Mining Incidents

Potter South East Stone Facility Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dwayne Potter
LaFollette, Campbell County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003530

Potter South East Stone Facility has $131K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2021–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
240
citations
67
significant & substantial
$130,645
proposed penalties
$105,133
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,512 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
79
inspections on record
1,257
inspection hours
19.1
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.
240 citations across 1,257 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Potter South East Stone Facility has $131K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 11 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.
$131K
proposed penalties
$120K
current assessed
$105K
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
196 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-19.
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 2,679 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,005 5 0 999.0
2025 Q2 3,351 2 0 596.8
2025 Q1 3,206 4 0 1247.7
2024 Q4 2,898 1 0 345.1
2024 Q3 2,126 12 3 5644.4
2024 Q2 1,625 2 0 1230.8
2024 Q1 4,852 5 0 1030.5
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,857 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,086 9 0 1478.8
2023 Q2 6,758 20 3 2959.5
2023 Q1 7,614 5 0 656.7
2022 Q4 7,658 2 0 261.2
2022 Q3 4,573 14 7 3061.4
2022 Q2 6,236 20 11 3207.2
2022 Q1 3,377 3 1 888.4
2021 Q4 5,963 8 2 1341.6
2021 Q3 8,362 40 10 4783.5
2021 Q2 6,548 7 5 1069.0
2021 Q1 8,529 2 0 234.5
2020 Q4 5,750 30 13 5217.4
2020 Q3 7,860 7 3 890.6
2020 Q2 7,363 2 0 271.6
2020 Q1 1,062 37 9 34839.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2025 · 1 incident

June 9, 2025 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Potter South East LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a hydraulic hose to remove it from drill. Pulled left pectoral muscle.

2024 · 1 incident

2023 · 1 incident

2022 · 3 incidents

October 3, 2022 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Potter South East LLC · Struck by flying object

EE was changing a bucket and putting a hammer on. EE was using a sledge hammer to knock the pins in, when a piece of the pin chipped and went into EE's first finger on their left hand.

August 24, 2022 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Potter South East LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Walking toward the truck, tripped and fell onto a sharp rock, laceration to left elbow

June 11, 2022 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Potter South East LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a grease gun when the hose blew and grease got into EE's left thumb.

2021 · 3 incidents

November 30, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Potter South East LLC · Struck against a moving object

Truck lost all air pressure and was hung in neutral. EE came from top of the hill with no brakes, hit a berm then hit a tree to get stopped.

June 15, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Potter South East LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped off the screen machine onto a rock and rolled ankle.

May 26, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Potter South East LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was straightening belts on crusher pulley. Employee's left hand got caught between pulley and belt lines.

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