Mining Incidents

Dunlap Stone Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Dunlap Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jeremy L Thomas
Dunlap, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003153

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
113
citations
41
significant & substantial
$44,746
proposed penalties
$44,106
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 7,691 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,754 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,337 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,037 1 0 165.6
2024 Q4 7,596 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,169 1 0 122.4
2024 Q2 4,264 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,576 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

5 on file

2021 · 1 incident

October 30, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
Dunlap Stone Inc · Struck by powered moving object

On Saturday October 30, at 10:00 am a miner was struck in the head and neck area with a Cat 324E long reach excavator bucket causing an injury to EE's neck. EE was able to return to work with restricted duties on December 15, 2021.

2013 · 1 incident

July 19, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunlap Stone Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was working on cleaning out the pan of the primary crusher when he lost his footing which caused him to lose his footing. He twisted his foot and ankle as he fell.

2004 · 1 incident

December 7, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Dunlap Stone Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE LIT HIS LIGHTER TO SEE LEVEL OF FUEL IN MACHINE TANK. FIREBALL ERUPTED, BURNING EE'S FACE.

2000 · 2 incidents

November 17, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Dunlap Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SKILL SAW KICKBACK

April 17, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Dunlap Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CRANE WAS LOWERING LARGE PIECE OF STEEL INTO PLACE. EE WAS GUIDING IT, SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN STEEL AND POSITION, AMPUTATION OF END OF FINGER BETWEEN 2ND JOINT AND FINGERNAIL .