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.
45 citations across 1,252 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cleveland Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 50%
Stood as issued
1 · 50%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $100 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-07-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘ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.
Health sampling
ⓘ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)
ⓘ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: 2025-09-23
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (33)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-09-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-03-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-01-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Truck Driver
2022-01-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Truck Driver
2018-11-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2014-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.9
0.13
Cleanup Man
2014-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2010-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.46
0.10
Utility Man
2010-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2010-07-29
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-03-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Cleanup Man
2006-03-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2005-08-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Helper
2003-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.01
0.16
Utility Man
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2000-07-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.86
2.01
0.43
Cleanup Man
2000-07-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.14
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-07-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.99
0.12
Bulldozer 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.
Cleveland Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
25
2025
23
2024
19
2023
18
2022
19
2021
16
2020
14
2019
13
2018
15
2017
17
2016
18
2015
19
2014
17
2013
20
2012
19
2011
18
2010
15
2009
13
2008
15
2007
17
2006
16
2005
15
2004
17
2003
17
2002
16
2001
14
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cleveland Quarry sits in Bradley County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘ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.
Bradley County, Tennessee · Population 109,743
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,789
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
Injured employee was exiting the truck cab. He placed both feet on the ground but his left foot went into the washed out area. In doing so, he fell backwards landing on his back. The location experienced a hard rain causing the washed out area.
EE WAS FUELING HIS DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE CATWALK FALLING AGAINST/INTO THE FUEL CONTAINMENT AREA INJURING BACK
1994 · 1 incident
August 18, 1994TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN BUCKET OF A BOBCAT & ASKED OPERATOR TO TILT THE BUCKET WHICH OPERATOR DID. THE BUCKET JERKED & THREW EMPLOYEE OUT STRIKING HIS CHEST AREA ON TIRE.
January 21, 1993TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING THE MAINTENANCE WELDER. A CHISEL WAS BEING USED TO REMOE WEAR LINER AND WAS HIT W/A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE CHISEL POPPED OUT AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PREPARE BLAST SITE FOR A BLAST AND WAS STRUCK ON BACK OF HEAD BELOW HARD HAT BY A ROCK WHICH FLEW FROM UNDER TIRE OF TRUCK.
WENT UP STAIRS IN CONTROL HOUSE AT PLANT CUT OFF 2" PUMP,CAME DOWN STEPS SLIPPED AND FELL ON GROUND.
1988 · 2 incidents
August 16, 1988TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WELDING ON IMPACT CRUSHER BOX DUST OR FOREIGN PARTICLE FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE
1987 · 3 incidents
November 21, 1987TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON