Mining Incidents

Deadfall Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cliff Hunt
Arlington, Shelby County, TN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4003105

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2006–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
76
citations
21
significant & substantial
$23,283
proposed penalties
$23,221
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 16 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

10 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 27, 2017 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Standard Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Contractor was assisting mine operator in making modifications to the primary wash plant which involved removal of water pipe. Contractor installed rigging to hold pipe contractor was going to cut. As contractor completed cut, pipe shifted in the rigging allowing it to swing striking contractor on left side.

2015 · 1 incident

2014 · 1 incident

June 21, 2014 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Standard Construction Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

He was spraying to kill weeds and felt something in his clothing. He knocked out a spider. Later, at home, he discovered he might have been bitten by the spider. He reported it on Monday, 6/23/2014.

2013 · 1 incident

March 14, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Standard Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee began experiencing discomfort. He left the property for the store for Rolaids. There the discomfort worsened. He stepped across the street to the fire station. They checked him out and took him to a hospital in Memphis. There it was discovered that he was suffering a heart attack.

2012 · 1 incident

July 10, 2012 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee claims he suffered a hernia from lifting and pulling a shaft. Did not report it until 09/27/2012.

2010 · 3 incidents

September 22, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Installing the last tooth on an excavator bucket with a sledge hammer. A sliver of steel from the tooth broke off striking him in the left leg.

May 7, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While installing a drive shaft in the bulldozer, he felt a pain in his back.

March 2, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While placing the gravel chute it fell over and pinned his right hand against the handrail. Received sutures at the base of his thumb.

2009 · 1 incident

June 19, 2009 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing a bearing from the housing by striking a hammer with another hammer. A sliver of metal from one hammer struck him in the abdomen.

2006 · 1 incident

January 18, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

While changing out a conveyor belt on the portable crusher, the roll of belting slipped off the supporting chain and fell against his leg, pinning his foot and ankle under him.