Sears Limestone Quarry & Mill has $3K 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
14
Years on record
1984–2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
45
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,955
proposed penalties
$2,955
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
28
inspections on record
542
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: 542 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sears Limestone Quarry & Mill has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-01-24.
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
2008 Q1
6,770
5
0
738.6
2007 Q4
14,725
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
17,730
2
0
112.8
2007 Q2
19,195
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
14,623
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
24,469
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
31,220
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
26,903
3
0
111.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1
20,423
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
25,052
3
0
119.8
2005 Q3
29,137
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
29,297
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
23,789
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
23,738
6
0
252.8
2004 Q3
25,036
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
22,821
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
15,453
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
18,605
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
19,529
2
0
102.4
2003 Q2
18,074
2
1
110.7
2003 Q1
9,887
2
0
202.3
2002 Q4
14,932
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
18,055
2
0
110.8
2002 Q2
16,884
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
13,479
7
0
519.3
2001 Q4
14,244
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
19,022
2
0
105.1
2001 Q2
16,769
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
13,687
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
12,387
1
0
80.7
2000 Q3
17,650
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
13,737
6
0
436.8
2000 Q1
9,294
2
0
215.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2001 · 1 incident
September 17, 2001IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EE WAS WALKING ON BORKEN CONCRETE. HE STEPPED ON WIRE PROTRUDING FROM CONCRETE. THE WIRE WENT THRU BOOT CAUSING PUNCTURE IN LEFT FOOT. MEDICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING TETANUS SHOT WERE ADMINSTERED . EE INSTRUCTED TO STAY HOME UNTIL 9-19-01 WENT TO 2ND DR 9-19-01.
1999 · 3 incidents
November 16, 1999IL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP TAILINGS WITH A SMALL LOADER, WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. EMPLOYEE OPENED RADIATOR CAP AND SUDDENLY IT SPRAYED EMPLOYEEON LEFT ARM, CAUSING BURNS.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AN INSPECTION PLUG FROM A SAND PUMP. THE WATER WAS HOT AND STEAM & WATER SPRAYED THHE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE, STOMACH AD ARMS. SOME AREAS ARE CLASSIFIED AS SECOND DEGREE BURNS.
1994 · 1 incident
April 25, 1994IL · Metal/Non-Metalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeyHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND LOADING 50# BAGS OF ANFO. 2 HRS AFTER HE BEGAN LOADING HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT AND TIGHTEN UP. THE PAIN BECAME WORSE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND AFTER THE EMPLOYEE WENT HOME. A BACK SUPPORT BRACE WAS NOT WORN.
1992 · 2 incidents
October 15, 1992IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE PULLING OUT A PIECE OF IRON IN A HOPPER A ROCK SLID AND LANDED ONT HE IRON AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.
August 22, 1992IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elmer Larson, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TRUCK DRIVER PA9KED TRUCK AT HOPPER,SET BRAKES GOT OUT OF TRUCK TO TALK TO PLANT OPERATOR.RETURNING TO TRUCK SAW IT MOVING.TRIED TO GET INTO CAB AND SLIPPED.RIGHT ARM EXTENDED INTO PATH OF LEF T REAR WHEELS A3D WAS RUN OVER.TRUCK ROLLED INTO SOFT BERM AND STOPPED.
1985 · 2 incidents
December 5, 1985IL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
December 12, 1984IL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE TWO MEN WERE LIFTING SCREEN CLOTH TO VIBRATOR, VICTIM LOST BALANCE AND FELL SIX FEET TO GROUND. SCREEN CLOTH FELL TO GROUND AND AFTER VICTIM, STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT FOREARM, BREAKING BONE S IN RIGHT FOREARM.
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