Mining Incidents

Riverbend Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Jefferson City, Grainger County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003224

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
50
citations
16
significant & substantial
$73,626
proposed penalties
$47,226
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
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,771 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,492 2 0 572.7
2012 Q1 3,274 1 0 305.4
2011 Q4 2,838 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

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

March 30, 2012 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregates USA LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking on the ground surface from one piece of equipment to another he fell.

2010 · 1 incident

February 12, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
Aggregates USA LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee loss of life came complications from a vehicle incident off mine property on 2/9/10 per coroners report

2009 · 1 incident

February 5, 2009 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverbend Construction Materials LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was walking through the plant to his task, when he stepped on a patch of ice. His footing slipped and strained his back. The miner did not fall.

2007 · 1 incident

May 5, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Riverbend Construction Materials LLC · Fall from piled material

The employee was walking down the muck pile from the excavator when a large rock rolled down and pinched his leg against another large rock. He fell, the result being a chipped bone in his right ankle.