Mining Incidents

Millertown: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Johnson City, Knox County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000191

Millertown has $732 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
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
0
significant & substantial
$732
proposed penalties
$732
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
231
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: 231 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Millertown has $732 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.
$732
proposed penalties
$732
current assessed
$732
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-06.
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
70.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 90.0% 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: 2005-06-30, 21 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2005-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2002-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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. General Shale Products Corp 1950 to 1986
  2. General Shale Products Corp 1986 to 1999
  3. General Shale Products LLC 1999 to 2004
  4. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 5
2003 4
2002 7
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Millertown sits in Knox 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.
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
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
2007 Q2 1,894 3 0 1583.9
2007 Q1 1,808 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,732 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,853 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,688 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,443 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,737 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,820 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 1,823 1 0 548.5
2005 Q1 1,719 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,769 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,005 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,354 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,779 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,886 3 0 1590.7
2003 Q2 1,917 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,875 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,187 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,187 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,794 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,475 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,152 2 0 634.5
2001 Q3 3,756 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,718 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,547 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,501 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,654 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,760 1 0 266.0
2000 Q1 3,352 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 9, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
General Shale Products Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS LOADING3HIS TRUCK USING A FRONT END LOADER. WHEN HE ENTERED STOCKPILE WITH BUCKET IT TIPPED GIVING SUDDEN JERK TO LOADER. REAR END OF LOADER RAISED OFF GROUND AND DRPPED , LIFTING EM FROM SEAT. HE B9GAN EXPERIENCING PAININ LOWER BACK THOUGHT AT FIRST HE WAS JUST SHAKEN UP CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 10 15 87 WHEN PAIN BECAME WORSE HE WAS SENT TO DR AND REMAINED OFF WORK UNTIL