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Stark Rettick Gravel Pit: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David K Stark
Downs, Mclean County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102893

Stark Rettick Gravel Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
1992
Latest incident
Apr 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,446
proposed penalties
$1,446
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Stark Materials Company, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
21
inspections on record
191
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: 191 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stark Rettick Gravel Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-06-21.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
43.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-01-07.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2011-272M Withdrawal Zielinski 2011 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-04-13, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline 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. Stark Materials Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 0
2012 2
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 4
2003 4
2002 3
2001 2
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stark Rettick Gravel Pit sits in McLean County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
McLean County, Illinois · Population 170,882
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$78,329
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
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 116 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 534 1 0 1872.7
2012 Q1 748 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 285 3 1 10526.3
2011 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,028 2 0 1945.5
2010 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 439 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 523 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 568 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 396 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 702 3 0 4273.5
2007 Q2 1,294 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 986 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 854 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 697 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 998 1 0 1002.0
2005 Q3 1,352 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,460 1 0 684.9
2005 Q1 698 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,825 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,355 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,715 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 894 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,415 2 0 828.2
2003 Q3 3,081 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,109 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,945 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,716 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,815 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,085 2 0 1843.3
2002 Q1 736 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 898 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,418 1 1 413.6
2001 Q1 1,948 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,543 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,041 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,141 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

April 20, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stark Materials Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CHANGING A BOLT ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF LOADER BUCKET WHEN THE BOLT CAUGHT A SHARP EDGE AND MADE IT SPIN AROUND CUTTING THROUGH HIS GLOVE.