RAJA Stone, Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
BELT CONVEYOR HAD STOPPED DUE TO SPILLAGE, EE WAS WORKING TO CLEAR SPILLAGE, EE REACHED AROUND GUARD & ARM WAS CAUGHT IN TAIL PULLEY WHEN CONVEYOR ROLLED BACK.
Claiborne County Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P
· Surface
Controlled by
Vulcan Materials Company
MSHA Mine ID: 4003095
Claiborne County Quarry has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2001–2005
- Latest incident
- Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
138
citations
60
significant & substantial
$51,046
proposed penalties
$50,346
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $700 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
1,070
inspection hours
12.9
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.138 citations across 1,070 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Claiborne County Quarry has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.$51K
proposed penalties
$50K
current assessed
$50K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
134 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.44.4%
significant & substantial
14.8%
high negligence or reckless
45.2%
reasonably likely or greater
70.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.4% low, 80.7% moderate, 14.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
3
citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
- Settled 2 · 67%
- Stood as issued 1 · 33%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K 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 2008-06-25.
Contested penalties
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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 2008-230M | Settlement | Lesnick | 2008 | $7K → $6K |
| SE 2008-795M | Default | Lesnick | 2010 | $270 → $270 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2007-08-02, 19 years ago
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
- Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (9)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.46 | 1.09 | 0.42 | Truck Driver |
| 2007-08-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.49 | 1.74 | 0.28 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2007-08-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.28 | 1.24 | 0.23 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2005-08-03 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.58 | 10 | 0.06 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2005-08-03 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.15 | 10 | 0.02 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2005-08-03 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.18 | 1.64 | 0.11 | Ball Mill Operator |
| 2001-10-30 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 1.05 | 2.09 | 0.50 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2001-10-30 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.25 | 10 | 0.03 | Backhoe Operator |
| 2001-10-30 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.28 | 1.24 | 0.23 | Front-end Loader Operator |
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.
Claiborne County Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
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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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2005 * | 9.33 | 9.33 | 0.000 |
| 2004 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2003 * | 7.46 | 7.46 | 0.000 |
| 2002 * | 14.92 | 14.92 | 7.461 |
| 2001 * | 7.86 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2000 * | 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
- RAJA Stone, Inc 1996 to 2008
- Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2004 | 12 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2002 | 12 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2000 | 12 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Claiborne County Quarry sits in Claiborne County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 1.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Claiborne County, Tennessee · Population 32,221
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,587
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q1 | 3,849 | 1 | 0 | 259.8 |
| 2007 Q4 | 5,520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 6,156 | 21 | 7 | 3411.3 |
| 2007 Q2 | 6,518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 4,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 4,026 | 4 | 2 | 993.5 |
| 2006 Q3 | 4,721 | 4 | 2 | 847.3 |
| 2006 Q2 | 4,642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Q1 | 4,833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 5,109 | 1 | 1 | 195.7 |
| 2005 Q3 | 4,785 | 7 | 2 | 1462.9 |
| 2005 Q2 | 5,223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 6,319 | 3 | 0 | 474.8 |
| 2004 Q4 | 6,562 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 6,267 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 6,862 | 2 | 0 | 291.5 |
| 2004 Q1 | 7,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 5,914 | 7 | 5 | 1183.6 |
| 2003 Q3 | 6,161 | 5 | 1 | 811.6 |
| 2003 Q2 | 7,154 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 7,582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 6,161 | 49 | 25 | 7953.3 |
| 2002 Q3 | 6,711 | 7 | 5 | 1043.1 |
| 2002 Q2 | 7,276 | 7 | 4 | 962.1 |
| 2002 Q1 | 6,658 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 6,773 | 6 | 2 | 885.9 |
| 2001 Q3 | 6,327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 6,352 | 1 | 0 | 157.4 |
| 2001 Q1 | 5,993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 5,792 | 1 | 0 | 172.7 |
| 2000 Q3 | 5,029 | 1 | 0 | 198.8 |
| 2000 Q2 | 6,684 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 8,022 | 2 | 0 | 249.3 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
4 on file (excluding fatalities above)2005 · 1 incident
RAJA Stone, Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING RUBBER TIRED LOADER. HE REACHED TO OPEN RIGHT SIDE DOOR AND HIT ARM REST LEVER INJURING HIS RIBS. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS SERIOUS AND CONTINUED TO WORK THRU 8/13/05. HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM THE NIGHT OF 8/13/05. X-RAYS WERE INCONCLUSIVE.
2003 · 1 incident
May 17, 2003
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
RAJA Stone, Inc · -
HOURLY SUPERVISOR WAS WORKING WITH OTHER EE ON 32 SCREEN, STARTED DOWN LADDER HIS FOOT SLIPPED,EE FELL APPROXIMATELY 5-6'HITTING ON HIS BACK
2002 · 1 incident
RAJA Stone, Inc · Flash burns (electric)
WAS ENERGIZING LINE TO IMPACT FEEDER BELT WIRE HAD GOTTEN TRIP SWITCH. WHEN SWITCH WAS ENGAGED CAUSED THE WIRE TO SHORT BEHIND LEVER AND BOX CAUSING A FIRE BALL TO FORM. BLOWING LID OPEN AND BURNING FACE AND HAND AREA OF PLANT MGR.
2001 · 1 incident
May 19, 2001
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
RAJA Stone, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ENGINE IN DODGE 700 FUELTRUCK. EE WAS TRYING TO TURN ENGINE WITH FAN WHEN ENGINE TURNED OVER CATCHING HIS RIGHT WRIST BETWEEN GUARD AND FAN.