Mining Incidents

Hommel Concrete Co. Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Newport, Cocke County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003352

Hommel Concrete Co. Quarry has $350K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Jun 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
275
citations
125
significant & substantial
$350,204
proposed penalties
$241,513
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $108,691 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
73
inspections on record
1,678
inspection hours
16.4
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.
275 citations across 1,678 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hommel Concrete Co. Quarry has $350K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 8 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.
$350K
proposed penalties
$242K
current assessed
$242K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
260 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-16.
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
2025 Q4 6,266 2 0 319.2
2025 Q3 6,467 2 0 309.3
2025 Q2 6,408 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,042 3 2 595.0
2024 Q4 5,011 2 0 399.1
2024 Q3 4,952 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,600 11 3 2391.3
2024 Q1 4,466 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,134 6 2 1451.4
2023 Q3 4,522 14 9 3096.0
2023 Q2 4,626 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,874 3 1 615.5
2022 Q4 4,338 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,719 2 0 423.8
2022 Q2 5,108 2 0 391.5
2022 Q1 4,333 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,175 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,454 1 0 224.5
2021 Q1 5,034 3 0 595.9
2020 Q4 4,998 6 4 1200.5
2020 Q3 4,235 2 0 472.3
2020 Q2 4,758 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,794 4 1 834.4
2019 Q4 4,819 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,720 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,606 2 0 434.2
2019 Q1 4,491 2 1 445.3
2018 Q4 5,733 1 0 174.4
2018 Q3 4,223 3 0 710.4
2018 Q2 4,541 19 12 4184.1
2018 Q1 4,652 2 1 429.9
2017 Q4 5,723 32 14 5591.5
2017 Q3 4,895 2 1 408.6
2017 Q2 4,563 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,676 3 3 641.6
2016 Q4 5,099 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,964 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,410 9 7 1404.1
2016 Q1 6,524 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,978 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,754 1 0 210.3
2015 Q2 4,336 1 1 230.6
2015 Q1 3,340 11 3 3293.4
2014 Q4 3,220 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,611 3 0 830.8
2014 Q2 3,459 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,371 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,310 9 2 2719.0
2013 Q3 3,433 5 2 1456.5
2013 Q2 3,222 5 3 1551.8
2013 Q1 3,311 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,003 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,941 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,951 50 26 12655.0
2012 Q1 5,810 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,945 13 7 2628.9
2011 Q3 4,810 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,424 5 3 921.8
2011 Q1 4,786 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,046 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,392 15 9 3415.3
2010 Q2 2,414 1 0 414.3
2010 Q1 1,017 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,184 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,561 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,917 17 8 8868.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

June 4, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hommel Concrete Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a track hoe, trying to remove the pin from the cylinder that works the bucket. While pushing to pin out. the bucket slipped and the employee tried to catch the bucket and left hand was caught between two pieces of metal. Left hand suffered lacerations and torn tendon to ring finger.

June 4, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hommel Concrete Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on track hoe, trying to remove the pin from the cylinder that operates the bucket. While pushing the pin out, the bucket slipped and the employee tried to catch, catching his right hand between two pieces of metal. Right hand suffered broken bones and skin lacerations.

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