Mining Incidents

Hinch Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Pat Dunegan · Surface
Controlled by Harry P Dunegan
Crossville, Cumberland County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003465

Hinch Quarry has $110K in proposed MSHA penalties and $49K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
37
citations
19
significant & substantial
$109,999
proposed penalties
$7,220
paid to date
7% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $102,779 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
7
inspections on record
358
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: 358 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hinch Quarry has $110K in proposed MSHA penalties and $49K outstanding across 7 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.
$110K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$49K
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-09.
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
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 40 20 11 500000.0
2016 Q4 60 17 8 283333.3
2016 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 80 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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