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: 463 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Plainfield Stone has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $650 in penalties contested before the Commission, $600 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-26.
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.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
8%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$650 proposed, $600 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-08-12.
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.
Plainfield Stone recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.14 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
6.34
3.17
0.000
2005 *
3.28
3.28
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
9.33
0.00
0.000
2001 *
4.52
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2022
1
2021
8
2020
7
2019
11
2018
8
2017
7
2016
5
2015
5
2014
5
2011
4
2010
5
2009
5
2008
7
2007
22
2006
24
2005
24
2004
25
2003
23
2002
16
2001
18
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plainfield Stone 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
2022 Q1
387
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,067
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,451
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,902
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,093
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,155
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,991
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,189
3
0
940.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1
3,941
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,862
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,279
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,999
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,905
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,884
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,413
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,624
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,659
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,724
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,752
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,761
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,768
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,017
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,777
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,828
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,776
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,560
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,851
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,777
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,836
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,737
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,307
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,035
6
1
2948.4
2014 Q1
1,373
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
627
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
652
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,258
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,247
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
811
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
625
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,053
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,553
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,649
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,519
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,535
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,568
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,785
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,695
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,641
3
1
823.9
2007 Q4
9,500
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
12,894
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
15,931
1
0
62.8
2007 Q1
13,441
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
14,474
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
16,235
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
17,806
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
14,596
4
0
274.0
2005 Q4
15,503
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
16,145
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
16,426
4
0
243.5
2005 Q1
12,892
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
15,813
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
17,494
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
17,186
3
0
174.6
2004 Q1
10,751
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
15,662
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
16,228
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
14,811
8
0
540.1
2003 Q1
9,271
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
11,369
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
11,516
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
12,358
10
2
809.2
2002 Q1
7,614
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
12,137
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
12,467
1
1
80.2
2001 Q2
11,114
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,565
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
10,480
1
0
95.4
2000 Q3
10,877
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,518
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,401
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2006 · 2 incidents
April 27, 2006IL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was operating a CAT 980H shipping loader when at approximately 7:40 pm he asked to talk to his foreman. The employee climbed down the ladder and when he stepped onto the ground he felt a burning sensation in his foot. The employee was diagnosed with a foot strain on 4/27/06, and at his reexam was placed on restrictions on 5/2/06.
April 17, 2006IL · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rainstorm and muddy conditions resulted in employee slipping while in the process of erecting a tarp over work area. The employee sustained a back strain from the slip and fall.
2005 · 1 incident
May 4, 2005IL · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Worker, with the help of a co-worker, was manually pushing a stacker conveyor when he felt a pop in his right heal. Worker snapped his achelies tendon in two.
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER AT THE WAIST TO MOVE A BUCKET OF MATERIAL (BUCKET APPROX. 40-60#). DID NOT ACTUALLY LIFT BUCKET WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN ("BACK GIVING OUT").
March 4, 2002IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS DOING A PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION OF A LOADER.AS HE WAS LIFTING THE COVER OFF THE LOADER HE SLIPPED AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC FOR TREATMENT AND WAS RELEASED TO COME TO WORK WITH RESTRICTIONS.
2001 · 1 incident
February 2, 2001IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE EE WAS CLEANING FROZEN MATERIAL FROM A CHUTE UNDER THE JAW, USING A SHORT PRYBAR AND HAMMER, HE FELT PAIN ACROSS HIS UPPER BACK. ON 2-5 HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS RETURNED TO WO RK WITH RESTRICTIONS. ON 2-15 EE WAS RELEASEDTO FULL DUTY STATUS.
1999 · 1 incident
September 16, 1999IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY