Wash Plant 1 Metal/Non-Metal
Conmat Inc., dba Helm Materials
· Surface
Controlled by
Helm Group Inc
Freeport,
Jo Daviess County,
IL
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1100236
Wash Plant 1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
87
citations
17
significant & substantial
$11,998
proposed penalties
$11,855
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
700
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 700 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wash Plant 1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 732 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,205 | 1 | 0 | 453.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 358 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,686 | 1 | 0 | 593.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 698 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,463 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,844 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,464 | 2 | 0 | 811.7 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,724 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,109 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,010 | 2 | 0 | 498.8 |
| 2021 Q1 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 857 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,572 | 3 | 1 | 1908.4 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,030 | 5 | 2 | 1650.2 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,154 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,562 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 893 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,769 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,355 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,637 | 2 | 0 | 758.4 |
| 2016 Q1 | 733 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,878 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,682 | 1 | 0 | 594.5 |
| 2015 Q1 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 843 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 918 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,893 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,219 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,223 | 5 | 1 | 1551.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 6,737 | 3 | 0 | 445.3 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,948 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 3,848 | 2 | 0 | 519.8 |
| 2011 Q4 | 897 | 1 | 1 | 1114.8 |
| 2011 Q3 | 933 | 2 | 1 | 2143.6 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,020 | 4 | 0 | 3921.6 |
| 2010 Q3 | 832 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 500 | 1 | 0 | 2000.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 931 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 999 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,151 | 1 | 0 | 317.4 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 5,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,817 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 4,781 | 17 | 6 | 3555.7 |
| 2008 Q1 | 2,758 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 5,813 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 6,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 4,817 | 3 | 1 | 622.8 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 3,342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 4,962 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 5,949 | 3 | 0 | 504.3 |
| 2006 Q1 | 5,383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 838 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,749 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,617 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 4,115 | 10 | 0 | 2430.1 |
| 2004 Q3 | 6,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 10,699 | 2 | 0 | 186.9 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1,898 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 2,939 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 3,279 | 1 | 0 | 305.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 4,693 | 1 | 0 | 213.1 |
| 2003 Q1 | 3,737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 6,049 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 7,800 | 5 | 0 | 641.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 4,282 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 2,336 | 3 | 2 | 1284.2 |
| 2001 Q4 | 4,638 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 4,881 | 4 | 0 | 819.5 |
| 2001 Q2 | 4,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 2,009 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 3,363 | 2 | 2 | 594.7 |
| 2000 Q2 | 2,005 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,202 | 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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