Mining Incidents

HILLSDALE QUARRY: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mid-South Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Macon County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000030

HILLSDALE QUARRY has $152 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
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$152
proposed penalties
$152
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
10
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: 10 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HILLSDALE QUARRY has $152 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.
$152
proposed penalties
$152
current assessed
$152
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-14.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mid-South Stone Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

HILLSDALE QUARRY sits in Macon County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Macon County, Tennessee · Population 25,793
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

March 31, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mid-South Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HOLDING CHISEL WITH HAND WHILE HITTING CHISEL WITH HAMMER STRUCK LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER THUMB WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED 9 STITCHES