Mining Incidents

Rockdale Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lafarge S A
Joliet, Will County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1102349

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69
citations
17
significant & substantial
$6,470
proposed penalties
$5,659
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 16,651 10 0 600.6
2002 Q3 23,267 21 3 902.6
2002 Q2 24,126 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 14,752 3 1 203.4
2001 Q4 19,627 1 1 51.0
2001 Q3 24,052 14 2 582.1
2001 Q2 21,917 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 13,052 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

May 25, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Joliet Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WENT TO DOCTOR ON 5-29-02 UNSTABLE BODY POSTURE WHILE HOLDING HOSE.

February 16, 2002 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Joliet Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE PIECE OF WOOD ON WHICH THE PORTA POWER RAM WAS SITTING SLIPPED & HIT EE ON THE CHIN CAUSING A LACERATION.

2001 · 3 incidents

March 27, 2001 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Joliet Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING A CHAIN ON A DOOR, THE DOOR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. THE FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND CHAIN.

2000 · 1 incident

April 7, 2000 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Joliet Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REPORTED BACK PAIN. WENT TO DOCTOR. WASRETURNED TO WORK. WENT TO COMPANY DOCTOR IN MAY.FOUND RUPTURED DISC.