Smoke was observed coming from the West property line. It was determined that a fire was present along the public road and encroaching onto the berm of the property. The fire originated from a power line being blown into a broken tree limb during a wind storm. The fire department extinguished the fire, however it was not extinguished within 30 minutes of discovery.
DeKalb Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Vulcan Materials Company
Sycamore,
De Kalb County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103190
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2010–2017
- Latest incident
- Mar 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
20
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,610
proposed penalties
$2,610
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,239 | 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
2 on file2017 · 1 incident
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Accident type, without injuries
2010 · 1 incident
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Accident type, without injuries
Lightning struck wooden power pole on mine property. Mine inactive at the time of incident. Mine supervisors present on property found the pole burning and notified MSHA. Not able to extinguish fire within the required time limit. Water truck available but power company not able to deenergize power lines for over one hour due to location of the property.