Mining Incidents

Childers Hill Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John Pritchard
Counce, Hardin County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003014

Childers Hill has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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
1996–2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
12
significant & substantial
$6,111
proposed penalties
$1,121
paid to date
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,990 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
187
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: 187 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Childers Hill has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-30.
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 1,280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2025 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,321 2 0 861.7
2003 Q4 2,466 14 8 5677.2
2003 Q3 2,705 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,452 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,516 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,765 11 2 3978.3
2002 Q1 2,989 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,239 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,790 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,278 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,542 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 2,400 7 2 2916.7
2000 Q2 1,919 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,560 2 0 1282.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

January 15, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trico Construction Materials, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LARGE ROCK CAME THROUGH HOPPER & ONTO CONVEYOR BELT. EE ATTEMPTED TO THROW LARGE PIECE OFF AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND. THIS ACTION CAUSED HIS HAND TO BE MASHED BETWEEN THE ROCK & METAL ROLLER. HIS RT. HAND WAS BROKEN.

2001 · 1 incident

1996 · 1 incident

September 13, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pickwick Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FINGERS CAUGHT IN V-BELT & FINGER GOT CUT OFF.

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