Rochester Sand & Gravel has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1993–2013
Latest incident
Nov 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
58
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,820
proposed penalties
$5,635
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $185 gap.
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: 580 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rochester Sand & Gravel has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $885 in penalties contested before the Commission, $700 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-12-26.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$885 proposed, $700 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 2014-05-13.
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.
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: 2017-09-27, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-09-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-09-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.91
0.09
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
2
0.12
Utility Man
2011-03-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2008-08-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Rochester Sand & Gravel recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.79 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
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
4
2018
4
2017
5
2016
5
2015
5
2014
5
2013
5
2012
5
2011
5
2010
6
2009
4
2008
5
2007
5
2006
5
2005
5
2004
5
2003
6
2002
10
2001
11
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rochester Sand & Gravel sits in Sangamon 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.
Sangamon County, Illinois · Population 195,217
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$74,114
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
On 11/12/13 EE was unplugging sections of the material pipeline from dredge. On a trip from the dredge to the bank, EE exited Jon Boat, his feet slipped on muddy bank. EE put left hand down to brace himself, due to force his arm slipped. EE saw Ortho on 3/13/14 diagnosed as shoulder tendonitis/labrum sprain. Ordered physical therapy 4 weeks and EE was released w/out restriction.
2006 · 1 incident
September 14, 2006IL · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE went down to the booster pump on the dredge to check for a stuck rock. While attempting to unbolt the inspection plate off the pump, the locking mechanism on the 3/4" drive ratchet slipped causing the EE to hyperextend his left shoulder resulting in a strain. EE did not see a doctor until 9/18 adn MRI taken on 9/22.
1997 · 2 incidents
October 13, 1997IL · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS HAMMERING THE OCUPLING ON DREDGE EE WAS HIT IN THE LEFT SMALL FINGER WITH A SMALL FRAGMENT OF METAL FROM THE HAMMER. HE WAS WEARIN GLOVES AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT.
EE AND TWO OTHE REMPLOYEES WEE REPLACING SUCTION PIPE ON DREDGE, WHENN THE PIPE ROLLED AND CAUGH THIS THUMB BETWEEN THE PIPE AND HOIST CHAIN. PIPE WAS PROPERLY AND ADEQUATELY SECURED.
1996 · 2 incidents
October 17, 1996IL · Metal/Non-Metalloader head operator, roscoe operatorMACHINERY
INJURED EMP AND WITNESS WERE REMOVING A BEARING FROM THE ROCK SCREEN. VICTIM WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT THE ROD WITH. HE MISSED THE ROD AND HIT HIS HAND.
EE WAS WALKING QUICKLY DOWN THE STEPS OF THE DREDGE. LOST HIS FOOTING SLIPPED, PUT HIS HANDS OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF ON HANDRAIL AND PUT ALL WEIGHT ON HIS HAND. FRACTURED RIGHT HAND.
September 19, 1995IL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED EMPLOYEE & WITNESS WERE REMOVING LIGHT POST FROM CLASSIFIER TANK THEY DID NOT REALIZE HOW HEAVY IT WAS EE COULD NOT HOLD IT STEADY LIGHT POST TIPPED & PINNED HIS ARM AGAINST METAL SHEE T
May 20, 1995IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
REPAIRING PLANT WHEN MAN HIT THE BREAKER BOX WITH RIGHT HAND WHICH CAUSED A SHORT OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO EMPLOYEE,THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND.BOX WAS OPEN TO CHECK OUT PLANT.
February 2, 1994IL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
WORKING ON WATER PUMP FOR 120 CLOADER THE MAN WAS TOLD TO WATCH FOR BLADES WHEN MACHINE IS STARTED HE MOVED HIS HAND TO GET A TOOL & THE FAN BLADE HIT HIS HAND
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