Mining Incidents

North Benton Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kyle Norwood
Big Sandy, Benton County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003257

North Benton has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
20
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,355
proposed penalties
$2,355
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
29
inspections on record
255
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: 255 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

North Benton has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-12-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2023 Q4 28 1 0 35714.3
2023 Q3 152 1 0 6578.9
2023 Q2 313 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 344 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 200 1 0 5000.0
2022 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 421 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 265 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 303 1 0 3300.3
2019 Q1 137 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,280 2 0 1562.5
2018 Q1 1,055 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 200 1 0 5000.0
2016 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 258 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 116 1 1 8620.7
2015 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 333 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10 2 0 200000.0
2014 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 149 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 143 1 1 6993.0
2014 Q1 428 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 169 1 1 5917.2
2013 Q1 245 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 100 3 0 30000.0
2011 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 307 2 1 6514.7
2010 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 314 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 182 2 0 10989.0
2009 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 317 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 171 1 0 5848.0
2008 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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