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Shawnee Sand & Gravel: 114 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gorham, Jackson County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1102323

Shawnee Sand & Gravel has $18K 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
12
Years on record
1987–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
114
citations
24
significant & substantial
$18,418
proposed penalties
$18,418
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Shawnee Sand & Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,069
inspection hours
10.7
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.
114 citations across 1,069 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shawnee Sand & Gravel has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
114 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-27.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
4.4%
high negligence or reckless
21.1%
reasonably likely or greater
43.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.8% none, 16.7% low, 77.2% moderate, 4.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-03-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2025-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-08-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.35 10 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.88 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-16 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.
Ownership history
  1. Jackson County Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. 1950 to 2008
  2. Shawnee Sand & Gravel 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 5
2024 5
2023 6
2022 5
2021 5
2020 5
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 3
2011 5
2010 7
2009 6
2008 3
2007 4
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Shawnee Sand & Gravel sits in Jackson County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Jackson County, Illinois · Population 52,706
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,572
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 3,038 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,014 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,712 2 0 538.8
2025 Q3 3,036 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,371 1 0 421.8
2025 Q1 1,839 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,834 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,831 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,335 2 1 599.7
2024 Q1 2,606 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,769 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,275 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,878 1 0 257.9
2023 Q1 2,787 1 0 358.8
2022 Q4 2,725 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,715 1 0 368.3
2022 Q2 2,563 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,239 1 0 446.6
2021 Q4 2,541 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,283 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,462 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,420 1 1 413.2
2020 Q4 2,707 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,026 2 0 660.9
2020 Q2 2,769 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,149 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,210 1 0 452.5
2019 Q3 2,493 13 2 5214.6
2019 Q2 2,290 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,100 3 1 1428.6
2018 Q4 2,320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,309 1 0 433.1
2018 Q2 2,474 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,095 5 1 2386.6
2017 Q4 2,130 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,123 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,593 1 0 627.7
2017 Q1 1,686 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,607 3 0 1866.8
2016 Q3 2,251 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,136 2 1 936.3
2016 Q1 1,941 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,084 4 1 1919.4
2015 Q3 2,412 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,932 5 0 2588.0
2015 Q1 1,511 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,983 5 1 2521.4
2014 Q3 2,036 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,023 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,791 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,636 4 1 2445.0
2013 Q3 2,336 4 2 1712.3
2013 Q2 2,352 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,926 7 1 3634.5
2012 Q4 2,141 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,345 5 0 2132.2
2012 Q2 2,033 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,713 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,467 2 0 1363.3
2011 Q3 2,332 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,579 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,565 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,730 1 1 366.3
2010 Q3 3,058 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,185 2 2 627.9
2010 Q1 2,914 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,808 6 3 2136.8
2009 Q3 2,944 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,738 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,811 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 10 1
2008 Q3 1,889 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,503 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,723 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,377 2 0 841.4
2007 Q3 2,313 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,784 2 0 1121.1
2007 Q1 2,099 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,092 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,531 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,088 1 0 478.9
2006 Q1 1,658 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,112 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,920 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,186 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,495 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,972 1 0 507.1
2004 Q3 2,206 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,813 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,546 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,916 1 0 521.9
2003 Q3 2,572 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,761 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,912 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,475 1 1 678.0
2002 Q3 1,949 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,218 1 0 821.0
2002 Q1 1,015 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,903 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,988 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,857 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,912 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,902 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,097 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,928 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,662 8 2 4813.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2018 · 1 incident

June 1, 2018 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shawnee Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

Co-worker was prying on a roller bearing, EE was standing behind and aside co-worker. The roller freed making contact with EE's teeth.

2016 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2016 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shawnee Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was performing a routine plant inspection. Employee was stepping over the railing into the screen deck area. Employee twisted knee while performing this task.

February 17, 2016 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shawnee Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was replacing the wear plate on the dredge pump. The wear plate was attached to a chain hoist. Employee stepped down grabbing the handrail. The wear plate swung, hitting employee's thumb that was holding onto the handrail.

2015 · 1 incident

April 13, 2015 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was changing our the screens on the gravel plant. The incident occurred while removing the 1/4" screen. He has continues to work, but was determined at a doctors appointment 5/7/15 that hernia would be repaired surgically in June.

2005 · 1 incident

July 16, 2005 IL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Jackson County Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED OFF LADDER ONTO A BELT THAT WAS COVERING A 2X4 PIECE OF WOOD. TWISTED ANKLE ON WOOD. (UNLEVEL SURFACE)

1998 · 1 incident

June 15, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jackson County Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. · Struck against stationary object

RIGHT HAND SLIPPED WHILE CONNECTING RUBBER COUPLER TO A STEEL PIPE, AND HIS RIGHT FOREARM CONTACTED THE EDGE OF THE PIPE.

1997 · 1 incident

December 30, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jackson County Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE WAS LOSSENING A CUTTERHEAD TOOTH BY TAPPING IT WITH A HAMMER. A PIECE OF THE TOOTH BROKE OFF & STUCK IN THE LEFT THUMB.

1995 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

July 2, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jackson County Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS DUMPING DIRT ON AN OVERBURDEN PILE WHEN SCRAPER SLID TO THE SIDE & TURNED OVER OPERATOR REMOVED HIS SEAT BELT & ATTEMPTED TO EXIT ON THE UP HILL SIDE WHILE MACHINE WAS MOVING

1991 · 1 incident

August 12, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jackson County Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAND WINCH RAISING A PUMP SHELL. THE WINCH HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident