Mining Incidents

McMinnville Quarry: 81 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
McMinnville, Warren County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000073

McMinnville Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
81
citations
22
significant & substantial
$14,893
proposed penalties
$13,750
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
884
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: 884 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

McMinnville Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-07.
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.
27.8%
significant & substantial
5.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.8%
reasonably likely or greater
49.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.6% low, 87.3% moderate, 5.1% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 86%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 14%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K 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 2011-05-05.
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 2011-109M Settlement Gill 2012 $3K → $2K
SE 2011-82M Settlement Lewis 2011 $500 → $500
SE 2011-512M Default Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
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: 2026-05-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-11-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Utility Man
2019-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2011-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pump, Slurry Mix 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.

McMinnville Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
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 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.10 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
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 16.90 16.90 0.000
2000 * 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. Mc Minnville Stone Company Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Mid-South Stone Inc 1983 to 1984
  3. Stone Man Inc 1984 to 1988
  4. Hanson Aggregates Stone Man Inc 1988 to 2000
  5. Rogers Group Inc. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 10
2024 7
2023 7
2022 5
2021 5
2020 5
2019 6
2018 6
2017 4
2016 5
2015 6
2014 10
2013 13
2012 13
2011 16
2010 16
2009 10
2008 10
2007 14
2006 9
2005 8
2004 10
2003 11
2002 11
2001 12
2000 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

McMinnville Quarry sits in Warren 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.
Warren County, Tennessee · Population 41,587
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$54,088
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 4,029 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,748 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,242 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,445 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,317 2 0 376.2
2025 Q1 2,720 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,454 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,638 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,644 3 0 823.3
2024 Q1 2,745 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,890 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,339 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,694 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,698 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,473 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,420 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,332 2 0 857.6
2022 Q1 1,328 3 0 2259.0
2021 Q4 1,448 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,825 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,772 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,895 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,973 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,973 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,773 1 0 564.0
2020 Q1 1,486 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,813 1 0 207.8
2019 Q3 2,718 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,147 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,293 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,475 3 1 1212.1
2018 Q3 5,582 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,370 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,456 8 1 2314.8
2017 Q4 1,101 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,989 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,579 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,076 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 766 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,720 2 0 423.7
2016 Q2 1,469 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 872 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,628 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,835 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,508 1 0 398.7
2014 Q4 3,457 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,788 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,221 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,208 2 1 322.2
2013 Q3 10,244 2 0 195.2
2013 Q2 5,198 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,248 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,518 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,880 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,502 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,068 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,546 1 0 117.0
2011 Q3 7,730 1 0 129.4
2011 Q2 7,235 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,785 10 6 1284.5
2010 Q4 7,322 3 0 409.7
2010 Q3 7,293 11 5 1508.3
2010 Q2 5,166 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,370 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,013 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,678 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,395 1 0 716.8
2009 Q1 1,270 5 4 3937.0
2008 Q4 1,736 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,890 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,856 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,961 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,115 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,090 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,820 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,690 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,475 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,592 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,549 4 1 720.9
2005 Q4 3,885 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,067 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,233 1 0 447.8
2005 Q1 5,267 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,119 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,084 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,744 3 0 801.3
2004 Q1 4,367 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,865 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,576 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,144 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,871 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,039 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,852 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,251 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,702 2 0 540.2
2001 Q4 4,328 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,951 3 0 504.1
2001 Q2 7,218 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,169 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,249 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,058 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,435 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,776 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 19, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller MACHINERY
Rogers Group Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I tripped and my hand hit down lever on drill rig. The bit then went down and crushed my foot.

2004 · 1 incident

June 11, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal pumper DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Rogers Group Inc. · Contact with heat

Ee was welding on walkway above crusher on Fri, 6-11-04. At 1:00 pm ee alleges being hot, weak & not feeling well. Ee left work at 2:30 pm after not feeling any better. Ee not scheduled for Sat. or Sun. Ee reported to work on Mon 6-14-04. After 3 hours, ee complained of being weak & stomach pains. Ee left work to see his dr. Diagnosed as heat exhaustion & dehydration.

2001 · 2 incidents

May 25, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc. · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING GUARD FROM THE HAMMERMILL, HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND THE GUARD FELL, STRIKING EE'S LEFT THIGH, LEAVING A CONTUSION.

April 9, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

GLOB OF GREASE ON CONCRETE PAD NOT CLEANED UP. EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY SLIPPED WHILE WALKING BACKWARD PULLING MOBILE 120# GREASE BARREL WITH AIR PUMP FALLING ON HIS BACK.

1996 · 1 incident

January 3, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Stone Man Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A BOX CUTTER TO REMOVE INSULATION TAPE FROM ELECTRIC MOTOR CONNECTIONS THE BOX CUTTER SLIPPED THROUGH THE TAPE KNOT AND STRUCK THE EE S RIGHT THUMB AREA CAUSING A CUT. THE CUT REQ UIRED 6 STICHES TO CLOSE.

1990 · 3 incidents

September 5, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates Stone Man Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE DESCENDED SCREEN 1 ONTO A SECTION OF GRATED CATWALK THAT IS 36" WIDE BY 14' LONG. HE HAD BOTH FEET ON THE CATWALK, WHICH IS LEVEL AND IN GOOD CONDITION. HE PICKED UP AN EMPTY PLAS TIC 2 GALLON JUG USED TO CARRY OIL IN AND TURNED TO WALK ACROSS THE CATWALK. THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE TURNED TO WALK TO HIS RIGHT, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. HE STATED THAT HIS FO

June 19, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates Stone Man Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS COMING OFF OF THE RAMP WHEN HE HIT A HOLE MEASURING 21FT WIDE BY 26FT ONG BY 5 INCH DEEP. THE AIR RIDE SEAT IN THE TRUCK FLEW UP, CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE TOP OF THE TRUCK CAB, RESULTING IN A NECK INJURY. SPRAIN.

March 19, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates Stone Man Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS CLIMBING CATWALK LADDER TO ENTER THE TRUCK. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SECOND STEP OF THE LADDER, CAUSING THE SUBJECT TO FALL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER ON ANOTHER PARKED TRUCK AND THEN FALLING TO THE GROUND.

1985 · 1 incident

September 26, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stone Man Inc · Fall down stairs

RAINY WEATHER WITH A LIGHT DRIZZLE FALLING. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A STEP WHILE HE WAS HELPING TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES MOVE A STOVE USED FOR TESTING ROCK. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE 4TH STEP OF A SET OF 5 AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE 2ND STEP. THIS RESULTED IN TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

1983 · 2 incidents

June 10, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-South Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

EE BENT DRILL STEEL. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING STEEL HE DROPPED IT, & THE PIECE OF STEEL HIT HIS LEG.

February 24, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mc Minnville Stone Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TORCH LIT WHILE MOVING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE SCALES HE LET THE TORCH PASS BY HIS LEFT LEG CAUSING 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURN WOUND