Mining Incidents

Cookeville Quarry 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.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
74
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-07.
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 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
2024 Q2 10,972 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,171 1 0 98.3
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 1 0 191.1
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.

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