Mining Incidents

Gifford Central Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael P Vondra
Elgin, Cook County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103264

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Aug 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
30
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,512
proposed penalties
$3,512
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
2022 Q3 2,110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 747 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,484 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,324 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,238 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,994 12 0 2402.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

August 9, 2014 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff City Materials, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE and another ee saw big rock in pile that shouldn't be there. We're inspecting screen panel condition & discharge cluck flop gate position. Both men were on opposite sides of catwalk. EE put his hand inside chute and the other ee pulled a lever on the other side. The gate was closed on ee thumb. He received 5 stitches on his thumb and lost his nail.