Mining Incidents

Vermilion Plant (MC47) Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Riverstone Group
Oglesby, La Salle County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1103208

Vermilion Plant (MC47) has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2011–2026
Latest incident
Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
110
citations
10
significant & substantial
$22,581
proposed penalties
$21,622
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $959 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
49
inspections on record
846
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: 846 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Vermilion Plant (MC47) has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-16.
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 5,145 7 1 1360.5
2025 Q3 6,578 4 0 608.1
2025 Q2 6,526 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,214 8 2 1534.3
2024 Q4 6,599 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,438 3 0 403.3
2024 Q2 7,252 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,908 2 0 407.5
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,521 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,843 2 0 255.0
2023 Q2 7,257 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,126 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,166 4 0 960.2
2022 Q3 4,434 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,146 8 0 1554.6
2022 Q1 3,838 2 0 521.1
2021 Q4 4,323 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,398 6 0 1364.3
2021 Q2 3,919 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,530 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,839 7 0 1446.6
2020 Q3 5,640 1 0 177.3
2020 Q2 5,784 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,989 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,858 2 0 411.7
2019 Q3 2,052 1 0 487.3
2019 Q2 4,085 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,578 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,931 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,235 2 1 320.8
2018 Q2 4,639 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,187 9 2 2824.0
2017 Q4 3,826 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,637 2 0 431.3
2017 Q2 4,673 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,844 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,192 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,709 1 0 212.4
2016 Q2 4,505 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,196 2 0 476.6
2015 Q4 4,545 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,849 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,361 4 0 917.2
2015 Q1 3,796 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,538 4 1 881.4
2014 Q3 4,586 2 1 436.1
2014 Q2 4,481 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,085 1 0 324.1
2013 Q4 4,866 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,409 2 0 453.6
2013 Q2 4,843 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,469 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,891 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,943 3 0 606.9
2012 Q2 5,320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,314 3 0 564.5
2011 Q4 5,933 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,998 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,003 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,053 2 0 395.8
2010 Q4 5,898 8 0 1356.4
2010 Q3 7,275 2 0 274.9
2010 Q2 5,065 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,442 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,219 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,274 6 2 1403.8
2009 Q2 5,629 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,840 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,915 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2026 · 1 incident

June 4, 2026 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RiverStone Group, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee alleges EE was changing fork belt and operator moved forks back and belt was stuck and released resulting in hand abrasion

2024 · 1 incident

October 30, 2024 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RiverStone Group, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee alleges was installing some grease lines and pulled a utility knife out of their pocket. It slid in EE's hands cutting EE's left palm. EE received stitches.

2022 · 1 incident

July 18, 2022 IL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator OTHER
RiverStone Group, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee alleges they were getting out of the truck and they felt a pop in their lower back. Employee sought medical attention with a chiropractor.

2021 · 1 incident

April 14, 2021 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RiverStone Group, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was changing out a troughing roller when a speck of rust/metal got into employee's right eye. Employee thought employee got metal out of eye, but eye swelled up the next morning, and sought treatment to remove piece of rust/metal.

2011 · 1 incident

November 28, 2011 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RiverStone Group, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee alleges he was connecting a hose under a machine and the cyl pin came out from the machine and the wedge hit him on the right side of his head causing him to receive stitches.

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The full compliance file on Vermilion Plant (MC47)

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.