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Pit #1 & Plant: 108 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brian J Beretta
Newport, Cocke County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003016

Pit #1 & Plant has $12K 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
5
Years on record
1989–2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
108
citations
22
significant & substantial
$11,853
proposed penalties
$11,853
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Newport Sand & Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,388
inspection hours
7.8
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.
108 citations across 1,388 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pit #1 & Plant has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-18.
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.
20.4%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
20.4%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.0% low, 86.1% moderate, 1.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2024-04-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (31)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Ball Mill Operator
2022-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Building Repair/Maint.
2022-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Packaging Operations Worker
2022-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.76 0.30 Cleanup Man
2020-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2020-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2020-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2015-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-04-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2010-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.92 0.25 Truck Driver
2007-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.12 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2006-04-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2005-01-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-01-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Truck Driver
2005-01-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Cleanup Man
2004-07-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.81 0.26 Cleanup Man
2004-07-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.49 0.69 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.71 0.54 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.

Pit #1 & Plant 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 2.77 2.77 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.
Ownership history
  1. Newport Sand & Gravel 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 33
2025 32
2024 32
2023 32
2022 32
2021 32
2020 31
2019 28
2018 28
2017 26
2016 25
2015 21
2014 20
2013 18
2012 19
2011 18
2010 17
2009 17
2008 17
2007 16
2006 13
2005 15
2004 12
2003 10
2002 10
2001 11
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pit #1 & Plant sits in Cocke County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Cocke County, Tennessee · Population 36,503
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$48,416
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 19,929 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 15,956 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 23,425 2 0 85.4
2025 Q3 21,027 1 0 47.6
2025 Q2 19,238 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 19,230 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 18,097 1 0 55.3
2024 Q3 20,927 2 0 95.6
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 20,303 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 18,678 1 1 53.5
2023 Q4 14,625 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 15,476 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 22,963 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 19,032 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 16,244 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 21,839 1 0 45.8
2022 Q2 23,115 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 20,875 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 23,443 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 22,797 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 22,717 1 0 44.0
2021 Q1 18,845 1 0 53.1
2020 Q4 19,225 4 0 208.1
2020 Q3 19,683 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 22,468 1 0 44.5
2020 Q1 17,472 2 0 114.5
2019 Q4 18,686 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 20,852 3 2 143.9
2019 Q2 21,864 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 20,275 1 0 49.3
2018 Q4 18,430 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 20,440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 20,187 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 16,741 1 0 59.7
2017 Q4 16,508 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 15,595 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 18,387 1 0 54.4
2017 Q1 17,849 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 15,957 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 19,966 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 20,148 2 1 99.3
2016 Q1 14,731 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 14,295 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 17,678 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 15,731 1 0 63.6
2015 Q1 12,322 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 14,389 1 0 69.5
2014 Q3 14,196 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 13,460 5 1 371.5
2014 Q1 8,799 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,638 1 0 94.0
2013 Q3 11,925 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 11,461 3 2 261.8
2013 Q1 8,135 2 0 245.9
2012 Q4 10,037 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 11,096 5 0 450.6
2012 Q2 11,400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 9,215 2 1 217.0
2011 Q4 10,415 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 11,134 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 10,518 1 1 95.1
2011 Q1 6,228 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,977 2 2 222.8
2010 Q3 10,349 4 0 386.5
2010 Q2 10,670 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,023 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,327 1 0 120.1
2009 Q3 9,033 3 0 332.1
2009 Q2 10,085 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,698 1 0 175.5
2008 Q4 8,905 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,068 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 10,512 4 0 380.5
2008 Q1 7,110 3 2 421.9
2007 Q4 7,800 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 12,322 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,604 4 1 416.5
2007 Q1 7,078 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,119 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,495 5 1 526.6
2006 Q2 8,771 4 0 456.0
2006 Q1 6,797 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,712 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,866 3 0 381.4
2005 Q2 9,354 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,363 3 0 471.5
2004 Q4 6,509 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,617 10 5 1511.3
2004 Q2 6,385 1 0 156.6
2004 Q1 5,351 2 0 373.8
2003 Q4 5,518 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,012 1 0 142.6
2003 Q2 7,097 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,449 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,631 4 1 603.2
2002 Q3 7,112 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,237 1 0 138.2
2002 Q1 5,427 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,878 2 0 340.3
2001 Q3 7,055 2 0 283.5
2001 Q2 7,348 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,435 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,901 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,578 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,111 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,292 1 0 189.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

May 31, 2023 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Newport Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

Injured employee was checking engine fluids and fell.

2017 · 1 incident

July 26, 2017 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Newport Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

Injured worker was exiting the cab of a front end loader. IW failed to grab the handrail and fell to the ground. Left arm was fractured. Handrail was inspected by both the operator in pre-shift inspection and company personnel. It was found to be in proper working order.

2000 · 1 incident

March 27, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Newport Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAINTENANCE MAN WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TODISLODGE ROCKS FROM THE FEEDER GRIZZLEY WHEN HE MISSED AND THE HAMMER HANDLE CONTACTED HIS KNEE.

1992 · 1 incident

March 7, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Newport Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEAN UP WORK, STARTING TO DUMP BUCKET RAISED MACHINE TILTED FORWARD THROWING R LEG OUT OF COMPARTMENT HITTING BOOM CONTROL PINCHING ANKLE BETWEEN BOOM AND FRAME

1989 · 1 incident

May 31, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Newport Sand & Gravel · Struck by powered moving object

BOBCAT OPERATOR WAS TRANSPORTING A OXYGEN BOTTLE IN THE BUCKET OF THE MACHINE TO BE PLACED IN A RACK ON A WELDING TRK ACCORDING TO WITNESS OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST & AK DISTRACTION OCCU RRED CAUSING HIM TO LOOK AWAY MOMENTARILY & AT THAT TIME WAS TO CLOSE TO THE WELDING TRUCK OPERATOR TO AVOID STRIKING HIM & RESULTING IN A FX LEG