Grimsley Sand Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $448 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1993–2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,352
proposed penalties
$2,904
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $448 gap.
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: 335 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Grimsley Sand Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $448 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$448
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-03-25.
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.
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: 2005-11-30, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-11-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.39
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.37
0.68
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Truck Driver
2005-01-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.54
0.26
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-01-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2004-01-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
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.
Grimsley Sand Mine recorded 18.25 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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.
18.25
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.21 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
2009
0
2008
0
2007
3
2006
9
2005
9
2004
8
2003
6
2002
7
2001
8
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Grimsley Sand Mine sits in Fentress County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Fentress County, Tennessee · Population 18,948
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$50,865
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
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
1
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
23
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
68
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1
3,016
2
2
663.1
2006 Q4
5,898
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
6,195
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,767
3
0
520.2
2006 Q1
4,053
1
0
246.7
2005 Q4
4,993
3
0
600.8
2005 Q3
4,057
1
0
246.5
2005 Q2
5,086
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,909
1
0
255.8
2004 Q4
4,596
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,493
2
0
364.1
2004 Q2
4,342
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,853
5
0
1752.5
2003 Q4
3,798
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,711
5
3
1347.3
2003 Q2
3,233
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,226
2
0
620.0
2002 Q4
3,233
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,628
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,999
2
0
1000.5
2002 Q1
2,329
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,381
2
1
591.5
2001 Q3
3,424
4
2
1168.2
2001 Q2
3,278
2
1
610.1
2001 Q1
2,386
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,921
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,707
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,302
4
1
929.8
2000 Q1
3,315
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2006 · 2 incidents
October 4, 2006TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trying to replace the pin in the linkage arm on 972 wheeled loader, when the bar they had in the hole in the arm, slipped out, letting the arm fall. The linkage arm hit EE in the right ear and left shoulder.
February 14, 2006TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Employee was dismounting a wheel loader. As he came off the last rung of the ladder, he stepped on a 3"+ rock, bruising his right foot. He did not request medical attention until 2/17/06. The physician returned him to work with restrictions after his follow up visit on 2/20/06. He has to use crutches and stay off foot. We can accommodate.
2005 · 2 incidents
September 29, 2005TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Employee was assisting in replacement of impeller for classifier pump. as they were putting pump back in place, the pump swung out knocking the board he was standing on loose. he grabbed the motor to stop his fall. the motor fell into classifier and when it came to the end of the chain it stopped abruptly, causing the motor to strike the ee s chest
EE WAS WALKING ON CROSS WALK AT PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH THE HANDRAIL, INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
1998 · 2 incidents
October 6, 1998TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS ON HIS KNEES ON DOZER TRACK LOOKING FOR AN OIL LEAK TO REPAIR-AS HE STARTED TO GET OFF TRACKS HE INJURED HIS KNEE
August 10, 1998TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON