What are Spread #2's MSHA penalties?

Spread #2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Spread #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Conmat Inc., dba Helm Materials · Surface

Controlled by Helm Group Inc

Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, IL · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 1100232

Spread #2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2006–2022
Latest incident: May 2022

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$5,161

proposed penalties

$5,161

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

inspections on record

377

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 377 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$5K

proposed penalties

$5K

current assessed

$5K

paid to date

outstanding

43 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-17.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

See also the operator's enforcement record

Quarterly safety rates

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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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	1,360	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,804	0	0.0
2025 Q2	543	1	1841.6
2025 Q1	226	0	0.0
2024 Q4	450	0	0.0
2024 Q3	362	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,382	1	723.6
2024 Q1	421	0	0.0

Show 84 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	1,285	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	1,145	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	934	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	0	0	0
2022 Q4	1,023	1	0	977.5
2022 Q3	1,486	1	0	672.9
2022 Q2	1,713	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	0	0	0
2021 Q4	734	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	1,793	1	0	557.7
2021 Q2	1,458	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	0	0	0
2020 Q4	972	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	2,409	1	0	415.1
2020 Q2	1,040	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	0	0	0
2019 Q4	1,323	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	2,556	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	920	1	1	1087.0
2019 Q1	0	0	0
2018 Q4	693	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	1,657	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	1,354	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	0	0	0
2017 Q4	1,534	1	0	651.9
2017 Q3	1,316	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	953	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	0	0	0
2016 Q4	2,270	4	0	1762.1
2016 Q3	1,260	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	534	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	932	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	334	1	0	2994.0
2015 Q3	1,350	1	0	740.7
2015 Q2	368	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	816	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	2,027	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	1,311	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	1,799	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	309	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	1,416	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	1,569	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	0	0	0
2012 Q4	2,425	3	0	1237.1
2012 Q3	1,418	6	1	4231.3
2012 Q2	745	3	0	4026.8
2012 Q1	0	0	0
2011 Q4	1,992	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	1,454	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	0	0	0
2011 Q1	0	0	0
2010 Q4	950	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	640	1	0	1562.5
2010 Q2	176	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	930	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	50	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	1,131	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	0	0	0
2008 Q1	0	0	0
2007 Q4	0	1	0
2007 Q3	0	0	0
2007 Q2	176	7	1	39772.7
2007 Q1	0	0	0
2006 Q2	10	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	0	0	0
2005 Q4	201	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	512	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	0	0	0
2003 Q4	393	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	760	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	0	0	0
2003 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	0	0	0
2002 Q3	0	0	0
2002 Q2	0	0	0
2002 Q1	0	0	0
2001 Q4	1,283	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	880	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	275	1	0	3636.4
2001 Q1	0	0	0
2000 Q4	763	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	1,120	7	7	6250.0
2000 Q2	819	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	0	0	0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 11, 2022 IL · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)

Conmat Inc., dba Helm Materials · Contact with heat

Employee experienced heat exhaustion while on bench.

2016 · 1 incident

August 10, 2016 IL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Conmat Inc., dba Helm Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner used a pocket knife to cut rubberized tape from an electrical cord that needed to be repaired during plant set up. Miner was pulling the knife towards self while cutting the tape, and cut into the top of left thumb which was holding the cord. The Laceration required medical treatment.

2014 · 1 incident

April 3, 2014 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Conmat Inc., dba Helm Materials · Struck by flying object

Miner was removing a rock which was stuck in an overhead conveyor. High winds and the shaking of the rock caused rock dust to be blown around his safety glasses and into his eye. One piece of rock dust was removed from his eye by an optometrist (non-imbedded) and the Miner was given prescription eye drops to prevent infection.

2006 · 1 incident

April 3, 2006 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Conmat Inc., dba Helm Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Worker was n loader. They had loaded another bucket onto lowboy. His loader was in park waiting for injured. Injured moved a piece of wood. This caused the chain holding the bucket to vibrate. This allowed a little movement of bucket to pinch hand between bucket and trailer.

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