Mines in Union County, Tennessee
Union County, Tennessee has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 1 intermittent, 8 abandoned. 259 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 904 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Union County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.
- Mines on register
- 14
- Active
- 5
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 904
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmeuse Lime & Stone | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tenn Luttrell Company | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 Quarry | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Ridge Mining Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Loyston Road Quarry, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Penn-Virginia Luttrell Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tri County Investments LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Union County Highway Department | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Chesney UndergroundActive 0 fatal 428 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Carmeuse Lime & Stone · MSHA ID 4002113
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Loyston Road QuarryActive 0 fatal 132 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Loyston Road Quarry, Inc. · MSHA ID 4003110
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Maynardville QuarryActive 0 fatal 34 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4003161
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TRI COUNTY STONEActive 0 fatal 15 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Tri County Investments LLC · MSHA ID 4003070
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Whaley Materials - LuttrellActive 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Whaley Materials LLC · MSHA ID 4003649
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Lime PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 273 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Carmeuse Lime & Stone · MSHA ID 4002545
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Chesney SurfaceIntermittent 0 fatal 22 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Carmeuse Lime & Stone · MSHA ID 4001574
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Tenn Luttrell CompanyAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Tenn Luttrell Company · MSHA ID 4002114
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Crushing PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Penn-Virginia Luttrell Corp · MSHA ID 4002953
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33 QUARRYAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · 33 Quarry · MSHA ID 4000951
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Chesney No 2Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Tenn Luttrell Company · MSHA ID 4003038
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Chesney Surface Mine #3Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Blue Ridge Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002772
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Harry Hollow Quarry And MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Union County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4001423
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Hydrated Lime Manufacturing PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · MSHA ID 4002796
Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.
The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.