Mining Incidents

Old Virgil Reed Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Sparta, White County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003506

Old Virgil Reed Quarry 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 2019
12
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,182
proposed penalties
$2,182
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
14
inspections on record
126
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: 126 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Old Virgil Reed Quarry 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
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-01.
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
2025 Q4 3,701 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,891 1 0 257.0
2025 Q2 3,501 1 0 285.6
2025 Q1 1,961 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,261 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,921 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,521 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,402 0 0 0.0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,401 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,521 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,401 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,751 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,251 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,701 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,101 1 0 322.5
2022 Q1 2,311 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,041 5 3 1644.2
2021 Q3 3,101 1 0 322.5
2021 Q2 3,131 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,651 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,961 2 1 1019.9
2020 Q3 2,041 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,981 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,661 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,081 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,841 1 0 543.2
2019 Q1 721 0 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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