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Monteagle Sand: 87 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Monteagle, Marion County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003198

Monteagle Sand has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
87
citations
28
significant & substantial
$52,020
proposed penalties
$24,040
paid to date
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,980 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rogers Group Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
75
inspections on record
952
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: 952 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Monteagle Sand has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $50K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-15.
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.
32.2%
significant & substantial
18.4%
high negligence or reckless
32.2%
reasonably likely or greater
50.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.4% low, 78.2% moderate, 18.4% 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.
19 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 18 · 95%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 5%
47%
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 17 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
77%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$50K proposed, $11K 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 2014-07-14.
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 2011-334M Settlement McCarthy 2011 $30K → $5K
SE 2012-174M Withdrawal Tureck 2013 $10K → $0
SE 2012-146M Settlement Rae 2013 $9K → $7K
SE 2014-0404 Settlement Barbour 2014 $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: 2025-12-04
40%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
37
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz82 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg24
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (37)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.28 1.14 Truck Driver
2021-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.26 1.73 Cleanup Man
2025-12-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-12-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-12-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2025-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2025-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.03 0.29 Cleanup Man
2023-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-08-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Truck Driver
2023-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Cleanup Man
2021-12-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2021-12-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2009-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2008-05-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Mechanic
2008-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.21 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 Truck Driver
2003-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2003-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.

Monteagle Sand recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.25 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 4.84 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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. Monteagle Sand, LLC 2003 to 2022
  2. Rogers Group Inc. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 12
2024 16
2023 14
2022 12
2021 10
2020 12
2019 12
2018 11
2017 10
2016 10
2015 9
2014 10
2013 9
2012 8
2011 8
2010 8
2009 8
2008 9
2007 8
2006 7
2005 7
2004 6
2003 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Monteagle Sand sits in Marion County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Marion County, Tennessee · Population 29,010
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,103
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 10,345 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 8,584 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,663 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,592 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,611 1 0 151.3
2025 Q1 7,526 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,887 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,587 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 10,439 2 1 191.6
2024 Q1 11,399 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,978 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,191 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,317 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,906 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,126 2 1 246.1
2022 Q3 7,681 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,123 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,318 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,549 1 1 180.2
2021 Q3 6,501 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,639 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,754 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,494 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,772 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,163 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,725 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,576 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,733 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,859 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,790 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,141 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,513 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,079 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,074 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,314 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,023 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,118 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,014 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,795 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,073 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,763 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,287 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,890 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,802 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,080 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,663 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,348 1 1 157.5
2014 Q1 5,542 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,739 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,582 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,661 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,405 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,939 2 0 336.8
2012 Q3 5,839 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,102 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,791 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,944 6 3 1009.4
2011 Q3 6,476 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,293 3 1 566.8
2011 Q1 4,911 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,505 17 5 3088.1
2010 Q3 5,156 8 6 1551.6
2010 Q2 5,495 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,701 2 0 425.4
2009 Q4 6,333 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,802 3 1 517.1
2009 Q1 3,957 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,649 5 0 1075.5
2008 Q3 5,171 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,845 5 2 855.4
2008 Q1 5,140 3 0 583.7
2007 Q4 4,948 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,056 4 1 791.1
2007 Q2 5,176 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,422 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,360 3 0 892.9
2006 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,736 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,840 3 0 781.2
2005 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,880 2 1 694.4
2005 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,880 1 1 347.2
2004 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,680 5 0 1865.7
2004 Q1 2,720 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,880 5 3 1736.1
2003 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,048 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2024 · 1 incident

July 27, 2024 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was adjusting the primary jaw crusher. The pitman got hung on the cheek plate and did not come back with the toggle plate like it should have. The employee placed their hand on the spring bolt to observe what was catching the pitman and the toggle plate fell on the employee's right hand, causing a laceration that needed stitches.

2020 · 1 incident

June 20, 2020 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monteagle Sand, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was picking up an oxygen bottle and turned left arm - pulled muscle in forearm.

2006 · 1 incident

March 31, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monteagle Sand, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was helping the other employees replace a shaker screen. This particular screen weighed app. 230 lbs. (48"long x 72" wide) Upon lifting the screen, EE grabbed his lower back, but didn't say anything. Later, at app. 11:40 a.m., he went to the plant manager and told him that he thought he had pulled his back.