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Rhea County Stone: 123 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Dayton, Rhea County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000082

Rhea County Stone has $21K 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
5
Years on record
1993–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
123
citations
34
significant & substantial
$20,781
proposed penalties
$20,781
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rogers Group, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
84
inspections on record
1,322
inspection hours
9.3
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.
123 citations across 1,322 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rhea County Stone has $21K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
123 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-04.
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.
27.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.6%
reasonably likely or greater
51.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.1% low, 91.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 83%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 17%
71%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
77%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $2K 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 2012-04-09.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2011-581M Withdrawal Gill 2013 $4K → $0
SE 2010-293M Settlement Lewis 2011 $2K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-05-20
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz17
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.24 0.31 Cleanup Man
2025-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Truck Driver
2025-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 1.16 0.53 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 1.1 0.55 Truck Driver
2023-05-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.85 0.58 Cleanup Man
2019-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.84 0.48 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 1.26 0.51 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-08-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.44 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-08-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 1 0.57 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-06-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.11 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-12-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 1.22 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-10-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.84 2.23 0.38 Truck Driver
2007-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-10-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-02-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.38 0.10 Truck Driver
2004-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 1.61 0.47 Mechanic
2004-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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.

Rhea County Stone 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 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. Rhea County Limestone Company 1950 to 1997
  2. Rogers Group, Inc. 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 9
2024 10
2023 9
2022 9
2021 10
2020 8
2019 9
2018 8
2017 8
2016 8
2015 7
2014 8
2013 8
2012 9
2011 8
2010 10
2009 9
2008 12
2007 9
2006 10
2005 11
2004 8
2003 9
2002 11
2001 12
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rhea County Stone sits in Rhea County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Rhea County, Tennessee · Population 33,299
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,133
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 6,611 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,808 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,650 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,557 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,113 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,185 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,247 1 0 235.5
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,718 2 0 297.7
2024 Q1 5,019 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,308 4 0 928.5
2023 Q3 4,430 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,526 1 0 220.9
2023 Q1 5,279 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,784 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,372 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,418 2 1 452.7
2022 Q1 4,384 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,253 1 0 307.4
2021 Q3 5,384 2 0 371.5
2021 Q2 4,563 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,989 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,714 3 0 807.8
2020 Q3 3,602 1 0 277.6
2020 Q2 4,304 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,618 1 0 216.5
2019 Q4 3,501 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,627 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,234 2 1 618.4
2019 Q1 4,492 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,930 1 0 254.5
2018 Q3 2,807 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,763 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,606 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,884 5 2 1287.3
2017 Q3 3,577 3 0 838.7
2017 Q2 2,776 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,410 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,358 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,895 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,914 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,885 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,199 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,924 2 2 406.2
2015 Q2 3,278 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,773 5 1 1325.2
2014 Q4 4,163 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,028 1 0 248.3
2014 Q2 3,791 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,462 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,420 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,975 2 1 503.1
2013 Q2 3,651 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,567 1 0 219.0
2012 Q4 3,434 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,526 3 1 542.9
2012 Q2 4,021 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,792 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,227 3 1 709.7
2011 Q3 4,987 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,672 3 1 817.0
2011 Q1 3,070 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,408 2 2 586.9
2010 Q3 3,926 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,143 2 1 482.7
2010 Q1 5,416 3 1 553.9
2009 Q4 2,240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,614 10 5 3825.6
2009 Q2 3,805 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,907 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,368 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,325 2 1 601.5
2008 Q2 4,515 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,236 2 0 894.5
2007 Q4 4,462 2 0 448.2
2007 Q3 5,217 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,170 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,500 4 2 888.9
2006 Q4 4,349 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,120 2 0 390.6
2006 Q2 7,008 4 0 570.8
2006 Q1 4,338 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,010 3 1 598.8
2005 Q2 7,104 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,931 5 2 1014.0
2004 Q4 3,189 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,320 4 0 1204.8
2004 Q2 4,577 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,900 4 0 1025.6
2003 Q4 5,376 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,613 4 0 712.6
2003 Q2 3,688 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,153 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,435 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,769 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,389 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,282 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,031 2 0 397.5
2001 Q3 5,236 6 3 1145.9
2001 Q2 5,066 4 1 789.6
2001 Q1 5,004 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,563 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,982 2 0 401.4
2000 Q2 4,133 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,837 5 3 856.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2024 · 1 incident

January 8, 2024 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Rogers Group, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loading a shot, was struck in the head by the moving Auger Tube. (recordable after the appointment on 2/13/24)

2018 · 1 incident

November 5, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was performing task of flipping the chute gate at the finishing screen to re-direct material onto another conveyor.

2014 · 1 incident

June 26, 2014 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Rogers Group, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

contract employee severed right index finger while performing task of emptying used oil filters into his truck. He also broke his right ring finger as a result of this pinch point injury.

1995 · 1 incident

September 25, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rhea County Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON WAS GETTING DOWN FROM LOADER AND SLIPPED ON SOME OIL ON STEP AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WHEN HE SLIPPED. PERSON HAS PULLED SOME LIGAMENTS IN HIS SHOULDER.

1993 · 1 incident

June 11, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rhea County Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object

JUMPED FROM CAB OFF TRUCK INTO TRUCK BED SHATTERING HEEL BONE.