Mining Incidents

Riverbend Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Jefferson City, Grainger County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003224

Riverbend Quarry has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
50
citations
16
significant & substantial
$73,626
proposed penalties
$47,226
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
19
inspections on record
461
inspection hours
n/a
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: 461 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Riverbend Quarry has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $300 outstanding across 5 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.
$74K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$47K
paid to date
$300
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-30.
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
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,771 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,492 2 0 572.7
2012 Q1 3,274 1 0 305.4
2011 Q4 2,838 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 2,923 2 0 684.2
2011 Q2 2,800 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,168 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,085 2 2 489.6
2010 Q3 5,345 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,725 5 1 873.4
2010 Q1 4,445 14 6 3149.6
2009 Q4 5,262 3 1 570.1
2009 Q3 4,425 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,064 4 1 789.9
2009 Q1 4,204 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,693 2 0 742.7
2008 Q3 3,160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,980 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,092 5 1 1221.9
2007 Q4 4,594 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,766 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,717 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,674 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,933 6 3 2045.7
2006 Q3 2,609 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,334 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,694 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,126 4 1 1881.5
2005 Q3 2,579 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,161 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,769 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,528 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,690 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

March 30, 2012 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregates USA LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking on the ground surface from one piece of equipment to another he fell.

2010 · 1 incident

February 12, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
Aggregates USA LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee loss of life came complications from a vehicle incident off mine property on 2/9/10 per coroners report

2009 · 1 incident

February 5, 2009 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverbend Construction Materials LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was walking through the plant to his task, when he stepped on a patch of ice. His footing slipped and strained his back. The miner did not fall.

2007 · 1 incident

May 5, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Riverbend Construction Materials LLC · Fall from piled material

The employee was walking down the muck pile from the excavator when a large rock rolled down and pinched his leg against another large rock. He fell, the result being a chipped bone in his right ankle.

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