Cherokee Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2023–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
9
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,081
proposed penalties
$2,081
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
13
inspections on record
134
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: 134 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cherokee Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-02.
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
17,569
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
16,669
2
1
120.0
2025 Q2
15,806
2
2
126.5
2025 Q1
14,020
1
0
71.3
2024 Q4
16,632
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
16,676
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
15,319
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
9,817
1
0
101.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
10,396
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,468
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,800
1
0
147.1
2023 Q1
6,031
2
0
331.6
2022 Q4
5,129
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,757
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,340
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,439
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2025 · 1 incident
June 16, 2025AL · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
SRM Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Operator was helping reset the nose cone on the scalping deck, and EE's finger was pinched between both.
The miner was stepping up from ground level onto the foundation of a concrete conveyor foundation support. The distance was approximately 24 inches. No other contributing factors. The miner was holding a metal wedge weighing approximately one pound.
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