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Pit #2: 104 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Plainfield, Will County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1102820

Pit #2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
104
citations
10
significant & substantial
$9,452
proposed penalties
$9,394
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $58 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Boughton Materials of Illinois LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
46
inspections on record
705
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: 705 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pit #2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $113 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
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.
9.6%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
9.6%
reasonably likely or greater
51.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.0% low, 72.1% moderate, 1.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
LAKE20020027M Settlement Zielinski 2002 $113 → $55
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: 2015-02-11, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-02-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2005-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.41 0.15 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2000-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.82 0.29 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.

Pit #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.45 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 5.44 5.44 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Boughton Materials Inc 1985 to 2026
  2. Boughton Materials of Illinois LLC 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2018 7
2017 7
2016 7
2015 7
2014 7
2013 7
2012 8
2011 9
2010 9
2009 8
2008 14
2007 16
2006 16
2005 16
2004 16
2003 16
2002 16
2001 15
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pit #2 sits in Will 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.
Will County, Illinois · Population 698,450
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$107,799
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 1,530 4 0 2614.4
2018 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,089 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,147 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,074 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,084 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,318 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,217 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 3,619 1 0 276.3
2016 Q3 3,533 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,128 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,338 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,660 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,385 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,399 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,002 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,627 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,369 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,406 2 0 587.2
2014 Q1 2,993 3 0 1002.3
2013 Q4 3,399 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,390 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,389 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,134 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,846 2 0 520.0
2012 Q3 3,810 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,744 3 0 801.3
2012 Q1 2,938 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,774 2 0 529.9
2011 Q3 4,102 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,277 2 0 467.6
2011 Q1 3,915 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,031 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,383 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,297 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,066 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,533 3 1 661.8
2009 Q3 3,893 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,889 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,653 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,686 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,508 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,304 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,218 5 0 692.7
2007 Q4 8,196 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,782 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,162 1 0 109.1
2007 Q1 7,950 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,102 2 0 219.7
2006 Q3 9,280 7 0 754.3
2006 Q2 9,763 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,648 4 0 462.5
2005 Q4 9,410 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,917 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,276 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,177 2 0 244.6
2004 Q4 9,974 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,396 1 0 106.4
2004 Q2 8,432 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,206 3 0 416.3
2003 Q4 9,397 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,130 3 0 328.6
2003 Q2 8,810 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8,790 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,362 1 0 96.5
2002 Q3 10,204 2 0 196.0
2002 Q1 8,587 8 1 931.6
2001 Q4 9,265 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,006 1 0 99.9
2001 Q2 9,536 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,590 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,903 22 1 2471.1
2000 Q3 9,958 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,646 6 3 622.0
2000 Q1 8,210 5 1 609.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

August 8, 2005 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Boughton Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

Changing drill bit. The manufacturer provided no mechanical or procedural way to insure safety. Operator held the collar up with a piece of wood. Collar rotated with drill bit, moved off support and fell, hitting operator's thumb. Thumb required stitches at urgent care facility.

1989 · 1 incident

November 1, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boughton Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WAS WORKING IN BUCKET OF RUBBER TIRED END OF LOADER REPAIRING BUCKET TOOTH MATERIAL STUCK INTOP OF BUCKET BECAME DISLODGE AND FELL HITTING OPERATOR IN BACK