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.
Cheatham County Metal/Non-Metal
Vaughn Contracting Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Gary Vaughn
Ashland City,
Cheatham County,
TN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003241
Cheatham County has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $298 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2004
- Latest incident
- Jul 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
28
citations
11
significant & substantial
$2,609
proposed penalties
$1,982
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $627 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
2
inspections on record
47
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: 47 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cheatham County has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $298 outstanding across 3 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.$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$298
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-01-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,000 | 27 | 11 | 27000.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2004 · 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
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