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Caryville Quarry: 148 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Caryville, Campbell County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4002899

Caryville Quarry has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $269 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1995–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
148
citations
44
significant & substantial
$33,864
proposed penalties
$30,655
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,209 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rogers Group Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
94
inspections on record
1,391
inspection hours
10.6
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.
148 citations across 1,391 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-04-10.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Caryville Quarry has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $269 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$269
outstanding
145 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-24.
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.
30.1%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
30.1%
reasonably likely or greater
44.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.8% low, 90.4% moderate, 4.8% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $7K 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 2006-12-12.
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 2007-99M Settlement Barbour 2008 $10K → $7K
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: 2025-05-23
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
43
samples
26
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz19
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Aluminum oxide fumes2
Show the individual readings (71)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.6 0.52 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-09-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Jackhammer Operator
2019-01-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Cleanup Man
2019-01-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2017-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.99 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.8 0.19 Cleanup Man
2017-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-12-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-01-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.65 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-01-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-01-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1.06 0.67 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-01-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.56 0.48 Cleanup Man
2010-10-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.98 10 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.6 10 0.46 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.62 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.82 0.60 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.5 0.54 Truck Driver
2009-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-06-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2007-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.07 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-01-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 2.27 0.29 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2006-01-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.51 10 0.05 Truck Driver
2006-01-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 1.91 0.24 Cleanup Man
2005-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Building Repair/Maint.
2005-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 2.01 0.16 Cleanup Man
2003-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.95 0.54 Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.64 0.12 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.93 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Iron oxide fumes 1.47 10 0.15 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Copper fumes 35.66 100 0.36 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Titanium dioxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Manganese fumes 0.05 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.05 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Iron oxide fumes 0.61 10 0.06 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Copper fumes 5.39 100 0.05 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-01-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
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.

Caryville Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Caryville Limestone Company 1985 to 1996
  2. Caryville Stone L L C 1996 to 2003
  3. Tennessee Aggregate Company, LLC 2003 to 2008
  4. Rogers Group Inc. 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 18
2025 17
2024 14
2023 23
2022 28
2021 16
2020 13
2019 12
2018 11
2017 14
2016 13
2015 13
2014 11
2013 11
2012 12
2011 12
2010 12
2009 12
2008 13
2007 13
2006 11
2005 18
2004 22
2003 18
2002 19
2001 18
2000 19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Caryville Quarry sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Campbell County, Tennessee · Population 39,568
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,260
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
2026 Q2 7,824 1 0 127.8
2026 Q1 8,482 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,214 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,326 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,845 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,434 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,290 1 0 137.2
2024 Q3 7,541 1 0 132.6
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,885 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,493 1 0 154.0
2023 Q4 5,130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,272 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,696 3 2 448.0
2023 Q1 7,995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,844 1 0 113.1
2022 Q3 8,909 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,643 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,547 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,337 1 0 187.4
2021 Q3 5,742 2 0 348.3
2021 Q2 5,746 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,389 1 0 185.6
2020 Q4 5,787 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,644 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,462 2 0 366.2
2020 Q1 4,330 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,521 1 0 221.2
2019 Q3 4,524 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,184 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,065 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,811 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,171 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,301 4 1 754.6
2018 Q1 5,029 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,365 1 0 186.4
2017 Q3 6,170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,846 1 0 127.5
2017 Q1 6,086 2 0 328.6
2016 Q4 4,813 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,632 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,901 2 1 408.1
2016 Q1 5,203 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,171 1 1 193.4
2015 Q3 4,680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,075 1 0 197.0
2015 Q1 6,771 5 0 738.4
2014 Q4 4,767 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,662 1 0 214.5
2014 Q2 4,114 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,903 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,276 4 1 758.2
2013 Q3 3,529 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,059 4 1 985.5
2013 Q1 3,817 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,048 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,862 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,925 2 2 288.8
2012 Q1 4,148 1 0 241.1
2011 Q4 4,424 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,364 5 4 1145.7
2011 Q2 6,196 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,971 2 0 402.3
2010 Q4 4,257 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,541 1 0 180.5
2010 Q2 6,638 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,164 2 1 387.3
2009 Q4 4,274 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,960 1 0 201.6
2009 Q2 7,171 2 0 278.9
2009 Q1 6,878 4 1 581.6
2008 Q4 6,119 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,490 1 0 154.1
2008 Q2 8,448 2 0 236.7
2008 Q1 5,336 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,345 4 1 479.3
2007 Q3 8,584 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,998 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,357 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,181 6 3 835.5
2006 Q3 7,045 21 9 2980.8
2006 Q2 6,764 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,166 2 0 324.4
2005 Q4 5,837 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,419 1 0 96.0
2005 Q2 12,151 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 11,047 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 11,657 5 3 428.9
2004 Q3 13,470 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 14,489 5 2 345.1
2004 Q1 11,793 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 10,459 1 0 95.6
2003 Q3 9,922 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,726 4 2 372.9
2003 Q1 7,563 1 0 132.2
2002 Q4 9,437 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,301 6 2 582.5
2002 Q2 11,216 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,157 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,365 2 0 193.0
2001 Q3 10,480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,147 2 0 197.1
2001 Q1 8,360 2 1 239.2
2000 Q4 10,975 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,195 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,515 3 2 260.5
2000 Q1 10,001 1 0 100.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 21, 2019 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee suffered from suspected Heat Exhaustion. At some point after exiting the enclosed cab of the excavator, employee fell. Employee was found conscious but disoriented on the ground. After falling, EE struck EE's head on an unknown object(s). Employee doesn't know how the fall occurred.

2008 · 3 incidents

March 21, 2008 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Tennessee Aggregate Company, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sitting in control building at the jaw crusher. He states he turned his head to watch material coming from the feeder bin and he felt his neck "pop". The incident resulted in a neck and trapezius strain.

January 15, 2008 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Tennessee Aggregate Company, LLC · Struck by flying object

Crew was working on feed chute to cone crusher. One of the crew was positioned above the injured employee using a grinder. Metal debris from the grinding struck the employee in right eye. Doctor brushed out debris and prescribed anitbiotic ointment.

January 8, 2008 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Aggregate Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was stripping worn metal from a 988B loader bucket. One of the pieces of metal came loose and fell, striking the employee in both feet. The incident resulted in a fracture to his right foot. The employee did not seek medical attention until 01/10/08. Surgery to place a pin is scheduled for 1/17/08.

2007 · 1 incident

June 22, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Aggregate Company, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was using a degreaser to cleanout an oil tank. As he sprayed the solvent into the tank, he inadvertently inhaled too much of the fumes. He became nauseated and requested medical attention. The physician prescribed medication for nausea.

2004 · 1 incident

November 9, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Aggregate Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

Lifting 4'x 5' 2" screen to replace broken scrapes when the screen slipped out at his hand hitting him on the right foot.

2003 · 1 incident

May 17, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Caryville Stone L L C · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING A BOLT WITH A HAMMER WHILE OTHER MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE NUT HAMMER SLIPPED OFF CUT HAND.

1995 · 1 incident

October 25, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Caryville Limestone Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS AT WASTE DUMP AREA FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE TRUCK WENT FORWARD AND LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO HIGHWALL.