Lebanon Quarry & Mill has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $275 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1989–2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
142
citations
47
significant & substantial
$41,884
proposed penalties
$45,568
paid to date
109% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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.
142 citations across 1,258 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ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: 2014-05-28.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Lebanon Quarry & Mill has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $275 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$275
outstanding
131 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $13K in penalties contested before the Commission, $17K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-16.
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.
10citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 100%
60%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$13K proposed, $17K 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 2023-11-20.
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: 2026-03-27
4%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
47
samples
28
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz231 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (47)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-03-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.8
1.43
1.26
Laborer, Bullgang
2026-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
Utility Man
2023-10-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2023-10-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-10-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
Jackhammer Operator
2023-10-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-07-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
Utility Man
2018-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-04-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-04-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
10
0.04
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-04-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.88
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
10
0.04
Truck Driver
2016-06-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.97
0.18
Cleanup Man
2016-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.74
2.47
0.70
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-02-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
2.38
0.21
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2016-02-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-05-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
1.78
0.38
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-05-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.71
1.67
0.43
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-09-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Bulldozer Operator
2011-09-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.06
1.75
0.61
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-03-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
3.08
0.19
Bulldozer Operator
2006-03-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.59
0.28
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2006-03-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.88
1.83
0.48
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-10-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.57
0.09
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.26
0.33
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
2.52
0.20
Truck Driver
2003-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.73
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.26
0.28
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.58
2.03
0.29
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.19
10
0.12
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-04-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.98
10
0.10
Bulldozer Operator
2002-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
1.72
0.24
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.
Lebanon Quarry & Mill 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
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
4.44
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
5.25
0.00
0.000
2020 *
5.51
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
13
2025
13
2024
15
2023
20
2022
18
2021
17
2020
16
2019
17
2018
19
2017
22
2016
22
2015
22
2014
23
2013
25
2012
21
2011
22
2010
21
2009
22
2008
25
2007
22
2006
21
2005
23
2004
22
2003
22
2002
22
2001
23
2000
25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lebanon Quarry & Mill sits in Wilson 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.
Wilson County, Tennessee · Population 153,587
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$94,048
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
Blue Water Industries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
While EE was attempting to remove rocks from around a gate inside a chute that had stopped up, EE struck one of the rocks with a hammer that allowed the gate to fall. The gate struck the EE on the left thumb resulting in a minor fracture to the tip of the left thumb requiring only a small splint applied by the doctor.
EE sustained a laceration to middle finger of right hand when they grabbed the hedge trimmer they were using to dislodge the blade which was hung up in a bush.
Working at bottom of feeder pan, chip down to bare steel to find plug hole; burn out the weld to move the plate-rust & fine dust on plate-immediately tried to wipe from eye and flushed eye-trouble with eye on way home; awoke to bad pain at 1:30 am; 5:00 am eye swollen shut. Medical attention sought 1/26/2017.
2016 · 1 incident
June 2, 2016TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Loading holes, unrolling & moving the dewatering hose, hurt low back
2014 · 1 incident
January 22, 2014TN · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
Blue Water Industries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Turning primary impact pulley, the index, middle and ring fingers of left hand smashed between v-belt and pulley. Fracture middle finger, contusion, abrasion index and ring fingers. Medical treatment. Restricted work activity.
2013 · 1 incident
November 11, 2013TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
End of shift, washing out skid-steer bucket and pins; when employee pulled out pin the bucket fell on his left foot. Fracture left big toe bone. Employee remains off work
2011 · 1 incident
February 9, 2011TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Water Industries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was putting belts back on primary impact: mashed nail of left ring finger between V belt and thieve on impact motor. 2/13/11 sought medical attention at ER. 2/14/11 sought medical attention at ER. 2/14/11 return to modified work, Rt hand only. Note - 2/14/11 - 2/18/11 schedule vacation taken.
2007 · 1 incident
July 19, 2007TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was exiting truck in pit, lost balance and fell approximately eight (8) feet to loose stone in pit. Possible concussion, skinned hands, treated a University Medical Center ER. 7/19/07 unable to return to work until follow up with physician. 7/23/2007 restricted work activity.
WORKING AT THE PLANE, CLIMBING DOWN STIP LADDER, SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 4 TO 5 FEET ONTO ROCK AFTER CONVEYOR HAD BEEN UNCHOKED. CUT LIP, LEFT HAND, LEFT FOREARM, RIGHT FACIAL CHEEK.
May 22, 2004TN · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
GOING TO GREASE TOP OF BOOM ON THE LOADER - FOOT SLIPPED OFF FENDER AND FELL APPROX. 10 TO 12 FEET TO GROUND - INJURED LEFT LEG MUSCLE, FACE SCRATCHED, SCRAPED LOWER BACK ON FENDER.
REMOVING KELLY BAR (DRILL STEEL) FROM DM25 DRILL. KELLY BAR CAME OUT OF STABILIZER, WAS FALLING TO GROUND, CAUGHT LEG BETWEEN BAR AND BOOM. LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE, BROKEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVER OF CAT TRUCK WHICH WAS BEING LOADED WITH LARGE ROCK TO BE DRIVEN BY EMPLOYEE TO ROCK CRUSHER. LARGE ROCK CAUSED TRUCK TO GO UP AND JARRED HEAD AND NECK OF EMPLOYEE.
1996 · 1 incident
March 28, 1996TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT