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Gifford East-South Metal/Non-Metal

Bluff City Materials, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Michael P Vondra

Elgin, Cook County, IL · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1103125

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2007–2012
Latest incident: Sep 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

citations

significant & substantial

$93,885

proposed penalties

$65,524

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
2015 Q3	476	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	604	1	0	1655.6
2014 Q4	1,118	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	30	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	905	9	1	9944.8
2013 Q4	3,897	8	0	2052.9
2013 Q3	0	0	0
2013 Q2	0	5	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

September 20, 2012 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Bluff City Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was docking the dredge for the winter when one of the winch cables got caught underneath the corner of the dredge. Lenny tried to pull the cable free when he strained his shoulder. He didn't think anything of it until weeks later when the pain continued. He went to the doctor on 11-9-2012 and at that point was restricted from work.

2007 · 1 incident

January 30, 2007 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE

Bluff City Materials, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Operating a haul truck down hill of haul road that was iced over, slid & lost control running into embankment. Was not wearing seat belt & he was tossed around the inside of the cab, resulting in fractured left clavicle & possible shoulder separation.