Morristown Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $225 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–2022
Latest incident
Oct 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
64
citations
11
significant & substantial
$8,076
proposed penalties
$7,617
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $459 gap.
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.
64 citations across 1,439 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Morristown Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $225 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$225
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $425 in penalties contested before the Commission, $191 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-25.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$425 proposed, $191 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-03-12.
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.
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: 2026-03-26
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (28)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Utility Man
2026-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2026-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2026-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
Truck Driver
2023-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-08-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.15
0.29
Cleanup Man
2023-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2020-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Backhoe Operator
2016-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2016-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.79
0.16
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.02
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.15
0.20
Utility Man
2011-07-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.8
0.53
Cleanup Man
2005-01-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.44
0.24
Truck Driver
2005-01-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.03
0.14
Truck Driver
2005-01-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.37
0.09
Cleanup Man
2000-10-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
2.19
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-10-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.69
10
0.07
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.
Morristown Quarry 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 *
0.00
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
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
6.52
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
16
2025
15
2024
14
2023
14
2022
13
2021
15
2020
15
2019
13
2018
12
2017
10
2016
8
2015
8
2014
8
2013
12
2012
12
2011
10
2010
6
2009
8
2008
11
2007
19
2006
14
2005
15
2004
15
2003
14
2002
14
2001
16
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Morristown Quarry sits in Hamblen County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Hamblen County, Tennessee · Population 64,930
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$52,794
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
A non-fatal accident occurred on October 10, 2022, at approximately 08:55. A customer truck was leaving the property when customer drifted off the paved road causing the dump truck to roll onto its passenger side. It took EMS greater than 30 minutes to remove the driver from the truck.
Employee twisted knee while greasing a short pump drive line between the engine and gearbox on the back of deck engine.
2015 · 1 incident
December 21, 2015TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Driver was unloading pails of lubricant product for delivery. The pails were on a pallet. He stepped on to the pallet to pick up 2 pails and his left foot caught on the shrink wrap. As he was falling he tried to catch himself with his right leg. He pulled the hamstring in his right leg as he fell. Weather conditions were dry.
2013 · 1 incident
February 8, 2013TN · Metal/Non-MetaldispatcherOTHER
Employee of Brabston Trucking & Excavating suffered a heart attack while replacing supplies on his truck. The loader operator noticed employee on the ground behind his truck. Mining employees used the AED on-site and performed CPR, to attempt to stabilize him until EMT's arrived. He was transported to hospital, and was pronounced dead.
2007 · 1 incident
July 6, 2007TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH AND CHEATER BAR TO LOOSEN LUG NUTS ON A TIRE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE ROTATION ON A MOTOR THE HUB BROKE CAUSING A PIECE TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE BELOW HIS SAFETY GLASSES ON HIS LEFT CHEEK RESULTING IN A FACIAL LACERATION
1994 · 1 incident
June 10, 1994TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE HAD A PERIODIC SCREENING CHEST X-RAY READ BY THREE "B" READERS USING THE ID PROCEDURES.THE X-RAY WAS CHARACTERIZED AS CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH READINGS OF 1/1, 1/2 AND PARE NCHYMAL NOT RATED.DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT CANNOT BEDETERMINED BY ONLY READING CHEST X-RAYS THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO SATISFY MSHA PROGRAM POLICY LETTER P91-III-2.
1991 · 1 incident
August 1, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER SEAL RING, REMOVING PLUNGER EMPLOYEE WASNOT AWARE THE WELD FLASH FROM OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS AFECTING HIS EYES. HE RECEIVED TREATMENT LATER THAT NIGHT AS LOCAL HSOP PITAL E.R. EYES WASHED PATCHED & PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN.
March 25, 1987TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS TH9EADING NEW CABLE ON CRANE SNATCH BLOCK AND HAD SIGNALLED OPEATOR TO BOOM UP. CRANE OPERATOR BOOMED UP AND CAUGHT LEFT FINGER UNDER SHIEVE AND CABLE.
1984 · 1 incident
March 13, 1984TN · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
BATTERY ON WATER SPRINKLER TRUCK WAS LOW & TRUCK WAS ROLLED OFF TO START. WHEELS WERE TURNED TOWARD QUARRY WALL & COULDN\T BE STRAIGHTENED. TRUCK ROLLED OVER WALL & STOPPED ON EDGE 50\ BELOW.
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