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: 845 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-12-06.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
DEADFALL PIT has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-26.
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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 100%
71%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
1%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $10K 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 2017-01-17.
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: 2025-09-25
13
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2020-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2020-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2014-08-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Tractor Operator
2010-06-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-06-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.6
Washer Operator
2006-03-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-03-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2003-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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.
DEADFALL PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ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 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.53 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.
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
2
2025
1
2024
2
2023
2
2022
3
2021
7
2020
6
2019
8
2018
9
2017
9
2016
8
2015
8
2014
9
2013
8
2012
7
2011
6
2010
7
2009
7
2008
7
2007
5
2006
5
2005
4
2004
4
2003
4
2002
4
2001
3
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
DEADFALL PIT sits in Shelby County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Shelby County, Tennessee · Population 922,195
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,337
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
725
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
21
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
45
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
74
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
36
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
26
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
36
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
16
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
58
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
123
1
0
8130.1
2023 Q2
861
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
890
1
0
1123.6
2022 Q4
509
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,280
3
0
2343.8
2022 Q2
1,290
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,116
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,977
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,519
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,210
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,336
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,679
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,982
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,637
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,488
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,023
1
0
248.6
2019 Q3
5,368
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,055
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,267
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
4,531
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,572
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,265
1
0
159.6
2018 Q1
5,017
1
0
199.3
2017 Q4
3,986
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
5,545
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
4,287
1
0
233.3
2017 Q1
4,287
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
5,021
2
0
398.3
2016 Q3
4,299
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,656
2
0
353.6
2016 Q1
4,414
1
0
226.6
2015 Q4
4,753
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,912
3
0
610.7
2015 Q2
5,475
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,544
2
0
564.3
2014 Q4
4,267
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,570
1
1
179.5
2014 Q2
5,458
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,665
1
0
272.9
2013 Q4
4,663
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,871
2
1
516.7
2013 Q2
4,985
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,687
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,193
1
0
313.2
2012 Q3
5,076
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
4,096
2
0
488.3
2012 Q1
3,039
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,483
3
1
861.3
2011 Q3
4,637
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,341
1
1
299.3
2011 Q1
3,539
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,448
6
1
1740.1
2010 Q3
3,335
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,711
12
9
2547.2
2010 Q1
2,757
8
3
2901.7
2009 Q4
3,792
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,389
2
0
455.7
2009 Q2
3,876
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,046
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,597
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,699
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,509
2
2
363.0
2008 Q1
3,876
7
1
1806.0
2007 Q4
2,988
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,035
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,891
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,601
1
0
384.5
2006 Q4
1,653
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,678
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,899
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,943
1
0
339.8
2005 Q4
2,609
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,367
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,464
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,806
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,158
1
0
463.4
2004 Q3
1,904
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,769
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,203
1
0
831.3
2003 Q4
5,153
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,061
1
0
485.2
2003 Q2
1,445
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
905
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,803
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,929
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,275
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,202
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,191
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,202
2
0
1663.9
2001 Q2
1,391
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
900
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,567
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,677
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,063
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,662
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2017 · 1 incident
February 27, 2017TN · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necMACHINERY
Contractor was assisting mine operator in making modifications to the primary wash plant which involved removal of water pipe. Contractor installed rigging to hold pipe contractor was going to cut. As contractor completed cut, pipe shifted in the rigging allowing it to swing striking contractor on left side.
2015 · 1 incident
June 5, 2015TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
He was spraying to kill weeds and felt something in his clothing. He knocked out a spider. Later, at home, he discovered he might have been bitten by the spider. He reported it on Monday, 6/23/2014.
2013 · 1 incident
March 14, 2013TN · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanOTHER
Employee began experiencing discomfort. He left the property for the store for Rolaids. There the discomfort worsened. He stepped across the street to the fire station. They checked him out and took him to a hospital in Memphis. There it was discovered that he was suffering a heart attack.
2012 · 1 incident
July 10, 2012TN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While changing out a conveyor belt on the portable crusher, the roll of belting slipped off the supporting chain and fell against his leg, pinning his foot and ankle under him.
EE WAS HELPING TO MOVE SCREENS AT THE WASH PLANT AT DEADFALL. WHEN HE PICKED A SCREEN UP, HE FELT THE SCREEN SLIP AND HE ADJUSTED HIS BODY TO CATCH IT. WHEN HE ADJUSTED HIS BODY HE FELT A TWIN GE AND SLIGHT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
February 19, 1999TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON