Hinch Quarry: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
37
citations
19
significant & substantial
$109,999
proposed penalties
$7,368
paid to date
7% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $102,631 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
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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.
Imminent-danger orders
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A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-11-02.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Hinch Quarry has $110K in proposed MSHA penalties and $49K outstanding across 7 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.
Of $136K in penalties contested before the Commission, $50K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.54.3%
significant & substantial
94.3%
high negligence or reckless
54.3%
reasonably likely or greater
34.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 5.7% moderate, 74.3% high, 20.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
31
citations taken to the federal commission · 84% of citations on record
- Settled 24 · 77%
- Vacated or withdrawn 7 · 23%
71%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 21 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
63%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$136K proposed, $50K 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 2017-05-22.
Contested penalties
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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 2017-0184 | Settlement | Miller | 2017 | $56K → $20K |
| SE 2017-0185 | Settlement | Miller | 2017 | $35K → $5K |
| SE 2017-0165 | Settlement | Miller | 2017 | $28K → $18K |
| SE 2017-0164 | Settlement | Miller | 2017 | $7K → $2K |
| SE 2017-0147 | Settlement | Miller | 2017 | $5K → $500 |
| SE 2017-0146 | Settlement | Miller | 2017 | $5K → $4K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Pat Dunegan 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hinch Quarry sits in Cumberland County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Cumberland County, Tennessee · Population 62,529
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$58,475
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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.