Mining Incidents

Brown Town Quarry #2: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

BMJ Stone Company, LLC · Surface
Crossville, Cumberland County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003360

Brown Town Quarry #2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
11
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,588
proposed penalties
$1,588
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
34
inspections on record
237
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 237 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brown Town Quarry #2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
36.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
36.4%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 90.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
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 2011-06-02.
Contested penalties
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 2011-617M Withdrawal Lesnick 2012 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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)
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: 2023-08-10, 3 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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
  1. Davis & Son Quarries 2009 to 2020
  2. BMJ Stone Company, LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 3
2022 5
2021 6
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Brown Town Quarry #2 sits in Cumberland County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Cumberland County, Tennessee · Population 62,529
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$58,475
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,910 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,150 2 0 1739.1
2023 Q2 1,380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,579 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,644 2 1 756.4
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 3,080 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,480 2 1 806.5
2021 Q3 2,678 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,808 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,120 3 1 1415.1
2020 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,309 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 836 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 784 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 584 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,034 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 882 1 1 1133.8
2017 Q4 924 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,254 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,144 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,344 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,524 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 714 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,234 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,477 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 265 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 214 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 296 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 362 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 838 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 304 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 239 1 0 4184.1

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.