Blount-Loudon Quarry: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Rogers Group Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Malicote MDGC Trust; R & P Murphy Land Company LLC
MSHA Mine ID: 4003609
Blount-Loudon Quarry has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $8K in penalties since 2025, with $6K outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
15
citations
2
significant & substantial
$7,554
proposed penalties
$1,510
paid to date
20% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,044 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
11
inspections on record
117
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 117 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Blount-Loudon Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.13.3%
significant & substantial
13.3%
high negligence or reckless
13.3%
reasonably likely or greater
26.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 86.7% moderate, 13.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2
citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
- Still open 2 · 100%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-12-29.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE 2026-0033 | Decision pending |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2025-10-15
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-15 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2025-10-15 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2025-10-15 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Tri-County Crushed Stone 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 |
| 2025 | 10 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Blount-Loudon Quarry sits in Loudon County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Loudon County, Tennessee · Population 56,996
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$80,296
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 7,372 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 5,751 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 5,022 | 1 | 0 | 199.1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,758 | 2 | 2 | 532.2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,256 | 2 | 0 | 380.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,022 | 4 | 0 | 1978.2 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.