RGI Cumberland Mountain Sand has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
77
citations
23
significant & substantial
$17,847
proposed penalties
$17,129
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $718 gap.
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: 542 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
RGI Cumberland Mountain Sand has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-18.
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.
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 · 9% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 43%
Stood as issued
4 · 57%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $4K 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 2011-01-27.
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: 2010-11-18, 15 years ago
8
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-11-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Screen/Scalper Operator
2009-04-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-12-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
Truck Driver
2006-12-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-12-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-11-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
RGI Cumberland Mountain Sand recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.92 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
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
16.43
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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
2010
7
2009
7
2008
7
2007
15
2006
8
2005
9
2004
11
2003
14
2002
16
2001
11
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
RGI Cumberland Mountain Sand sits in Coffee 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.
Coffee County, Tennessee · Population 58,940
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,656
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
2010 Q4
761
15
7
19710.9
2010 Q3
2,398
5
1
2085.1
2010 Q2
3,471
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,127
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,159
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,646
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,330
9
3
3862.7
2009 Q1
1,378
0
0
0.0
Show 35 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4
1,616
4
2
2475.2
2008 Q3
3,323
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,664
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,646
2
0
430.5
2007 Q4
3,148
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,517
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,329
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,893
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,355
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,296
4
0
755.3
2006 Q2
5,443
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,397
15
4
2027.8
2005 Q3
6,842
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,525
2
0
362.0
2005 Q1
1,278
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,207
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,049
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,877
2
0
253.9
2004 Q1
6,217
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
10,048
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
9,883
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,982
2
1
222.7
2003 Q1
4,323
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,962
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
10,495
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,416
5
1
674.2
2002 Q1
1,457
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,716
4
0
848.2
2001 Q3
6,643
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,137
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
4,515
2
1
443.0
2000 Q4
5,784
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,305
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,191
1
0
139.1
2000 Q1
7,733
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2004 · 2 incidents
June 10, 2004TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ee was using a pry bar to rotated the tail pulley on a conveyor. The pry bar slipped out catching his hand between the bar and the catwalk on the conveyor causing a laceration to little finger.
April 6, 2004TN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING AN ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT. WHEN HE PULLED ON THE HANDLE IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND, STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH CAUSING A CHIPPED TOOTH.
1996 · 1 incident
April 22, 1996TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE A PIN ON THE END OF THE BOOM ON THE BACKHOE. WHEN THE PIN CAME OUT THE PRY BAR CAME BACK AND STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FOREHEAD AND REQUIRING STITCHES .
1992 · 1 incident
October 21, 1992TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL OPERATING CHAIN SAW REMOVING OVERBURNED EXPERIENCED KICK-BACK SAW CAME IN CONTACT WITH RIGHT LEG PRODUCING LACERATION THAT HAD TO BE CLOSED WITH SUTURES.
June 23, 1988TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS