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Lawrenceburg Quarry & Mill: 111 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc · Surface
Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4001250

Lawrenceburg Quarry & Mill has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1984–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
111
citations
33
significant & substantial
$34,706
proposed penalties
$30,054
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,652 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rogers Group Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
881
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: 881 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lawrenceburg Quarry & Mill has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-07-13.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
71.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.4% low, 84.5% moderate, 9.1% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 10 · 50%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $10K 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 2012-01-09.
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 2009-824M Settlement Rae 2011 $8K → $5K
SE 2009-529M Dismissal Rae 2011 $5K → $4K
SE 2009-825M Dismissal Rae 2011 $1K → $820
SE 2012-191M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $969 → $969
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: 2024-12-04
12%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
46
samples
26
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz253 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (46)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 0.62 1.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.99 0.71 1.39 Utility Man
2003-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.86 0.45 1.91 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-12-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.72 10 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2023-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-02-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-02-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2014-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 1.27 0.46 Utility Man
2014-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2013-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 2.58 0.23 Utility Man
2011-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2011-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-02-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.68 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-02-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.73 0.79 Bobcat Operator
2010-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.02 1.91 0.53 Utility Man
2010-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 2.85 0.28 Bulldozer Operator
2007-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 1.68 0.44 Utility Man
2007-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 2.59 0.18 Welder, etc.
2005-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.54 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2005-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.73 0.13 Utility Man
2004-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.32 0.28 Utility Man
2004-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 2.31 0.16 Utility Man
2004-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.74 0.30 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.58 0.31 Utility Man
2004-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.73 0.51 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.06 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 2.17 0.11 Truck Driver
2004-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.46 0.08 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.29 0.79 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.72 0.21 Truck Driver
2001-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.38 0.30 Truck Driver
2001-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Lawrenceburg Quarry & Mill recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ 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 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.10 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
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 6.13 6.13 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 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. M C West Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Rogers Group Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 6
2024 6
2023 5
2022 6
2021 5
2020 5
2019 6
2018 5
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 5
2011 10
2010 10
2009 10
2008 12
2007 12
2006 14
2005 14
2004 12
2003 12
2002 12
2001 11
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lawrenceburg Quarry & Mill sits in Lawrence County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lawrence County, Tennessee · Population 44,901
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$53,233
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 4,601 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,250 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,408 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,098 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,218 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,970 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,063 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,857 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,348 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,174 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,999 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,267 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,582 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,147 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,302 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,843 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,375 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,774 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,769 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,784 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,495 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,614 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,614 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,250 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,374 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,906 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,457 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,275 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,847 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,774 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,460 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,341 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,329 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,818 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,308 2 0 866.6
2016 Q3 3,147 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,645 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,699 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,508 1 0 398.7
2015 Q3 2,667 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,667 1 0 375.0
2015 Q1 1,103 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,324 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,032 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,788 1 1 358.7
2014 Q1 1,504 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,341 1 0 745.7
2013 Q3 1,468 1 0 681.2
2013 Q2 2,495 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,498 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,020 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,228 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,001 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,330 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,641 2 0 430.9
2011 Q3 7,727 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,112 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,691 4 3 702.9
2010 Q4 2,760 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,025 4 2 569.4
2010 Q2 9,704 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,610 2 1 302.6
2009 Q4 3,337 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,253 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,189 11 5 1343.3
2009 Q1 6,140 36 7 5863.2
2008 Q4 6,012 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,991 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,914 1 0 112.2
2008 Q1 5,032 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,593 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,861 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,152 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,739 5 1 741.9
2006 Q4 6,905 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,503 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,723 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8,487 5 2 589.1
2005 Q4 8,429 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,641 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,585 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,171 2 1 278.9
2004 Q4 7,816 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,804 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,584 8 4 1054.9
2004 Q1 4,503 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,374 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,221 1 0 191.5
2003 Q2 4,841 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,840 1 0 101.6
2002 Q4 8,425 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,957 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,769 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,067 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,392 2 0 312.9
2001 Q3 6,702 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,074 1 0 164.6
2001 Q1 5,392 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,605 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,081 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,415 2 0 311.8
2000 Q1 6,352 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 6, 2025 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by flying object

A set up crew employee was attempting to remove liners from a cone crusher, by striking the liners with a 10 lb sledgehammer. During this process, a shard of the manganese liner chipped off and went into the employee's left forearm. The employee was taken to the emergency room where the shard was extracted, wound was cleaned, and 5 stitches were administered.

2014 · 1 incident

August 29, 2014 TN · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by falling object

Belt crew were pulling conveyor belt on they were putting a belt block on the tight belt when the belt ripped the belt block fell back and hit one of the belt crew members ring finger on his right hand injuring the finger tip.

2006 · 1 incident

July 22, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was fueling up bobcat and reported to supervisor he slipped and fell. Supervisor asked if he was okay and employee said yes. Employee continued to operate the bobcat for the remainder of the shift. Over the weekend he started having pain and went to the emergency room. Employee was told he may have cracked ribs.

2003 · 2 incidents

July 24, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Rogers Group Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AT APPROX. 4:15PM EE WAS RESETTING SHIMS JAW CRUSHER. EE HAD LOOSENED TENSION SPRING WITH IMPACT WRENCH JACKEDSAW OPEN NEEDED TO LOOSEN SPRING SOME MORE, PUT IMPACT BACK ON NUT, WHEN PULLED TR IGGER ON, IMPACT NUT CAME OFF RELEASING SPRING CAUSING HAND TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN AIR WRENCH & MOTOR FRAME, MASHING THUMB.

February 7, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Rogers Group Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WE KNOW OF NO CONDITIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS (EMPLOYEE'S PHYSICIAN HAD DIAGNOSED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE WHICH HE BELIEVED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SILICOSIS, ALTHOUGH C OMPANY DISPUTES THIS DUE TO LACK OF EXPOSURE TO SILICA ON THE JOB SITE).

2000 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE SHARPENING DRILL BIT, WAS WEARING SAFETY EQUIPMENT, SLIVER HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE, WENT TO DOCTOR 10-31, RECEIVED MEDICATION.

July 12, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS CLIMBING A ROADSIDE BERM TO OBSERVE THE BLAST. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AT THE TOP OF THE BERM AND TRIED TO STEP BACK. HE TRIPPED ON A ROCK WHILE GOING BACK AND FELL AGAINST A LARGE ROCK. HE BRUISED HIS BACK IN THE KIDNEY AREA.

1997 · 2 incidents

May 27, 1997 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from machine

SUBJECT STANDING ON FUEL TANK POURING WATER IN WATER TANK & SLIPPED INJURING FOOT. CLASS 2 SPRAIN.

January 22, 1997 TN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE THE OPERATOR OF A 245 CAT HOE WITH A TERMENTOR TX300 ROCK BREAKER ATTACHMENT WAS BREAKING ROCK IN THE PIT A LONG SLIVER OF ROCK BROKE OFF, PIERCING THE PLEXIGLASS SAFETY GLASSES. STRIKIN G THE OPERATOR ON THE RIGHT EAR.

1993 · 1 incident

June 17, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from machine

SHOE SOLES COVERED WITH OIL AND GREASE. HANDS AND ARMS GREASY. HAND FULL OF TOOLS AND PARTS.

1992 · 5 incidents

November 11, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Rogers Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS CASE IS CURRENTLY STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION-POSSIBLE FACTORS INCLUDE KNOBS ON EQUIPMENT-DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME-SOME TYPE OF PROBLEM IN HAND (ARTHRITIS).

October 15, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from machine

GROUND WAS WET AND LEVY HAD TOO MUCH SLOPE ON CRUST.

September 2, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LARGE ROCK FROM CONVEYOR BELT. DURING ATTEMPT HE ALLEGEDLY PULLED OR STRAINED CHEST AREA MUSCLES.

May 4, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED CLIMBED ONTO HOOD OF WATER TRUCK TO CLEAN WINDSHIELD,DUE TO DUST AND DEW HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET BUT TWISTING KNEE.

1989 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

May 10, 1984 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 · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A PART WEIGHING APPROX. 100 LBS INTO A BOBCAT BUCKET. THE BUCKET WAS ON THE GROUND A PULLEY ON THE PART SLIPPED AND M ASHED EMPLOYEE S THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND.