Mining Incidents

QUALITY SAND & GRAVEL: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jonnie Fritz
Bureau County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1101107

QUALITY SAND & GRAVEL has $326 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
4
Years on record
1986–1998
Latest incident
Dec 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$326
proposed penalties
$326
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
1
inspections on record
11
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: 11 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

QUALITY SAND & GRAVEL has $326 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.
$326
proposed penalties
$326
current assessed
$326
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-05-03.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. George M Hansen Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Geldean & Hansen Inc 1979 to 1986
  3. Clear Lake Quarry 1986 to 1989
  4. Quality Sand & Gravel 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

QUALITY SAND & GRAVEL sits in Bureau County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Bureau County, Illinois · Population 33,027
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$65,894
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
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 522 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,847 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,510 4 1 1593.6
2000 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

EE WAS REPAIRING THE HOPPER ON A CONVEYOR AND FELL OFF OF THE CONVEYOR.

July 1, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Quality Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANDS WERE HURTING FROM MOVING LEVERS ON CRANE.

1990 · 1 incident

August 16, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Quality Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HARD HAT DROPPED,WHILE REACHING FOR IT REACHED UP WITH OTHER HAND TO HOLD ON AND STUCK IT INTO A BELT PULLEY.

1986 · 1 incident

September 19, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Clear Lake Quarry · Struck by flying object

WORKER WAS CLEN5ING SCREEN AND A ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT HIS EYE AND SCRATCHED THE EYE