HMA Pulaski Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
62
citations
21
significant & substantial
$11,421
proposed penalties
$10,029
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,392 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: 261 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HMA Pulaski Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-23.
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.
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.
28citations taken to the federal commission · 45% of citations on record
Settled
24 · 86%
Vacated or withdrawn
4 · 14%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $6K 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 2009-06-15.
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.
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: 2009-04-23, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.13
0.14
Truck Driver
2003-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.2
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-29
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.79
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
2.09
0.29
Drill Helper
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.15
2.48
0.46
Bulldozer Operator
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.05
2.1
0.98
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
0
2009
8
2008
7
2007
9
2006
6
2005
4
2004
3
2003
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HMA Pulaski Quarry sits in Giles County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Giles County, Tennessee · Population 30,442
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,476
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
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q4
3,026
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,471
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,880
4
1
1030.9
2009 Q1
3,834
24
9
6259.8
2008 Q4
3,901
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,659
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,769
6
1
1591.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1
3,705
3
0
809.7
2007 Q4
3,964
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,309
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,493
3
1
667.7
2007 Q1
3,285
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,201
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,346
1
1
298.9
2006 Q2
3,288
4
2
1216.5
2006 Q1
1,944
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,757
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,163
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,349
2
2
851.4
2005 Q1
1,795
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,583
1
1
631.7
2004 Q3
1,718
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,665
2
2
1201.2
2004 Q1
1,660
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,704
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,862
3
0
1611.2
2003 Q2
3,052
9
1
2948.9
2003 Q1
2,032
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2007 · 2 incidents
August 7, 2007TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE pulled his truck forward from the primary dump hopper to clear rock from feeder. Another EE saw him pull out and lost him in his mirror, assumed he turned right back into the pit and proceeded to back up to the hopper, when he struck the left front of EE's truck. EE was climbing down the ladder at the time, noticed the other EE backing up and jumped off out to the way.
April 9, 2007TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE was splicing a conveyor belt about 5 ft off of ground when come-along gear slipped and let his hand hit angle iron on conveyor frame. Injured his right little finger knuckle.