Mining Incidents

Yard 91 - Elburn Metal/Non-Metal

VCNA Prairie LLC · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Elburn, Kane County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102610

Yard 91 - Elburn has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1987–2024
Latest incident
Oct 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
12
significant & substantial
$9,756
proposed penalties
$9,638
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
493
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: 493 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Yard 91 - Elburn has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
79 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-13.
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 3,979 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,429 3 1 466.6
2025 Q2 7,394 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,644 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,031 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,328 3 0 360.2
2024 Q2 8,675 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,606 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,146 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,841 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,086 2 0 282.2
2023 Q1 5,326 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,922 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,563 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,735 2 0 422.4
2022 Q1 2,805 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,495 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,648 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,151 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,037 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,478 1 1 287.5
2020 Q3 4,929 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,628 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,670 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,638 1 0 215.6
2019 Q3 6,693 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,671 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,595 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,361 6 2 1119.2
2018 Q3 6,607 2 0 302.7
2018 Q2 5,421 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 882 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,997 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,291 5 0 685.8
2007 Q2 8,967 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,170 3 0 719.4
2006 Q4 5,028 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,389 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,639 1 0 130.9
2006 Q1 8,016 11 3 1372.3
2005 Q4 7,804 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,386 15 1 1788.7
2005 Q2 6,565 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,415 3 1 554.0
2004 Q4 3,265 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,419 2 0 237.6
2004 Q2 7,708 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,175 4 0 647.8
2003 Q4 8,600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,701 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,210 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,996 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,941 3 0 607.2
2002 Q3 6,565 1 0 152.3
2002 Q2 7,527 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,812 2 1 344.1
2001 Q4 5,949 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,964 4 1 502.3
2001 Q2 6,071 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,028 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,743 2 0 421.7
2000 Q3 5,474 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,555 1 1 180.0
2000 Q1 6,301 2 0 317.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2024 · 1 incident

October 21, 2024 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
VCNA Prairie LLC · Struck against a moving object

Operator reported that while driving the haul truck down the ramp into the pit, the truck slid sideways into a rut, causing a jarring motion that resulted in discomfort to EE's right wrist and lower back. EE was wearing EE's seatbelt at the time and had been holding onto the bar with EE's right hand.

2022 · 1 incident

August 11, 2022 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
VCNA Prairie LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee had a tick bite.

2007 · 1 incident

2006 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident

February 13, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal

EE EXITED TRUCK TO CHECK TAILGATE & WAS CLEANINGMATERIAL FROM THE TAILGATE PIN. WHEN AIR OPERATED LATCH ACTIVATED OPENING THE CLOSING ON LEFT HAND CRUSHING IT

1999 · 2 incidents

February 19, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

EE WAS REPAIRING FENDER ON TRUCK WITH HELP OF BAKCHOE BUCKET SO HE COULD PLACE BOLTS THRU FENDER. HE WAS REMOVING CHAINS ON FENDER WHEN DIRT FELL OUT OF THE HOE BUCKET, CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS FOREHEAD, LEFT LEG AND RIGHT FOOT.

1997 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

August 20, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Road Materials Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REOCCURANCE OF INJ PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.DR TOLD I.NAME TO RETURN TO WORK AND TRY IT .IF HE COULDNT DO IT HE WOULD HAVE TO WORK AT SOMETHING ELSE.I.NAME HAS PAIN IN BACK ALL THE TIME SINCE RETUR NING TO WORK.RETURNED TO WORK 2-29-88 AND LAST WORKED 8-20-88.

1987 · 1 incident

December 8, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Road Materials Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING RAILROA8 TIE WITH ANOTHER MAN AND PULLED MUSCLE

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The full compliance file on Yard 91 - Elburn

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.