Mining Incidents

Cypress Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Camden, TN, Benton County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000803

Cypress Creek Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
14
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,750
proposed penalties
$267
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,483 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
10
inspections on record
112
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: 112 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cypress Creek Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$267
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-09-26.
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
2018 Q3 3,344 5 4 1495.2
2018 Q2 4,221 7 2 1658.4
2018 Q1 2,986 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,751 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 2 1
2001 Q2 4,376 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,711 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 3,533 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,741 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,865 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,021 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1998 · 1 incident

April 30, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS USING A IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON EDGES. BOLT HAD BURR OR SHARP EDGE AND HE CUT HIS FINGER. 3 STICHES TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

August 7, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

USING LOADER TO CLEAN OUT DITCH,SPRAINED BACK MUSCLE.

1989 · 1 incident

August 1, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CHANGED OIL IN A GEAR BOX SPILLING OIL ONTO CATWALK SLIPPED ON OILY SURFACE FALLING 6-7 FTTO GROUND STRIKING TRACKS ON WAY DOWN BREAKING 5 RIBS.

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The full compliance file on Cypress Creek Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.