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Old Fort Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Benton, TN, Polk County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003000

Old Fort Quarry has $263K in proposed MSHA penalties and $77K outstanding across 16 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Apr 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
332
citations
130
significant & substantial
$263,424
proposed penalties
$112,688
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $150,736 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
91
inspections on record
1,474
inspection hours
22.5
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.
332 citations across 1,474 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Old Fort Quarry has $263K in proposed MSHA penalties and $77K outstanding across 16 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.
$263K
proposed penalties
$190K
current assessed
$113K
paid to date
$77K
outstanding
324 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-09.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 1 0
2025 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 95 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 160 3 0 18750.0
2021 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 153 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 126 1 0 7936.5
2020 Q4 156 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 30 1 0 33333.3
2017 Q3 3,274 2 0 610.9
2017 Q2 4,165 2 1 480.2
2017 Q1 4,215 1 0 237.2
2016 Q4 4,900 10 6 2040.8
2016 Q3 4,191 35 19 8351.2
2016 Q2 3,468 7 3 2018.5
2016 Q1 2,845 6 3 2109.0
2015 Q4 4,453 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,863 9 2 1311.4
2015 Q2 6,411 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,145 9 3 1464.6
2014 Q4 7,100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,661 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,000 12 1 1500.0
2013 Q4 10,058 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,795 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,133 7 2 860.7
2013 Q1 9,257 4 1 432.1
2012 Q4 9,670 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10,188 5 1 490.8
2012 Q1 10,027 7 3 698.1
2011 Q4 12,762 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 11,740 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 11,078 3 1 270.8
2010 Q3 11,442 9 8 786.6
2010 Q2 11,794 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10,386 9 2 866.6
2009 Q4 11,294 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 12,437 3 2 241.2
2009 Q2 12,693 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 11,516 16 7 1389.4
2008 Q4 11,966 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,654 5 3 429.0
2008 Q2 13,091 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 14,845 30 18 2020.9
2007 Q4 13,411 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 12,786 12 3 938.5
2007 Q2 12,475 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,280 5 1 443.3
2006 Q4 11,837 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 12,626 7 2 554.4
2006 Q2 13,902 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 13,670 7 2 512.1
2005 Q4 13,239 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 13,385 2 1 149.4
2005 Q2 14,807 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 13,240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 12,359 8 1 647.3
2004 Q3 13,111 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 12,544 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,004 7 1 499.9
2003 Q4 12,911 5 0 387.3
2003 Q3 13,357 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 12,320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 13,259 9 2 678.8
2002 Q4 12,804 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,430 4 0 321.8
2002 Q2 12,981 13 2 1001.5
2002 Q1 13,984 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 13,268 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 13,620 11 5 807.6
2001 Q2 14,651 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 13,329 4 1 300.1
2000 Q4 13,664 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,912 21 14 1509.5
2000 Q2 11,700 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12,791 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1992 · 1 incident

April 14, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & S Rock, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE STEAM GINNY TO STEAM OFF HIS TRUCK AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD ACROSSS A RADIATOR THAT WAS BEHIND HIM.

1990 · 3 incidents

September 13, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
S & S Rock, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DROP BALL ON CRANE HIT HIM BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS

March 16, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & S Rock, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING DOWN FROM LOADER & LADDER CAME LOOSE & CAUSED ARM & NECK STRAIN

February 16, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & S Rock, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HAND AS HE FELL OVER GENERATOR.

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