Mining Incidents

Spread 3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Helm Group Inc
Elizabeth, Stephenson County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1102911

Spread 3 has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,610
proposed penalties
$1,467
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
223
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: 223 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Spread 3 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-08.
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 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 268 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,307 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,439 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,347 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 383 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 929 2 0 2152.9
2020 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 783 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 312 1 0 3205.1
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 568 1 0 1760.6
2017 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 590 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,084 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,567 1 0 638.2
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,002 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 227 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 187 1 0 5347.6
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 320 3 0 9375.0
2010 Q2 831 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 797 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 97 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,655 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 804 5 2 6218.9
2000 Q2 1,711 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 151 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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