Mining Incidents

Cheatham County Metal/Non-Metal

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
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
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.
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
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 file

2004 · 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

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.

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