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Riverside Drive Quarry: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Knoxville, Knox County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4002187

Riverside Drive Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1985–2006
Latest incident
Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
45
citations
7
significant & substantial
$7,555
proposed penalties
$7,395
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $160 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
982
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: 982 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Riverside Drive Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $540 in penalties contested before the Commission, $380 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-27.
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.
15.6%
significant & substantial
2.2%
high negligence or reckless
17.8%
reasonably likely or greater
53.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.3% low, 84.4% moderate, 2.2% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$540 proposed, $380 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 2012-02-24.
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 2012-295M Settlement Zielinski 2012 $540 → $380
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: 2024-03-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg21
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (27)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-03-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Bulldozer Operator
2024-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-06-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2018-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2018-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2013-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-06-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2007-06-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.91 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2004-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 1.42 0.41 Cleanup Man
2004-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
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.

Riverside Drive Quarry 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 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. Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 14
2024 15
2023 13
2022 14
2021 12
2020 14
2019 13
2018 13
2017 13
2016 12
2015 6
2014 6
2013 8
2012 7
2011 8
2010 7
2009 8
2008 14
2007 22
2006 18
2005 15
2004 14
2003 14
2002 14
2001 14
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Riverside Drive Quarry sits in Knox 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.
Knox County, Tennessee · Population 487,401
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,662
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 6,942 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,714 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,801 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,485 3 0 400.8
2025 Q2 7,401 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,954 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,553 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,167 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,211 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,253 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,783 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,278 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,341 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,123 1 0 140.4
2022 Q3 8,167 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,251 1 0 121.2
2022 Q1 7,661 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,420 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,630 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,916 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,665 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,728 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,844 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,460 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,425 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,214 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,915 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,621 1 1 151.0
2019 Q1 7,325 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 8,079 3 1 371.3
2018 Q3 8,495 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,221 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,222 1 0 160.7
2017 Q4 5,667 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,476 1 0 154.4
2017 Q2 6,643 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,657 1 0 130.6
2016 Q4 6,027 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,710 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,819 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,571 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,652 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,898 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,816 3 0 786.2
2015 Q1 3,369 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,125 1 0 195.1
2014 Q2 2,869 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,945 1 0 339.6
2013 Q4 2,018 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,569 2 0 560.4
2013 Q2 3,527 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,064 1 0 164.9
2012 Q4 2,653 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,577 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,334 1 0 299.9
2012 Q1 4,019 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,733 1 0 267.9
2011 Q3 4,469 3 0 671.3
2011 Q2 3,952 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,548 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,326 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,815 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,825 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,881 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,708 1 1 212.4
2009 Q3 3,696 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,930 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,456 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 8,444 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,526 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,798 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,911 8 2 1157.6
2007 Q4 7,513 1 0 133.1
2007 Q3 10,367 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13,162 2 0 152.0
2007 Q1 12,202 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 15,945 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 13,857 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 14,483 2 0 138.1
2006 Q1 13,586 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 11,788 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 11,400 1 0 87.7
2005 Q2 11,940 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9,456 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,998 1 0 100.0
2004 Q3 6,361 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,573 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 9,538 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,057 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,647 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 11,958 1 0 83.6
2003 Q1 5,648 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,885 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,260 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,990 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,385 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,842 1 1 101.6
2001 Q3 9,214 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,273 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 7,839 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,711 2 1 206.0
2000 Q3 10,069 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,115 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,282 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

June 14, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Cutting edge on dozer blade came off. Employee got off dozer to pick up cutting edge and laid it on dozer arm. It slipped off and hit him on left foot resulting in a fracture to foot.

1997 · 1 incident

August 27, 1997 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE AND ANOTHER EE WAS USING A COME A LONG TO REPLACE TRACK ON DOZER. THE CHAIN BROKE AND HIT EE ON SIDE OF FACE.

1996 · 1 incident

October 9, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING FRONT HOUSING ON A LOADER. HE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LOOSEN BOLTS. THE EE GOT HIS FINGER TO CLOSE TO THE WO RK AREA & HAMMER MASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HISLEFT HAND. RECEIVED FRACTURE TO BONE IN SECOND JOINT & 10 STITCHES.

1988 · 1 incident

December 8, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

OPERATOR GETTING OFF TO REFUEL WHEN HE STEPPED ON BLADE ARM FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL ON R HAND

1985 · 1 incident

May 18, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ENTERED SCREEN TOWER TO CHECK BEARINGS WHEN COUNTER WEIGHT BROKE, WENT UP TO ROOF HIT BEAM CAME DOWN STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HARD HAT CUTTING HEAD.