Mining Incidents

Rockford Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

VCNA Prairie LLC · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Rockford, Winnebago County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1100298

Rockford Quarry has $10K 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
4
Years on record
1992–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
87
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,141
proposed penalties
$10,141
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
61
inspections on record
809
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: 809 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rockford Quarry has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-29.
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
2025 Q4 3,163 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,295 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,343 1 0 299.1
2025 Q1 2,865 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,196 5 0 1191.6
2024 Q3 4,873 2 0 410.4
2024 Q2 5,245 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,743 2 0 534.3
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,613 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,419 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,207 6 3 1426.2
2023 Q1 3,157 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,833 1 0 260.9
2022 Q3 3,933 4 0 1017.0
2022 Q2 3,789 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,725 2 0 733.9
2021 Q4 3,637 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,699 2 0 540.7
2021 Q2 3,201 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,923 1 0 342.1
2020 Q4 3,933 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,684 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,971 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,754 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,732 3 1 803.9
2019 Q3 4,262 1 0 234.6
2019 Q2 4,092 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,140 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,780 1 0 264.6
2018 Q2 3,739 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,299 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,940 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,883 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,573 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,544 2 0 564.3
2016 Q4 3,951 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,291 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,092 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,561 2 0 561.6
2015 Q4 4,070 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,508 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,374 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,872 1 0 534.2
2014 Q4 3,520 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,513 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,994 3 0 751.1
2014 Q1 2,534 1 0 394.6
2013 Q4 3,076 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,122 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,281 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,998 4 0 2002.0
2012 Q4 3,529 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,809 1 0 262.5
2012 Q2 3,718 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,780 2 0 529.1
2011 Q4 3,695 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,142 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,286 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,113 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,271 6 1 1834.3
2010 Q3 3,271 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,314 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,382 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,397 5 2 1471.9
2009 Q3 3,592 2 0 556.8
2009 Q2 3,395 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,628 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,774 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,232 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,927 5 1 1273.2
2008 Q1 2,779 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,174 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,170 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,713 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,494 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,452 4 0 1158.7
2006 Q3 3,387 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,411 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,401 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,455 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,411 2 0 586.3
2005 Q1 1,809 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,535 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,622 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,645 2 0 1215.8
2003 Q4 2,808 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,545 5 0 1964.6
2003 Q2 2,967 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,458 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,841 3 0 781.0
2002 Q3 3,118 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,227 1 0 309.9
2001 Q4 3,192 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,467 2 1 576.9
2001 Q2 3,777 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,113 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,638 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,281 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,045 2 0 396.4
2000 Q1 4,635 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 19, 2019 IL · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The miner was lifting a piece of steel for one of the conveyors in the quarry. While lifting the piece of steel they felt a pop in right arm/shoulder. The information about this injury was obtained through reports taken by the safety director at the time of the injury. Who was no longer employed at Rogers Ready Mix & Materials as 10/14/2019

2002 · 1 incident

August 8, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A SCREEN, HIS BODY JERKED INTO SAFETY CABLE BREAKING CABLE FALLING INTO HOPPER OF CONVEYER ON HIS BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

April 24, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

46595G EQUIPMENT-LIFTED CHUTE TO SCREENING PLANT PINCHED NERVES IN BACK & NECK.

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The full compliance file on Rockford Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.