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VALLEY PLANT #7: 84 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Riverstone Group
St. Augustine, Warren County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1100136

VALLEY PLANT #7 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1983–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
18
significant & substantial
$9,522
proposed penalties
$9,522
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See River Stone Group Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
1,194
inspection hours
7.0
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.
84 citations across 1,194 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

VALLEY PLANT #7 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $516 in penalties contested before the Commission, $516 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-03.
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.
21.7%
significant & substantial
3.6%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
32.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 37.3% low, 59.0% moderate, 3.6% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 80%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
33%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$516 proposed, $516 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 2017-11-14.
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 2010-852M Dismissal Lesnick 2011 $200 → $200
LAKE 2011-225M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $200 → $200
LAKE 2018-0048 Settlement Miller 2018 $116 → $116
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: 2026-02-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Belt Crew
2021-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.59 0.64 Bulldozer Operator
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.19 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2004-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2004-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.16 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.47 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 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.

VALLEY PLANT #7 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.21 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 9.68 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. River Stone Group Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 8
2024 9
2023 11
2022 13
2021 10
2020 10
2019 10
2018 11
2017 11
2016 12
2015 12
2014 12
2013 11
2012 11
2011 9
2010 10
2009 10
2008 10
2007 11
2006 10
2005 11
2004 10
2003 10
2002 11
2001 10
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

VALLEY PLANT #7 sits in Warren County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Warren County, Illinois · Population 16,576
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,650
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 4,232 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,981 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,651 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,888 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,234 1 0 236.2
2025 Q1 3,872 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,421 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,577 1 0 218.5
2024 Q1 4,164 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,735 1 0 211.2
2023 Q3 4,270 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,076 4 1 788.0
2023 Q1 6,756 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,075 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,640 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,453 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,487 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,231 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,107 1 0 243.5
2021 Q1 3,802 1 0 263.0
2020 Q4 3,961 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,113 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,154 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,744 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,858 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,348 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,629 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,903 1 0 256.2
2018 Q3 3,869 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,354 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,123 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,499 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,499 1 0 222.3
2017 Q2 4,249 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,423 1 0 184.4
2016 Q4 4,679 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,614 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,476 2 0 446.8
2016 Q1 4,634 1 0 215.8
2015 Q4 4,331 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,721 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,728 2 0 423.0
2015 Q1 3,536 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,345 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,104 1 0 195.9
2014 Q2 4,355 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,363 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,833 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,868 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,383 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,048 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,879 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,178 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,468 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,490 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,293 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,157 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,903 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,683 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,220 6 2 1421.8
2010 Q3 4,292 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,268 5 0 1171.5
2010 Q1 3,118 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,332 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,291 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,847 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,053 2 0 493.5
2008 Q4 3,910 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,038 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,432 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,970 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,074 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,935 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,588 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,943 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,269 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,794 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,415 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,142 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,002 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,683 2 0 427.1
2005 Q1 4,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,346 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,223 4 2 947.2
2004 Q2 4,449 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,112 1 0 243.2
2003 Q4 4,679 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,721 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,464 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,149 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,647 3 0 645.6
2002 Q3 5,505 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,532 8 0 1446.1
2002 Q1 5,168 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,368 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,931 3 0 608.4
2001 Q2 5,208 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,823 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,282 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,744 4 1 843.2
2000 Q2 4,883 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,705 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 18, 2022 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
River Stone Group Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee alleges was adjusting a conveyor belt and the wrench slipped pinning employee's right finger between the steel and wrench. Employee received 12 sutures.

2021 · 3 incidents

September 21, 2021 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
River Stone Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

The employee alleges EE was driving the loader across the pit and EE ran over a large rock causing the seat in the loader to bottom out. EE started having some pain in the middle and lower of EE's back.

July 22, 2021 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
River Stone Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee alleges they were cleaning the road with the loader and they hit a hard spot in the road causing them to move forward abruptly in the loader.

May 25, 2021 IL · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Stone Group Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was placing fuel hose nozzle back in cradle and felt discomfort in EE's side, shoulder and neck. Lifting nozzle from filler neck to hose nozzle cradle.

2020 · 1 incident

March 3, 2020 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Stone Group Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee alleges was removing a bolt from the cutting edge and the sharp edge of the bolt cut the middle palm of left hand.

2012 · 1 incident

June 20, 2012 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Stone Group Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee alleges he was reaching for a roller on the ground and he got his arm caught on a piece of metal that went through his right arm - he received 4 stitches.

1998 · 2 incidents

April 24, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
River Stone Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HIS SHOULDER STARTED BOTHERING HIM DUE TO A REPETITIVE MOTION HE HAD BEEN DOING ON HIS JOB.

April 20, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Stone Group Inc · Fall down stairs

EE ALLEGES HE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS IN A HURRY AND HE STEPPED IN A WATER HOLE AND SLIPPED HITTING HIS JAW ON STEPS.

1997 · 2 incidents

October 9, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Stone Group Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE LIFTED A LARGE SHOVEL FULL OF WET MATERIAL WHILE SCOOPING OUT TUNNEL AND HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS GROIN AREA CAUSING A LUMP TO APPEAR.

August 23, 1997 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Stone Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES AFTER HE FINISHED DRILLING BORE HOLES, HE CRAWLED UNDER DRILL TO CHANGE HOSE AND HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1996 · 1 incident

October 14, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Stone Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PICKING FORK UP ON SKID LOADER WHEN LETTING IT DOWN HE CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER RECEIVING 10 STITCHES.

1995 · 2 incidents

October 26, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
River Stone Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING LARGE CHUNKS OF LIME IN A PILE. LOADER PITCHED BACK & FORTH CAUSING HIS NECK TO POP.

May 27, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
River Stone Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYYEE WAS BREAKING UP CONCRETE PILLAR WITH A JACK HAMMER, PIECES WOULD BREAK OFF AND JACK HAMMER AND HIMSELF WOULD FALL TO GROUND, CAUSING SHARP PAIN IN SHOULDER.

1987 · 1 incident

August 28, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Stone Group Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL LUBRICATIN1 ENGINE SHUTOFF CABLE.PARTIALLY UNSCREWED KNOB CAME OFF AS HE PUSHED ON IT.THREAD END OF CABLE PUNCTURED HEEL OF LEFT HAND.

1986 · 1 incident

December 5, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Stone Group Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING A PIECE OF STEEL WHEN HE TRIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RT HAND AND CUT HIS THUMB ON A PIECE OF STEEL REQUIRING 17 STITCHES

1984 · 4 incidents

October 15, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
River Stone Group Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS HITTING WEDGE PIN WITH HAMMER TO TIGHTEN SCREENS & A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF WEDGE PIN & LODGED IN HIS EYEBALL.

October 12, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
River Stone Group Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

USING PRY BAR TO ROTATE FEED SCREEN PRY BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT INDEX LEFT FINGER BETWEEEN BAR AND HANDRAIL.

September 26, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Stone Group Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM CONVEYOR AND SLIPPED AND FELL HE HAD MUDDY FEET

June 26, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management MACHINERY
River Stone Group Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL WELDING AND PIECE OF SLAG POPPED INTO AND STUCK ON LEFT EYE.EMPL NOT OFF UNTIL 6-29 / 7-2-84.

1983 · 2 incidents

February 16, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
River Stone Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS THE DRILL BIT BROKE THRU THE ANGLE IRON, THE BIT CAUGHT AND SPUN THE DRILL, WRAPPING THE CORD AROUND EMPLOYEES HAND AND DRILL. THE CORD CUT OFF THE END OF HIS RIGHT RING FINGER ATTHEROOT OF THE NAIL.