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.
83 citations across 1,335 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Parsons Quarry has $95K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$95K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $63K in penalties contested before the Commission, $23K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-20.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 86%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 14%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
64%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$62K proposed, $23K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2012-07-02.
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: 2024-11-20
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg23
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (35)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2021-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-10-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2018-06-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-06-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2016-11-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2016-11-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2012-12-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2009-10-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
1.97
0.22
Truck Driver
2009-10-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
2.53
10
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-02-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2006-02-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.58
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
1.86
0.27
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2004-10-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Mechanic
2004-10-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.65
10
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Cleanup Man
2003-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.33
0.20
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
1.89
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-02-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2001-02-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2001-02-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Parsons 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 *
2.65
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 *
0.00
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
29
2025
32
2024
33
2023
27
2022
28
2021
25
2020
25
2019
25
2018
23
2017
22
2016
18
2015
21
2014
19
2013
24
2012
26
2011
25
2010
23
2009
17
2008
21
2007
27
2006
26
2005
29
2004
29
2003
29
2002
30
2001
32
2000
39
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Parsons Quarry sits in Decatur County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Decatur County, Tennessee · Population 11,499
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$46,190
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
Employee was trimming the bottom tab off a poly-deck screen so it would fit flush against the side of the screen. EE was utilizing a retractable razor knife and as EE cut away from self the blade slipped off catching the tip of EE's left ring finger.
2018 · 1 incident
April 17, 2018TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
Audiologist evaluation of annual audiogram shows that a reportable hearing loss has occurred.
2013 · 1 incident
November 22, 2013TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee allegedly slipped while exiting the truck, and complaining of back pain
2011 · 1 incident
September 20, 2011TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
The employee in reference has allegedly stated that his lower back & right leg has been injured while working at the facility crusher run tunnel area. The employee was operating a D8-R cat dozer in & around the crusher run tunnel stockpile area at the time of the incident. The employee allegedly has stopped the dozer & stepped down onto the stockpile area to relieve his self.
The injured EE was changing a screen at the plant and was sliding the replacement screen over another screen to get it into place. There was slack in the come-a-long and his right middle finger was caught between the screens requiring stitches.
2005 · 1 incident
July 26, 2005TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL WIRE FROM POLE TO POLE AND SLIPPED ON UNLEVEL GROUND. HE TRIED TO BRACE HIMSELF FROM THE FALL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.
2004 · 1 incident
December 29, 2004TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH INSTALLATION OF A NEW SCREEN. HE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF RUBBER TO CUT IN HIS LEFT HAND AND THE KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE RUBBER AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB, RESULTING I N STITCHES.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED INTO THE PLANT IN A PICKUP TRUCK TO START WORK. THE QUARRY FLOOR WAS WET FROM RAIN AND AS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE TRUCK, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
THE EE WAS WORKING ON THE CONE CRUSHER CONTROLS & UPON COMPLETION HE CLOSED THE DOOR WITH HIS FOOT. WHILE PUSHING HE FELT A POP & PAIN IN HIS RT. FOOT. IT RESULTED IN A CRACKED BONE AT LITTLE TOE ON RT. FOOT.
WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE PUSHER BOLTS OUT OF SPROCKET, SPROCKET WAS GREASY CO WORKER TRIED TO GET BOLT LOOSE AND SPROCKET SLIPPED OUT OF INJURED EE S HAND AND FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
2001 · 3 incidents
August 3, 2001TN · Metal/Non-Metalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operatorMACHINERY
THE EE WAS PERFORMING A PRESHIFT INSPECTION ON A LOADER. HE STEPPED FROM THE LOADER TO CHECK THE LIGHTS AND WHEN STEPPING TO GROUND, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
June 14, 2001TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE INJURED EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE IN LOADING A COMPRESSED GAS CYLINDER ON A TRUCK. THE CYLINDER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS LEFT ANKLE, FRACTURING SMALL BONE.
THE EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO CHUTES AND REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A 1/2" BOLT AND STATED HIS BACK WENT OUT.
1998 · 3 incidents
August 13, 1998TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EE ALLEGED THAT HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER BUT COULD NOT SAY WHAT D AC TIME AND LOCATION THAT THE INJURY OCCURED. SINCE TREATMENT BY A PHYSICAL HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TURNER ON HIS SHO ULDER.
May 18, 1998TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT LINER FROM A LOADER BUCKET. THE LINER SPRUNG OUT AND KNOCKED THE TORCH FROM HIS HAND. IT FLIPPED PAST HIS NECK AND FLAME BURNED NECK.
1997 · 3 incidents
October 26, 1997TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EE WAS INSTALLING A WATER PUMP IN PLANT AND WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO TRIM A WIRE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB, RESULTING IN 2 STITCHES.
1995 · 2 incidents
December 4, 1995TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE STATED HE STEPPED OUT OF PICKUP AND HURT HIS BACK. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED HIS INJURY WAS NOT WORK RELATED. "THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY."
WHILE PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE, STEEL POPPED UP AND HIT RIGHT ARM.
1992 · 1 incident
July 23, 1992TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
REMOVING ROCK FROM DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH PRY BAR SAY'S HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA. REPORTED EIGHT DAYS LATER. EMPLOYEE BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 8-13-90 HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK AS O F TODAY 8-27-90.