Mining Incidents

ELIZABETHTON QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Elizabethton, Carter County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003075

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1993–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,885
proposed penalties
$1,885
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
33
inspections on record
573
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: 573 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ELIZABETHTON QUARRY has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-05.
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 2,728 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,711 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,336 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,506 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,426 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,537 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,661 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,929 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,707 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,721 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,065 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,982 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,022 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,234 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,286 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,622 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,301 1 0 302.9
2021 Q3 4,422 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,694 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,069 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,864 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,189 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,939 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,833 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,590 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,911 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,927 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,897 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,699 1 0 370.5
2018 Q3 3,352 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,429 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,655 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,037 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,890 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,058 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,198 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,773 1 0 360.6
2016 Q3 2,705 1 0 369.7
2016 Q2 2,515 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,177 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,499 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,454 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,250 1 1 444.4
2015 Q1 3,449 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1995 · 1 incident

March 20, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE BREAKING A ROCK STUCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER.

1994 · 2 incidents

August 30, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HELPING PLANT OPERATOR REMOVED A LODGED ROCK AT JAW CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN FACE BY A PIECE OF ROCK WHEN OPERATOR HIT ROCK WITH A HAMMER.

May 10, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
American Limestone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING HANDRAIL AT TERTIARY SCREEN, EMPLOYEE BACKED INTO MOVING COUNTERWEIGHT.

1993 · 2 incidents

November 9, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
American Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE HELPING DISMANTLE EXISTING PLANT, SPECIFICALLY CUTTING A CHUTE, EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHUTE AND CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE CHUTE FELL.

October 29, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE WORKING WITH CREW ASSEMBLING A FRONT END LOADER, EE S FINGER WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN ROPS AND MAIN FRAME OF LOADER.

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