Mining Incidents

Yard 99 - Ashkum Metal/Non-Metal

VCNA Prairie LLC · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Ashkum, Iroquois County, IL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1102986

Yard 99 - Ashkum has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
182
citations
31
significant & substantial
$27,722
proposed penalties
$27,387
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $335 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
1,308
inspection hours
13.9
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.
182 citations across 1,308 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Yard 99 - Ashkum has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 4 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$200
outstanding
182 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
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 4,814 4 0 830.9
2025 Q3 3,318 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,589 2 0 435.8
2025 Q1 3,472 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,973 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,017 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,675 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,966 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,216 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,167 5 1 810.8
2023 Q2 5,836 5 0 856.8
2023 Q1 5,818 2 0 343.8
2022 Q4 5,985 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,077 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,499 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,597 1 1 278.0
2021 Q4 5,446 2 0 367.2
2021 Q3 4,608 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,224 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,062 6 0 1959.5
2020 Q4 4,226 2 0 473.3
2020 Q3 4,517 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,941 11 1 2226.3
2020 Q1 3,670 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,268 9 1 2108.7
2019 Q3 5,811 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,877 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,390 1 0 295.0
2018 Q4 3,898 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,627 1 0 216.1
2018 Q2 3,980 3 0 753.8
2018 Q1 3,165 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,063 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,291 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,573 3 0 656.0
2017 Q1 2,284 2 0 875.7
2016 Q4 3,496 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,411 3 0 680.1
2016 Q2 5,217 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,024 1 1 330.7
2015 Q4 4,404 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,757 7 0 1471.5
2015 Q2 4,621 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,083 1 0 324.4
2014 Q4 4,646 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,027 1 1 198.9
2014 Q2 4,972 4 1 804.5
2014 Q1 2,948 4 0 1356.9
2013 Q4 5,096 1 0 196.2
2013 Q3 5,073 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,515 4 0 885.9
2013 Q1 3,437 4 1 1163.8
2012 Q4 3,657 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,176 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,679 9 1 1584.8
2012 Q1 3,861 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,267 9 2 2109.2
2011 Q3 6,252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,736 10 2 2111.5
2011 Q1 3,245 4 2 1232.7
2010 Q4 4,456 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,156 4 1 775.8
2010 Q2 5,952 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,928 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,224 7 5 1657.2
2009 Q3 6,351 6 3 944.7
2009 Q2 6,944 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,086 3 0 734.2
2008 Q4 4,419 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,224 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,699 3 0 638.4
2008 Q1 2,780 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,450 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,070 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,759 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,199 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,759 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,999 1 0 250.1
2006 Q2 3,584 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,360 2 0 595.2
2005 Q4 3,982 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,667 5 3 1071.4
2005 Q2 3,081 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,712 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 902 14 1 15521.1
2004 Q3 3,850 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,703 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,672 1 0 374.3
2003 Q4 3,713 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,697 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,664 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,591 1 0 386.0
2002 Q4 4,261 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,538 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,439 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,760 2 0 531.9
2001 Q4 5,371 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,654 1 1 176.9
2001 Q2 6,444 8 1 1241.5
2001 Q1 1,911 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,698 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,129 2 1 389.9
2000 Q2 7,114 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,310 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 4, 2025 IL · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
VCNA Prairie LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While performing a belt change, the employee crouched down to retrieve tools. As they attempted to stand, they applied pressure to their left knee, which resulted in a sharp pain. 5/2/2025 upgraded to Medical Aid. Grade 2 Sprain, requiring Physical Therapy

2019 · 1 incident

January 16, 2019 IL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
VCNA Prairie LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing material from base of a pipe which was cut to be removed with a bin it was attached to. The weld broke at the top causing it to fall, hitting them on the shoulder. The employee was taken to be medically evaluated which stated that they had a contusion to the right shoulder and was able to return to work the next day with lifting restrictions for a week.

2010 · 1 incident

October 26, 2010 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
VCNA Prairie LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was replacing Universal Joint in Drive Shaft of service truck when Drive Shaft slipped. Employee reached out to catch the shifting Drive Shaft and received laceration on finger. Sutures, tetanus shot, and preventative anti-biotic administered.

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The full compliance file on Yard 99 - Ashkum

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.