Mining Incidents

Seneca Sand LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Seneca Sand LLC. · Surface
Controlled by Justin A Quaka
Seneca, La Salle County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1102759

Seneca Sand LLC has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $726 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
26
citations
2
significant & substantial
$8,047
proposed penalties
$4,571
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,476 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
268
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: 268 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Seneca Sand LLC has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $726 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$726
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,800 2 0 1111.1
2025 Q1 307 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,337 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,890 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,646 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,000 1 0 500.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 2,107 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,026 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,882 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,185 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,175 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,214 1 0 823.7
2021 Q4 1,655 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,644 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,810 1 0 552.5
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,593 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,841 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,694 1 0 590.3
2020 Q1 1,070 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,653 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,772 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,466 6 0 4092.8
2018 Q3 1,848 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,261 2 0 1586.0
2007 Q3 1,765 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,588 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,068 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,643 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,116 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,945 1 0 514.1
2006 Q1 1,001 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,356 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,541 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,488 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 685 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,796 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,553 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,185 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,554 1 0 391.5
2003 Q3 2,617 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,775 2 0 720.7
2003 Q1 1,700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,456 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,630 1 1 613.5
2002 Q2 1,122 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 834 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,119 6 1 5361.9
2001 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,222 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 253 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 630 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 964 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

July 20, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Spicer Gravel Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

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