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: 890 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Globe Quarry has $98K 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.
$98K
proposed penalties
$94K
current assessed
$94K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
177 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $17K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-01.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$20K proposed, $17K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2024-06-11.
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: 2024-04-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2021-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.45
0.08
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2016-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2012-06-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2009-09-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.92
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-03-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.15
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-23
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-23
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
10
0.03
Bulldozer Operator
2000-07-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-07-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.54
10
0.05
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.88
10
0.09
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2000-07-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
7
2024
8
2023
8
2022
8
2021
7
2020
7
2019
7
2018
7
2017
7
2016
7
2015
7
2014
7
2013
7
2012
9
2011
9
2010
9
2009
9
2008
8
2007
8
2006
9
2005
9
2004
10
2003
11
2002
11
2001
11
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Globe Quarry sits in Williamson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Williamson County, Tennessee · Population 254,609
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$131,202
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
TURNING NEW SHAKER PAN OVER WITH BOOM TRUCK. PAN WAS STANDING ON ITS SIDE RELEASED TENSION TO RE-RIG TO THE BOTTOM TO FINISH TURNING--PAN SAT BY ITSELF FOR A FEW MINUTES--EE WALKED BETWEEN THE OPERATORS' SHACK & SHAKER--PAN TIPPED OVER--PINNED EE BETWEEN SHACK AND SHAKER.
Employee was unloading a load of crusher run into the storage pile and failed to fully lower the bed of the A40 Volvo truck. He drove under the belt of the rock crusher and hung it with the bed of his truck and destroyed it. It was pulled from the building and bent and is no longer operational.
2009 · 1 incident
February 23, 2009TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was clearing a jammed rock from the jaws of the rock crusher with a long metal tool. The jaw caught the tool and thrust it upward and hit him in the throat/neck area.
Employee was dispersing a cluster of rock on the conveyor belt with a tamping bar. The tamping bar caught on the belt and was flung back and hit him in the chest.
2006 · 1 incident
September 30, 2006TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The injured employee was helping to clear material from a jam in the crusher. Co-worker (uninjured) pulled a large rock from the crusher, causing him to stumble backwards; he miss-handed the rock to the victim and the force of the rock stripped the skin and tissue off the side of his left hand and little finger.
2001 · 1 incident
January 10, 2001TN · Metal/Non-Metaltruck driverOTHER
June 16, 1994TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INSPECTING FEEDER ROCK FELL OFF FEEDER BELT STRIKING R LEG.
August 1, 1989TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
July 2, 1987TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON