Mining Incidents

Rockford Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Rockford, Blount County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003186

Rockford Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
39
citations
20
significant & substantial
$4,112
proposed penalties
$4,112
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
29
inspections on record
425
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: 425 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rockford Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-13.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,418 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,450 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,958 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,141 2 0 483.0
2006 Q1 4,082 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,969 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,935 2 0 288.4
2005 Q2 8,332 2 0 240.0
2005 Q1 7,154 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,896 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,342 1 0 157.7
2004 Q1 8,110 4 3 493.2
2003 Q4 7,869 1 0 127.1
2003 Q3 10,420 8 6 767.8
2003 Q2 11,468 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,232 11 6 1521.0
2002 Q4 7,641 2 2 261.7
2002 Q3 9,045 5 3 552.8
2002 Q2 9,425 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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