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Rockford Quarry: 87 MSHA citations 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.
See VCNA Prairie LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Of $400 in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-29.
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.
10.3%
significant & substantial
8.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.3%
reasonably likely or greater
27.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.4% low, 65.5% moderate, 8.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% 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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$400 proposed, $400 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 2011-01-11.
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
LAKE 2011-275M Settlement Tureck 2011 $400 → $400
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: 2025-09-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-10-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.79 10 0.08 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Utility Man
2014-04-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Utility Man
2014-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.85 0.21 Mechanic
2009-10-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-01-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 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.
Ownership history
  1. Byron Materials Inc 1980 to 1989
  2. Rogers Ready Mix & Materials, Inc. 1989 to 2025
  3. VCNA Prairie LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 7
2024 9
2023 8
2022 7
2021 7
2020 8
2019 8
2018 8
2017 8
2016 8
2015 8
2014 8
2013 8
2012 9
2011 7
2010 7
2009 7
2008 7
2007 6
2006 6
2005 7
2004 7
2003 6
2002 7
2001 7
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rockford Quarry sits in Winnebago County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Winnebago County, Illinois · Population 283,289
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,363
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 2,759 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,658 0 0 0.0
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
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,245 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,743 2 0 534.3
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 2 0 500.8
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 3 0 883.1
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.