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U.S. MINERALS INC.

11000 BALDWIN ROAD, BALDWIN, IL, 62217
Operated by U.S. Minerals, Inc · 1 of 6 establishments
327910Abrasive Product Manufacturing
EIN 273779719

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OSHA inspections
7
over 19 years
Violations
78
$462,025 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Accident investigations on record
6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

U.S. MINERALS INC. has accumulated 78 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 19 years of recorded history, with $462,025 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 323 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

U.S. MINERALS INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
7
0.4 / yr · last 19 yrs
Violations
78
4.1 / yr
Penalties
$462,025
$5,923 avg / violation
38% serious62% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 7
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 7

86% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 44 citations in this view · $404,180 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0144$50,086Oct 2007Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.1000 A0231$79,085Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0134 A0231$79,085Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I33$31,216Oct 2007Feb 2011
29 CFR 1904.0030 A31$1,130Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.1000 E31Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I22$27,774Aug 2010Feb 2011
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0222$5,272Oct 2007Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0422$5,272Oct 2007Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I22$4,404Oct 2007Aug 2010
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0222$3,954Oct 2007Aug 2010
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$3,724Oct 2007Feb 2011
29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 I22$3,724Oct 2007Feb 2011
5A000122$3,389Aug 2010Feb 2011
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0122$1,686Oct 2007Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122$1,506Oct 2007Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I22$1,506Oct 2007Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 D11$55,000Jan 2014Jan 2014
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111$26,362Sep 2010Sep 2010
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$20,000Jan 2014Jan 2014

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3279 within IL. Peer group: 323 employers. This establishment has 78 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $945
Inspection frequency
98th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−3.0
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−4.6

Reported for 15 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.6
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
5
Referral
1
Follow-up
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for U.S. MINERALS INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
7 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for U.S. MINERALS INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for U.S. MINERALS INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for U.S. MINERALS INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for U.S. MINERALS INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for U.S. MINERALS INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
US MINERALS INC
11000 BALDWIN ROAD · BALDWIN, IL, 62217
AirNo Violation Identified00May 2016View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$393K
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2021-12-10. Most recent: 2021-12-10. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $393,300 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. U.S. Minerals, Inc.
U.S. Minerals, Inc.
Dec 2021pleaEnvironmentalMontana$393,300No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2018-11-29Follow-up2$5,835
2013-07-11Complaint7$115,000
2010-09-03Complaint72$39,072
2010-03-11Complaint3511$219,606
2010-02-04Complaint92$74,472
2007-06-27Referral0$0
2007-06-07Complaint1815$8,040

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

U.S. MINERALS INC. is one of 6 establishments rolled up under the parent organization U.S. Minerals, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of U.S. Minerals, Inc across all 6 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on U.S. MINERALS INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup U.S. Minerals, Inc, which operates 6 establishments in our dataset.

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Frequently asked

What is U.S. MINERALS INC.'s OSHA violation history?
U.S. MINERALS INC. has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 78 violations and $462,025.2 in total penalties.
How does U.S. MINERALS INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
U.S. MINERALS INC. operates in the abrasive product manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.6. U.S. MINERALS INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 3.