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Cheatham County Metal/Non-Metal

Vaughn Contracting Inc · Surface

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

citations

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.