Mining Incidents

VALLEY CITY QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Pitts Field, Pike County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1100022

VALLEY CITY QUARRY has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1983–2006
Latest incident
Dec 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
84
citations
10
significant & substantial
$14,607
proposed penalties
$11,628
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,979 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
669
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: 669 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

VALLEY CITY QUARRY has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-27.
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 4,620 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,627 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,162 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,815 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,972 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,032 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,570 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,626 2 0 551.6
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,474 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,762 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,585 2 0 358.1
2023 Q1 1,803 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,362 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,519 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,689 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,615 2 0 553.3
2021 Q4 1,331 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,187 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,087 3 0 589.7
2021 Q1 4,278 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,096 3 0 732.4
2020 Q3 2,896 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,527 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,108 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,845 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,376 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,042 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,310 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,707 4 0 849.8
2018 Q3 5,329 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,586 12 4 2616.7
2018 Q1 1,245 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,702 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,060 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,405 1 0 227.0
2017 Q1 1,236 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,563 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,715 5 2 1060.4
2016 Q2 3,765 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,154 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,642 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,252 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,883 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,670 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,167 5 0 2307.3
2014 Q3 1,061 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,718 3 1 1103.8
2014 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,356 2 0 459.1
2013 Q2 5,025 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,515 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,614 3 0 830.1
2012 Q3 4,079 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,681 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,497 2 0 444.7
2011 Q4 3,458 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,003 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,774 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,043 3 0 1468.4
2010 Q3 5,138 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,314 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,973 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,729 3 1 634.4
2009 Q3 5,113 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,694 10 1 5903.2
2009 Q1 1,065 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,259 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,367 8 0 1831.9
2008 Q2 3,224 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,066 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,465 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,397 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,201 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,583 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,958 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,666 1 1 272.8
2006 Q1 3,780 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,824 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,056 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,368 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,055 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,507 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,184 2 0 478.0
2004 Q2 4,168 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,519 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,336 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,680 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,291 5 0 1165.2
2002 Q4 1,332 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,231 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,712 1 0 269.4
2002 Q1 667 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,765 2 0 419.7
2001 Q2 4,792 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,288 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,509 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,549 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,753 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2006 · 1 incident

December 22, 2006 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping to put a cutting edge on endloader. Instead of using a wrench to hold bolt head steady he held it with his hand. Air wrench was used by second employee and bolt spun in first employee's hand and cut his left thumb which required 3 stitches to fix.

2001 · 1 incident

January 12, 2001 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Callender Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK & FELT CHEST PAINS. WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH A HEART ATTACK. HAD BYPASS SURGERY.

1999 · 1 incident

April 24, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Callender Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AN EMPLOYEE FELL AND I BEAM ROLLED ON LEG (NO INJURY RESULTED) INJURED EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE BEAM AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

1994 · 1 incident

February 18, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING WITH A SECOND EE TO TAKE THE PINS OUT OF THE JAW PLATE FOR REMOVAL. THEY WERE DRIVING THE PIN OUT WITH A MAUL AND METAL BAR. THE MAUL WENT OFF THE BAR AND STRUCK EE'S HAND AND S PLIT OPEN HIS INDEX FINGER. HE WAS TAKEN TO TOWNAND FINGER WAS STITCHED UP AND HE RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY.

1990 · 1 incident

March 7, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Callender Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING A SECTION OF STEEL TO I-R T4 DRILL. HE WAS HOLDING A SCREW IN CUP IN PLACE AS THE STEEL WAS MOVED INTO PLACE BY CAROUSEL. AS CAROUSEL SWUNG AROUND EMPLOYEE GOT ARM PINCHED BETWEEN FRAMEWORK AND CAROUSEL. YELLED TO OPERATOR AND HE BACKED OFF HYDRAULICS AND RELEASED ARM. EMPLOYEE GOT A BRUISED MUSCLE. THIS PIECE OF STEEL DID NOT FIT JUST RIGHT OR EMPLOYEE WOULD NO

1989 · 2 incidents

July 31, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WITH ANOTHER EMPL EMPL WAS MOVING A 55 GAL OIL DRUM INTO AN ENDLOADER BUCKET LOST HIS GRIP AND THE BARRELL FELL ON HIS L HAND CAUSING LACERATIONS ON MIDDLE TWO FINGERS

May 19, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Callender Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A SECOND EMPLOYEE WHO WAS WELDING A METALFRAMEWORK. EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY WATCHED THE WELDING BEING DONE WITHOUT GLASSES AND THAT NIGHT HE FELT A BURNING IN HIS EYES CAUSED BY THE FLASH.

1988 · 2 incidents

July 25, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Callender Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING A GRADATION TEST ON A RIPRAP PRODUCT MOVING LARGE PIECES OF ROCK WEIGHING OVER A HUNDRED POUNDS HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE MOVING ONE

March 9, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A TRUCK DRIVER RELEASE HIS TAILGATE WHICH HAD MATERIAL PUSHED UP AGAINST IT WHEN HE RELEASED THE CHAIN ON THE RELEASE HANDLE THE TAILGATE POPPED OPEN AND THE HANDLE SWUNG BACK AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND BREAKING A BLOOD VESSEL AND CAUSING SOME SOME SWELLING IN HIS HAND WHICH WENT DOWN OVERNIGHT

1987 · 3 incidents

October 8, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE'S JOB IS TO CLEAN OUT ROCK UNDER CONVEYORS. THE JAW WAS PLUGGED WITH ROCK AND BELTS WERE STOPPED, BUT BEFORE THEY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP EMPLOYEE WALKED UNDERNEATH AN OVERHEAD CONVEY OR AND A ROCK WAS ROLLING DOWN THE BELT AND BOUNCED OFF, FALLING ABOUT TEN FOOT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD.

September 24, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT A CUTTING EDGE ON AN ENDLOADER. WHILE DOING SO ONE SECTION OF THE CUTTING EDGE FELL ABOUT A FOOT AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING SOME BRUISING. HE WAS TAKEN T O EMERGENCY ROOM TO CHECK FOR BROKEN BONES-NONE WERE FOUND.

January 27, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Callender Construction Company Inc · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYE WAS USI3G A SOCKET WRENCH TO TIGHTEN NUTS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF A 980 LOADER. HIS HANDS SLIPPED AND HE STUMBLED AND TWEISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. HE CHECKED THE ANKLE AT EMERGENCY ROOM TH AT NIGHT AND WA8 FOUND TO HAVE SPRAINED ANKLE. MISSED NO TIME.

1986 · 2 incidents

April 25, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Callender Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CREW WAS PUTTIN1 IN A NEW CONVEYOR BELT, FOREMAN AND EMPLOYEE WERE WATCHING THE MATERIAL FLOW, THE FOREMAN SIGNALED FOR THE BELT TO BE SHUT DOWN. BEFORE IT HAD STOPPED COMPLETELY THE EMPLOYEE PUT HIS HAND O3 THE BELT AND HAD IT PULLED INTO THE PULLY CAUSING MULTIPLE LACERATIONS ON HIS LEFT HAND AND BREAKING THE LITTLE FINGER.

April 25, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CREW WAS PUTTIN1 UP A NEW CONVEYOR AND HAD WELDED IN PLACE TWO STELL POSTS TO SERVE AS LEGS FOR THE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE FORGOT THE POSTS WERE THERE AND WALKED INTO ONE OF THEM, CUTTING HIS FOR EHEAD. HE WAS 7AKEN TO THE EMPLOYEE ROOM OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL HAD SIX STICHES PUT IN.

1984 · 3 incidents

July 5, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Callender Construction Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMP WAS WALKING FROM THE PLANT TO HIS QUARRY HAUL TRUCK AND STUMBLED OVER A ROCK AND FELL CUTTING THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND

April 16, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS WELDING ON FRAME AND STARTED TO WALK TO OTHER SIDE, LOST HIS BALANCE AND GRABBED OUT FOR A SCREEN WHICH WAS LAYING ON FRAMEWORK, WAITING TO BE PUT IN PLACE AND SCREEN FELL LANDING ON H IS RIGHT FOOT

April 10, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Callender Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS USING A MALL TO STRAIGHTEN A PIECE OF METAL AND PUT A STRAIN ON THE MUSCLES IN HIS NECK

1983 · 1 incident

November 15, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Callender Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT AROUND PLANT WHEN A ROCK BECAME LODGED IN JAW. A SECOND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO USE A PIECE OF STEEL TO BREAK ROCK AND FIRST EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HELP. SECOND EMPLOYEE ACCIDE NTALLY STRUCK FIRST MAN IN CHEST BRUISING HIS STERNUM.

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