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Cookeville Quarry: 44 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Cookeville, Putnam County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003068

Cookeville Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1993–2018
Latest incident
Jan 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,416
proposed penalties
$5,142
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $274 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,043
inspection hours
4.2
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.
44 citations across 1,043 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cookeville Quarry has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $515 in penalties contested before the Commission, $118 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-07.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
47.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.4% low, 88.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 50%
77%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$515 proposed, $118 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 2020-09-02.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2013-606M Settlement Paez 2014 $392 → $118
SE 2020-0240 Withdrawal Rae 2020 $123 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2026-03-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg15
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-03-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2024-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.58 10 0.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2017-11-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2011-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2011-03-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2009-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2007-11-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.17 10 0.12 Cleanup Man
2005-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-12-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.27 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.74 0.18 Shovel Operator
2004-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 2.15 0.17 Cleanup Man
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.

Cookeville 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
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 * 9.06 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
  1. Copeland Materials Inc 1993 to 2001
  2. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 25
2025 22
2024 21
2023 23
2022 19
2021 16
2020 14
2019 12
2018 9
2017 10
2016 9
2015 11
2014 9
2013 9
2012 8
2011 8
2010 7
2009 9
2008 9
2007 12
2006 10
2005 11
2004 11
2003 13
2002 12
2001 13
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cookeville Quarry sits in Putnam County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Putnam County, Tennessee · Population 81,366
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$56,537
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 15,608 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 15,264 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 13,809 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 13,540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,652 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10,543 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 9,798 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 12,118 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 10,972 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,171 1 0 98.3
2023 Q4 11,782 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 13,780 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 15,284 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 11,759 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,507 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 11,029 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,070 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,764 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 10,762 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,130 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,985 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,980 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,080 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,803 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,570 1 0 132.1
2020 Q1 6,021 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,380 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,977 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,288 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,808 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,118 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,659 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,724 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,575 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,050 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,179 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,430 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,587 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,258 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,187 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,495 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,169 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,896 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,171 3 2 486.1
2015 Q1 5,234 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,127 1 0 195.0
2014 Q3 5,780 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,105 2 0 391.8
2014 Q1 4,881 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,459 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,394 2 1 589.3
2013 Q2 4,263 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,885 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,906 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,698 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,309 1 0 232.1
2012 Q1 4,186 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,646 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,117 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,343 1 0 187.2
2011 Q1 5,321 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,276 3 0 701.6
2010 Q3 4,146 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,264 5 3 1172.6
2010 Q1 1,654 1 0 604.6
2009 Q4 4,018 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,558 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,133 1 0 242.0
2009 Q1 2,864 2 0 698.3
2008 Q4 4,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,531 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,627 2 0 355.4
2008 Q1 3,812 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,234 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,712 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,393 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,482 4 1 1148.8
2006 Q4 6,456 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,232 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,369 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,977 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,145 2 0 279.9
2005 Q3 7,332 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,414 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,836 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,831 2 0 343.0
2004 Q3 5,576 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,276 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,252 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,690 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,895 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 11,524 2 0 173.6
2003 Q1 6,503 1 0 153.8
2002 Q4 7,433 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,348 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,193 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,016 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,022 2 0 249.3
2001 Q3 7,536 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,452 2 0 236.6
2001 Q1 8,810 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,738 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,548 1 0 152.7
2000 Q1 5,439 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2018 · 1 incident

January 23, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee lost balance after bending over to remove a wheel chock. Fell backwards onto back. Employee was transported to the ER via ambulance and released the same day. (Per a MSHA accident investigation, this is not a reportable accident.)

2012 · 1 incident

December 6, 2012 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was having symptoms of a heart attack prior to reporting to work. Other Employees notice and took action to get him to the hospital safely. It was later determined not to be life-threating or work related.

2011 · 1 incident

March 30, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured employee exited a machine loaded on a bean trailer, had both feet on the ground, turned and the hill of his boot got caught on one of the cribbing blocks on the ground causing him to fall and land on his right hand, causing a contusion.

2001 · 1 incident

February 13, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS NEAR THE SHOP USING A PRYBAR TO MOVE A PIECE OF SHEET METAL. HE LOST HIS BALANCE & WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIS FALL, HE FRACTURED HIS WRIST.

1993 · 1 incident

November 3, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Copeland Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING SHOT ON UNEVEN GROUND. RUNNING OUT LEAD WIRE & TWISTED LEFT KNEE.