Mining Incidents

Middle Quarry: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tennessee Aggregates LLC · Surface
Butler, Johnson County, TN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4003284

Middle Quarry has $712 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$712
proposed penalties
$712
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
31
inspections on record
286
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: 286 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Middle Quarry has $712 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$712
proposed penalties
$712
current assessed
$712
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-03.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-12-03
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2010-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
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.
Ownership history
  1. Middle Quarry 2006 to 2023
  2. Tennessee Aggregates LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Middle Quarry sits in Johnson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Johnson County, Tennessee · Population 18,073
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$52,152
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 563 2 0 3552.4
2024 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 634 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 637 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 120 1 0 8333.3
2018 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 83 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 303 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 243 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 294 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 275 2 0 7272.7
2014 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 295 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 283 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 110 1 0 9090.9
2012 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 63 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 105 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 183 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 314 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 268 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 132 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 198 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.