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Newport Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Newport, Cocke County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003270

Newport Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2016–2021
Latest incident
Feb 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,479
proposed penalties
$1,479
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
55
inspections on record
636
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: 636 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Newport Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 5,084 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,041 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,574 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,074 1 0 325.3
2024 Q4 4,753 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,086 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,591 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,871 0 0 0.0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 728 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,691 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,342 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,721 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,879 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,869 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,734 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,438 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,193 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,400 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,673 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,003 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 949 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,679 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,103 1 0 243.7
2019 Q4 2,935 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,365 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,758 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,420 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,699 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,201 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,458 1 0 154.8
2018 Q1 3,259 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,123 1 1 163.3
2017 Q2 4,899 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,074 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,924 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,531 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,072 1 1 197.2
2016 Q1 4,002 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 834 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,267 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,742 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,912 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,685 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,965 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,873 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,707 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,315 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,172 1 0 460.4
2012 Q4 1,376 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,278 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,782 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 871 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,222 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,103 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,137 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,841 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,322 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,040 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,925 1 0 341.9
2009 Q3 1,645 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,816 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,507 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,054 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,819 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,410 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,188 1 0 161.6
2007 Q4 5,742 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,402 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,549 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,397 1 0 185.3
2006 Q3 6,347 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,751 2 0 347.8
2006 Q1 7,666 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,809 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2021 · 1 incident

February 3, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Rubbed or abraded

EE was utilizing an impact wrench to remove a bolt from the guarding at C-5 tail and reached hand to hold the nut on the backside of the guarding to prevent it from spinning. Power to the impact driver caused the nut to spin and the nut cut the inside of the employee's left middle finger.

2018 · 1 incident

2016 · 1 incident

May 25, 2016 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee was working with another employee to put the tooth back onto the bucket of the PC600 excavator. Injured employee was holding the tooth into position, while the other employee hit the keeper pin with a sledge hammer. As the employee hit the keeper pin into position the hammer bounced off the keeper pin striking the employee's left hand mashing thumb

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