Mining Incidents

Cheatham County Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary Vaughn
Ashland City, Cheatham County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003241

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
28
citations
11
significant & substantial
$2,609
proposed penalties
$1,982
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
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 1 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,000 27 11 27000.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

July 29, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Unknown operator · Struck by flying object

BLASTER IN CHARGE LOADED SHOT; MOVED TO A JUDGED SAFE DISTANCE TO DETONATE AND TOOK SHELTER INSIDE PARKED VEHICLE. HE DETONATED THE SHOT; A SINGLE FLYING ROCK TRAVELED IN EXCESS OF 750' STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE AFTER BREAKING THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE.