Mining Incidents

DeKalb Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

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 file

2017 · 1 incident

March 8, 2017 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

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.

2010 · 1 incident

September 24, 2010 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ELECTRICAL
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.