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Goins Hollow Quarry: 107 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Midsouth Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003343

Goins Hollow Quarry has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Dec 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
107
citations
26
significant & substantial
$23,498
proposed penalties
$17,068
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,430 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Midsouth Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
65
inspections on record
761
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: 761 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Goins Hollow Quarry has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
107 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-02.
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.
24.3%
significant & substantial
16.8%
high negligence or reckless
24.3%
reasonably likely or greater
41.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.9% low, 67.3% moderate, 16.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 14%
  • Stood as issued 6 · 86%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K 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 2018-08-20.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2013-583M Default Lesnick 2013 $2K → $2K
SE 2018-95M Settlement Feldman 2019 $1K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2023-09-26
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.99 0.20 Cleanup Man
2023-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.06 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2021-04-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2021-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Backhoe Operator
2017-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.92 0.24 Backhoe Operator
2017-05-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2017-05-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.04 0.28 Mechanic
2016-11-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2016-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-11-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.69 0.17 Backhoe Operator
2016-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.32 0.11 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.88 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.31 0.16 Shovel Operator
2010-05-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2010-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.34 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Ownership history
  1. TRS, Inc 2009 to 2010
  2. Goins Hollow Quarry, LLC 2010 to 2015
  3. Duracap Materials, LLC 2015 to 2025
  4. Midsouth Aggregates 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 8
2024 5
2023 5
2022 5
2021 5
2020 5
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 3
2015 2
2014 4
2013 5
2012 5
2011 4
2010 5
2009 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Goins Hollow Quarry sits in Claiborne County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Claiborne County, Tennessee · Population 32,221
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,587
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 3,436 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,270 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 533 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 355 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,263 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 402 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 425 1 0 2352.9
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 417 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 410 4 1 9756.1
2023 Q4 335 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 276 1 0 3623.2
2023 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 210 1 0 4761.9
2022 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 221 1 0 4524.9
2022 Q1 214 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 203 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 269 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 274 2 0 7299.3
2020 Q3 281 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 142 6 1 42253.5
2020 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 316 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 292 3 1 10274.0
2019 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 232 11 3 47413.8
2018 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 235 2 1 8510.6
2018 Q1 275 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 133 1 0 7518.8
2017 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 212 4 2 18867.9
2017 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 110 6 2 54545.5
2016 Q3 178 1 0 5618.0
2016 Q2 110 4 1 36363.6
2016 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2015 Q1 1,639 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,857 7 0 3769.5
2014 Q3 2,143 3 1 1399.9
2014 Q2 1,991 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,754 3 1 1710.4
2013 Q4 1,992 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,241 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,681 6 4 2238.0
2013 Q1 2,660 2 1 751.9
2012 Q4 2,945 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,036 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,460 1 0 406.5
2012 Q1 2,441 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,734 2 1 1153.4
2011 Q3 2,057 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,436 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,972 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,397 3 3 1251.6
2010 Q3 2,097 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,480 5 2 2016.1
2010 Q1 2,400 3 0 1250.0
2009 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,400 2 1 833.3
2009 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

December 22, 2017 TN · Metal/Non-Metal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Duracap Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Stepping down off the truck, placed hand on the trucks control box, lid fell on box, the lid of the box cut the tip of right ringer finger.