Dry Creek Farms LLC: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Dry Creek Farms LLC has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $26K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
41
citations
17
significant & substantial
$38,089
proposed penalties
$12,432
paid to date
33% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,657 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
27
inspections on record
220
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 220 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Dry Creek Farms LLC has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $26K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$38K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$26K
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.42.5%
significant & substantial
40.0%
high negligence or reckless
42.5%
reasonably likely or greater
55.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.5% low, 57.5% moderate, 40.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Dry Creek Farms LLC 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Dry Creek Farms LLC sits in Marion County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Marion County, Tennessee · Population 29,010
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,103
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q2 | 397 | 1 | 0 | 2518.9 |
| 2019 Q1 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 456 | 16 | 7 | 35087.7 |
| 2018 Q2 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 464 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 327 | 6 | 1 | 18348.6 |
| 2017 Q3 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q2 | 900 | 2 | 0 | 2222.2 |
| 2017 Q1 | 480 | 1 | 0 | 2083.3 |
| 2016 Q4 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,394 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,376 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 828 | 2 | 1 | 2415.5 |
| 2015 Q1 | 240 | 3 | 3 | 12500.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 536 | 3 | 1 | 5597.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 384 | 3 | 2 | 7812.5 |
| 2013 Q4 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 784 | 3 | 1 | 3826.5 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.