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Columbia Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Columbia, Maury County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003280

Columbia Quarry has $1K 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
2007–2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
4
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,103
proposed penalties
$1,103
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
11
inspections on record
139
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: 139 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Columbia Quarry has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2011 Q3 3,299 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,861 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,832 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,777 1 1 264.8
2010 Q3 3,220 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,421 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,906 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,703 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 3,007 1 1 332.6
2009 Q2 4,197 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,707 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,474 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,637 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,607 2 1 356.7
2008 Q1 5,438 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,490 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,389 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 11,708 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,632 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

November 5, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Fall from machine

Injured employee was accessing the operator's cab on a D9R dozer. As the employee opened the cab door, he stepped backwards missed step and fell onto the dozer's track below fracturing a vertebrae in his neck.

2007 · 1 incident

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