Mining Incidents

Calhoun Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Calhoun, Mcminn County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003395

Calhoun Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $596 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2013–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
46
citations
21
significant & substantial
$16,398
proposed penalties
$15,802
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $596 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
44
inspections on record
640
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: 640 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Calhoun Quarry has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $596 outstanding across 0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$596
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,877 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,848 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,914 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,549 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,108 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,137 1 0 318.8
2024 Q1 2,731 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,273 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,299 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,304 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,258 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,082 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,345 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,820 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,028 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,649 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,536 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,343 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,127 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,041 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,325 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,248 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,312 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,407 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,568 3 1 538.8
2019 Q1 4,751 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,222 3 0 710.6
2018 Q3 4,469 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,653 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,468 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,238 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,253 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,364 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,630 3 3 826.4
2016 Q3 4,185 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,133 1 0 194.8
2016 Q1 5,390 1 0 185.5
2015 Q4 5,088 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,853 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,322 1 1 158.2
2015 Q1 4,938 2 0 405.0
2014 Q4 5,541 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,390 2 0 270.6
2014 Q2 7,749 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,241 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,158 3 1 487.2
2013 Q2 7,212 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,551 2 1 360.3
2012 Q4 8,035 18 11 2240.2
2012 Q3 10,627 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 18,574 2 1 107.7
2012 Q1 14,158 3 1 211.9
2011 Q4 5,679 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10,394 1 1 96.2
2011 Q2 3,534 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2018 · 1 incident

May 31, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

While removing an impact bed from under the feeder, one of the EEs lost grip and it landed on the same EE's right foot, just behind the steel toe, resulting in a bruise.

2014 · 1 incident

2013 · 1 incident

July 1, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE was assisting a customer close the truck tailgate when a rock fell from bed striking EE's shin causing laceration requiring 3 stitches.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.