Mining Incidents

Yard 93 - Elgin Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Prairie Group
Elgin, Kane County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102374

Yard 93 - Elgin has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
31
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,347
proposed penalties
$2,347
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
186
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: 186 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 93 - Elgin has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-03-13.
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
2003 Q3 2,242 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,998 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,980 2 0 502.5
2002 Q4 10,220 7 1 684.9
2002 Q3 7,849 2 0 254.8
2002 Q2 8,319 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,699 1 0 149.3
2001 Q4 5,005 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 8,630 5 4 579.4
2001 Q2 7,978 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,544 14 1 2525.3
2000 Q4 6,977 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,930 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,311 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,720 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

1987 · 2 incidents

December 4, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Road Materials Corp · Fall from machine

PARKED MACHINE 5T END OF SHIFT AND WAS GETTING OFF AND FELL.

May 28, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Road Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING UDER C9USHER WITH SHOVEL AND BUMPED KNEE ON WHEELBARROW

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The full compliance file on Yard 93 - Elgin

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.