Tue 7/12/11 EE was working with 2 other ee putting a top idler in about middle ways on jaw belt on the left side. While putting pressure on the idler to align the bolt holes the idler moved down & back smashing the tip of his right thumb between the idler conveyor frame. This cut the tip of it through the center of his nail & fractured the tip of the bone.
Loyston Road Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Loyston Road Quarry, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Kevin L Gaerke
Maynardville,
Union County,
TN
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003110
Loyston Road Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2011
- Latest incident
- Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
132
citations
45
significant & substantial
$24,175
proposed penalties
$20,342
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,833 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
1,008
inspection hours
13.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.132 citations across 1,008 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Loyston Road Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
132 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 6,546 | 1 | 0 | 152.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 6,856 | 2 | 0 | 291.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,829 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,807 | 3 | 1 | 440.7 |
| 2024 Q4 | 6,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,829 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 6,296 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 5,836 | 1 | 0 | 171.4 |
| 2023 Q3 | 5,918 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,948 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 5,729 | 1 | 0 | 174.6 |
| 2022 Q4 | 5,578 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 6,055 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,585 | 2 | 0 | 436.2 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,245 | 2 | 1 | 471.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,074 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,864 | 3 | 1 | 776.4 |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,380 | 3 | 2 | 887.6 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,710 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,472 | 6 | 2 | 2427.2 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,412 | 2 | 2 | 829.2 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,465 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,366 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,090 | 2 | 2 | 956.9 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,125 | 1 | 0 | 470.6 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,425 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,189 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,345 | 5 | 1 | 2132.2 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,455 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,651 | 4 | 1 | 1508.9 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,594 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,670 | 1 | 0 | 374.5 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,863 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,956 | 3 | 1 | 1014.9 |
| 2015 Q1 | 3,201 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,284 | 1 | 1 | 304.5 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,096 | 3 | 1 | 969.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,147 | 5 | 1 | 1588.8 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,299 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,912 | 6 | 3 | 2060.4 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,336 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,435 | 2 | 0 | 582.2 |
| 2012 Q3 | 4,099 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 3,984 | 2 | 1 | 502.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 3,558 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 3,454 | 2 | 0 | 579.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 3,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 3,639 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 3,505 | 4 | 1 | 1141.2 |
| 2010 Q4 | 3,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 3,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,528 | 3 | 1 | 1186.7 |
| 2010 Q1 | 3,140 | 9 | 3 | 2866.2 |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 3,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,349 | 4 | 1 | 1194.4 |
| 2009 Q1 | 3,830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,750 | 2 | 1 | 533.3 |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,550 | 4 | 1 | 1126.8 |
| 2007 Q3 | 3,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 3,425 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 3,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,508 | 7 | 1 | 2791.1 |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 599 | 4 | 0 | 6677.8 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 3,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 2,715 | 2 | 0 | 736.6 |
| 2004 Q3 | 2,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 2,758 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 3,049 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 4,279 | 12 | 8 | 2804.4 |
| 2003 Q3 | 3,316 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 3,384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 3,472 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 3,137 | 5 | 4 | 1593.9 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,696 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 2,395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1,951 | 2 | 1 | 1025.1 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,271 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,315 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,348 | 10 | 2 | 7418.4 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 763 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2011 · 1 incident
July 12, 2011
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
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