Q2 1,379 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,167 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,313 1 0 761.6
2010 Q2 1,328 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 720 2 1 2777.8
2009 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,382 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,052 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,130 1 0 469.5
2008 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,215 3 0 1354.4
2007 Q2 2,157 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,140 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,521 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,114 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,605 2 0 1246.1
2006 Q1 1,350 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,764 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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