Mining Incidents

Lincoln County Mine and Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lincoln County-TN
Fayetteville, Lincoln County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000064

Lincoln County Mine and Mill has $26K 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
4
Years on record
1987–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
120
citations
39
significant & substantial
$26,147
proposed penalties
$23,030
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,117 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
80
inspections on record
903
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: 903 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lincoln County Mine and Mill has $26K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
120 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-04-20.
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 310 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 756 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 215 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,256 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 900 1 0 1111.1
2023 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 484 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 292 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 612 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 996 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 516 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 484 1 0 2066.1
2018 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 868 3 2 3456.2
2017 Q3 356 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 50 4 0 80000.0
2017 Q1 452 2 0 4424.8
2016 Q4 1,028 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 900 1 0 1111.1
2016 Q1 708 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 612 9 3 14705.9
2015 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 868 4 0 4608.3
2015 Q1 548 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 612 1 0 1634.0
2014 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 402 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 338 3 0 8875.7
2013 Q4 274 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 740 1 0 1351.4
2013 Q2 772 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 612 1 0 1634.0
2012 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 758 1 0 1319.3
2012 Q1 672 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 598 1 0 1672.2
2011 Q3 822 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 470 4 1 8510.6
2011 Q1 730 2 1 2739.7
2010 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 820 4 2 4878.0
2010 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 210 4 0 19047.6
2009 Q4 97 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 694 4 3 5763.7
2009 Q1 666 1 0 1501.5
2008 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 484 13 11 26859.5
2008 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 648 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 378 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 642 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 522 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 634 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 462 1 0 2164.5
2006 Q2 804 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 964 3 1 3112.0
2005 Q4 1,012 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 728 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,156 2 2 1730.1
2005 Q1 822 1 0 1216.5
2004 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 728 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 982 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 790 6 1 7594.9
2003 Q3 910 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 796 4 0 5025.1
2003 Q1 964 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 396 5 0 12626.3
2002 Q3 792 5 1 6313.1
2002 Q2 1,006 8 5 7952.3
2002 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 842 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 978 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 980 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 420 6 2 14285.7
2000 Q3 510 3 1 5882.4
2000 Q2 1,010 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,006 11 3 10934.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

August 24, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Lincoln County Highway Department · Struck against a moving object

AS EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCK FROMTHE CRUSHER WITH A BACKHOE, THE EUCLID DRIVER BACKED INTO THE BACKHOE WITH THE EUCLID.

1989 · 1 incident

October 27, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Lincoln County Highway Department · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED HEART FAILURE WHILE DRIVING EUCLID NO DAMAGE CAUSED BY ANY MACHINERY OR MISUSE OF MACHINERY ACCIDENT OCCURED DUE TO THE STATE OF HEALTH OF EMPLOYEE

1987 · 1 incident

November 6, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Lincoln County Highway Department · Struck against a moving object

STEPPED OFF PLA7FORM THAT GAVE ACCESS TO THE ROCK SLIPPED WHEN STOPPING BACK INTO THE TRUCK INJURED NECK ON STEERING COLUMN.

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