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JELLICO STONE COMPANY: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Jellico, Campbell County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000057

JELLICO STONE COMPANY has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $503 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1987–2021
Latest incident
Feb 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
154
citations
44
significant & substantial
$75,210
proposed penalties
$43,358
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,852 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hinkle Contracting Company LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
105
inspections on record
1,835
inspection hours
8.4
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.
154 citations across 1,835 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

JELLICO STONE COMPANY has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $503 outstanding across 4 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.
$75K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$503
outstanding
149 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $57K in penalties contested before the Commission, $25K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-09.
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.
29.3%
significant & substantial
4.7%
high negligence or reckless
29.3%
reasonably likely or greater
52.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.3% low, 84.0% moderate, 4.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
21 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 20 · 95%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 5%
57%
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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
68%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $5K 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 2010-06-18.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 20010089M Settlement Zielinski 2001 $40K → $20K
SE 2010-878M Settlement Gill 2011 $16K → $5K
SE 2010-45M Settlement Paez 2011 $722 → $722
SE 2010-615M Withdrawal Gill 2010 $207 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2025-09-23
23%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz113 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg20
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (35)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 0.6 1.00 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2008-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.41 1.00 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2007-10-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.44 0.78 4.41 Cleanup Man
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 Utility Man
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Utility Man
2024-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2023-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2023-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.98 10 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-01-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2010-01-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.68 0.11 Building Repair/Maint.
2008-09-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.92 0.21 Cleanup Man
2008-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.07 33 0.03 Cleanup Man
2008-06-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.51 0.45 Cleanup Man
2008-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 1.1 0.43 Cleanup Man
2006-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 1.32 0.42 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2003-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-12-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

JELLICO STONE COMPANY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 4.06 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 14.77 4.92 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Jellico Stone Company Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Rogers Group Inc 1983 to 1994
  3. Hinkle Contracting Company LLC 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 10
2024 6
2023 9
2022 8
2021 7
2020 6
2019 9
2018 10
2017 7
2016 6
2015 7
2014 7
2013 7
2012 12
2011 9
2010 14
2009 22
2008 19
2007 20
2006 19
2005 20
2004 25
2003 26
2002 27
2001 23
2000 24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

JELLICO STONE COMPANY sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Campbell County, Tennessee · Population 39,568
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,260
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
2026 Q2 5,978 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,207 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,570 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,100 2 0 487.8
2025 Q2 4,830 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,556 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,229 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,737 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,995 1 0 143.0
2024 Q1 1,338 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,882 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,213 2 0 383.7
2023 Q2 7,218 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,750 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,797 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,652 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,007 1 0 199.7
2022 Q1 2,430 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,187 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,892 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,212 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,307 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,685 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,170 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,537 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,291 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,629 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,210 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,063 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,391 2 0 371.0
2018 Q3 5,573 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,226 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,626 4 1 711.0
2017 Q4 3,329 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,414 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,281 1 0 233.6
2017 Q1 1,439 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,427 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,207 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,557 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,391 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,674 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,426 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,932 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,598 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,439 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,744 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,751 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,625 1 0 615.4
2013 Q4 3,763 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,345 2 0 460.3
2013 Q2 4,654 1 1 214.9
2013 Q1 2,562 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,631 3 1 452.4
2012 Q2 11,725 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,620 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,818 2 0 293.3
2011 Q3 2,653 2 0 753.9
2011 Q2 3,860 1 0 259.1
2011 Q1 5,410 3 1 554.5
2010 Q4 5,846 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,865 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,662 21 9 2173.5
2010 Q1 5,010 3 1 598.8
2009 Q4 13,161 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 18,846 9 2 477.6
2009 Q2 10,537 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,708 3 1 447.2
2008 Q4 9,853 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,759 1 0 85.0
2008 Q2 11,619 5 0 430.3
2008 Q1 7,250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 13,405 11 3 820.6
2007 Q3 13,914 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,256 2 1 275.6
2007 Q1 6,054 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,161 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,819 2 0 226.8
2006 Q2 10,321 3 1 290.7
2006 Q1 10,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 11,700 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,755 6 0 615.1
2005 Q2 8,642 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,793 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,926 4 1 366.1
2004 Q3 13,534 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,113 4 1 395.5
2004 Q1 10,160 1 0 98.4
2003 Q4 9,086 1 0 110.1
2003 Q3 11,356 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,745 3 0 307.9
2003 Q1 8,739 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,621 2 0 188.3
2002 Q3 11,877 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,752 4 1 372.0
2002 Q1 8,793 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,225 6 0 650.4
2001 Q3 11,240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,073 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,497 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,792 4 0 513.3
2000 Q3 7,752 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,060 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,530 12 7 1406.8

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 27, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper Fatality · MACHINERY
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

WHEN POSITIONING THE DRILL, THE RIGHT REAR LEVELING FOOT SANK INTO A MUD SEAM ALLOWING THE DRILL TO OVERTURN. THE DRILL SLID OVER THE EDGE OF HIGHWALL AND THE ROCK LEDGE CRUSHED THE DRILL OPER ATORS COMPARTMENT CAUSING DEATH OF DRILL OPERATOR.

Reportable incidents

15 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2021 · 1 incident

2009 · 1 incident

September 8, 2009 TN · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE said he was stepping up into the water truck and felt a muscle pull in his leg. EE said he was using 3 points of contact when this happened.

2007 · 3 incidents

October 18, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Two pieces of flooring collapsed at an elevated catwalk at the primary end of plant. The welds that secured the flooring deteriorated and loosened over time. The floor failed to support an employee that was walking the catwalk.

September 27, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a sledge hammer to knock a bin door down to adjust it to another position. The hammer glanced off causing his finger to get caught under the hammer handle.

September 25, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting flat bar metal from the back of a pickup truck. He said his shoulder started hurting after that.

2004 · 1 incident

February 17, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL LOADED. HE SAID THE TRUCK STARTED GOING FAST AND HE DROVE IT INTO THE DITCH TO STOP.

2003 · 1 incident

September 26, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · -

ALLEGES HE MAY HAVE HURT HIS LOWER BACK WHILE REMOVING ROCK FROM CONVEYOR BELT. REPORTED 9/29/03 HE WAS SHOVELING IN HIS DRIVEWAY ON 9/28/03 WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND SOUGHT MEDI CAL HELP.

2002 · 1 incident

August 5, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR TRAVELED DOWN HILL TO TURN AROUND SITE PUTTING MACHINE IN REVERSE AN BEGAN TO BACK UP FELT A JERK AND CAB OF TRUCK TURNED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.

1999 · 1 incident

April 19, 1999 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

ROLLED OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK #408 IN WHICH HE WASHELP PUTTING BOLTS IN TRANSMISSION WHEN GOT OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK HE RAISED UP HITTING HIS HEAD ON BOTTOM OF DOOR DR SIDE. CAUSING CUT TO HEAD TO HEAD.

1998 · 3 incidents

September 28, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PREPARING TO RAISE HOOD OF TRUCK, STANDING ON BUMPERA AND CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN HOOD AND BUMPER MASHING FOOT.

April 30, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAINTANICE PERSON WAS LIFTING PLATE TO BOTH ON TO CRUSHER WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP AND PIECE PINCHED RIGHT PALM BETWEN METALS.

1990 · 1 incident

May 22, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFITNG 100# OIL DRUM FROM TRUCK TRIED TO BRACE IT ON KNEE & FELT PAIN IN BACK.

1987 · 2 incidents

October 7, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rogers Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE LOADING B2ULDERS INTO HAUL TRUCK, EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THE JERKING ACTION CAUSED INJURY TO HIS BACK.

June 29, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WENT T2 STEP FROM DOZER & HURT HIS LEFT KNEE HE WAS OFF WORK ONE SWEEK DURING THE SECOND WEEK HE WAS ON VACATION HE RETURNED TO WORK THE THIRD WEEK APPROX. FIVE WEEKS LATER EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS3KNEE WAS HURTING HE WENT HOME & HAS NOT RETGURNED TO WORK AS OF YHET