Midway Quarry - Tunnel Project: 2 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Mascot,
Knox County,
TN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003570
Midway Quarry - Tunnel Project has $143 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2023
- Latest incident
- Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 183 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Midway Quarry - Tunnel Project has $143 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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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
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2023-06-09, 3 years ago
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg2
- Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
| Date |
Contaminant |
Concentration |
Limit |
Conc / limit |
Occupation |
| 2023-06-09 |
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz |
0.12 |
10 |
0.01 |
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper |
| 2023-06-09 |
Respirable dust, <.1mg |
0 |
|
|
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper |
| 2023-06-09 |
Respirable dust, <.1mg |
0 |
|
|
Forklift 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.
Ownership history
-
Blue Water Industries
2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Midway Quarry - Tunnel Project sits in Knox County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Knox County, Tennessee · Population 487,401
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2023 Q2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1000000.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2023 · 1 incident
July 13, 2023
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Water Industries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee believes employee wiped something into eyes when wiping the sweat away from eyes. Employee was wearing Safety glasses and also had a welding hood on while grinding. Employee had irritation to both eyes and received a prescription while there was no particles or abrasions to the eyes.