Rutherford Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
1989–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
108
citations
30
significant & substantial
$18,319
proposed penalties
$18,311
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8 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.
108 citations across 1,315 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-02-19.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Rutherford Quarry has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
107 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $508 in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-18.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 80%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 20%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$508 proposed, $400 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 2015-08-02.
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: 2024-03-28
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (38)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-03-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
Cleanup Man
2024-03-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-03-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-03-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Utility Man
2017-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
1.53
0.37
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
2.28
0.14
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-12-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.67
0.20
Utility Man
2010-09-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2005-04-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.95
10
0.10
Truck Driver
2005-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.64
2.69
0.24
Truck Driver
2005-04-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
1.63
0.33
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-16
Aluminum oxide fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Arsenic fumes
0
1500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Chromium, insoluble
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Copper fumes
9.8
300
0.03
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Iron oxide fumes
0.24
20
0.01
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Lead fumes
0
450
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Magnesium oxide fumes
0.13
20
0.01
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Manganese fumes
0.11
5
0.02
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Titanium dioxide fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-16
Zinc oxide fumes
0.01
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2001-11-15
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-15
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.84
10
0.18
Truck Driver
2001-11-15
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-11-15
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.45
10
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-15
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.09
10
0.21
Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
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.
Rutherford Quarry recorded 2.77 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.
2.77
total case rate
2.77
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 *
2.77
2.77
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
3.01
3.01
0.000
2021 *
6.47
6.47
0.000
2020 *
3.25
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
3.04
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
2026
31
2025
27
2024
26
2023
27
2022
26
2021
24
2020
24
2019
23
2018
25
2017
28
2016
22
2015
19
2014
15
2013
12
2012
12
2011
11
2010
15
2009
19
2008
22
2007
37
2006
28
2005
24
2004
21
2003
19
2002
19
2001
19
2000
23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rutherford Quarry sits in Rutherford 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.
Rutherford County, Tennessee · Population 351,591
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,588
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
21,004
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
18,938
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
19,119
1
0
52.3
2025 Q3
20,092
1
0
49.8
2025 Q2
17,845
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
15,062
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
17,921
1
0
55.8
2024 Q3
19,052
0
0
0.0
Show 97 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
16,473
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
15,505
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
18,850
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
16,613
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
19,811
2
0
101.0
2023 Q1
16,576
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
16,811
1
0
59.5
2022 Q3
18,167
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
16,595
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
14,769
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
15,848
1
0
63.1
2021 Q3
17,134
2
2
116.7
2021 Q2
15,288
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
13,574
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
15,925
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
15,925
3
0
188.4
2020 Q2
15,140
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
14,585
1
0
68.6
2019 Q4
14,322
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
13,978
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
14,235
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
15,097
1
0
66.2
2018 Q4
15,494
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
15,955
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
16,686
1
1
59.9
2018 Q1
17,615
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
19,558
3
1
153.4
2017 Q3
16,788
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
18,121
2
0
110.4
2017 Q1
16,082
3
0
186.5
2016 Q4
14,358
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
15,193
6
3
394.9
2016 Q2
12,985
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
15,408
1
0
64.9
2015 Q4
11,352
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
14,723
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
13,067
2
0
153.1
2015 Q1
9,234
1
0
108.3
2014 Q4
11,515
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
9,572
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
10,863
2
0
184.1
2014 Q1
4,157
1
0
240.6
2013 Q4
7,129
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
7,748
2
0
258.1
2013 Q2
6,203
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,491
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,599
1
0
217.4
2012 Q3
6,016
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
6,385
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,971
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
5,434
2
0
368.1
2011 Q3
6,760
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,912
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,479
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,473
1
0
223.6
2010 Q3
6,454
7
2
1084.6
2010 Q2
7,888
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,406
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,190
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,263
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,410
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,160
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
9,867
2
1
202.7
2008 Q3
9,745
9
0
923.6
2008 Q2
4,851
1
0
206.1
2008 Q1
14,393
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
12,023
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
12,532
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
12,624
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
12,895
8
2
620.4
2006 Q4
18,508
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
18,185
8
2
439.9
2006 Q2
17,947
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
15,595
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
15,421
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
13,890
5
5
360.0
2005 Q1
5,146
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
14,390
2
0
139.0
2004 Q3
19,476
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
18,150
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
15,124
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
12,224
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
12,326
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
11,344
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
9,637
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
9,414
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
10,575
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
13,055
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
9,841
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,178
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
11,780
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
12,899
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
11,005
2
0
181.7
2000 Q4
12,942
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
13,645
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
15,379
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
15,740
5
1
317.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
23 on file
2025 · 1 incident
July 25, 2025TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
An employee lost their footing while installing an access door on a chute. While attempting to prevent a fall, the employee used their left arm to brace themselves while still holding an impact wrench. The resulting force caused a fracture to the employee's left elbow.
2022 · 1 incident
October 27, 2022TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While walking to a portable restroom in an outside parking area, the employee slipped and hit their head on the restroom door, causing neck pain and stiffness.
2021 · 2 incidents
August 3, 2021TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While removing a bolt with a 3/8" ratchet, to remove the transmission on an F-750 service truck, the employee felt a sharp pain in the left wrist.
2020 · 1 incident
July 24, 2020TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was putting new bolts on the cutting edge on the excavator. EE's hand was pinned under the bucket.
2018 · 1 incident
August 27, 2018TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ON 1-6-17 AROUND 7:00 AM, IT WAS SNOWING AND THE ROADS GOT SLICK AND 2 DUMP TRUCKS SLID OFF THE ROAD INTO THE DITCH AND HAD ROAD BLOCKED AT FRONT ENTRANCE, EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN THE ENTRANCE ROAD, APPLIED BRAKES AND STARTED SLIDING AND COULDN'T STOP. LEFT FRONT TIRE HIT THE REAR TIRE ON DUMP TRUCK, THEN LEFT MIRROR HIT THE BED AND BROKE IT OFF. STEERING DAMAGED.
2015 · 1 incident
November 2, 2015TN · Metal/Non-Metalrefuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
was pulling up the guard with his right hand and reaching across his right arm to put a bolt in, something popped in his right shoulder, started to hurt. went to doctor to get checked out, DR. said looked like strained tendon or tear in the tendon. DR.wants to see patient again. scripts Norco for the pain at night and Etodolac for inflammatory.
2010 · 2 incidents
August 10, 2010TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cleaning out a clogged chute with a water hose when material dislodged from chute wall striking him in the hard hat which resulted in his face impacting the chute access door.
June 24, 2010TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was shoveling material from under the surge tunnel conveyor when he felt pain in his arm and hand. *The reason for the late reporting is the doctor has been evaluating this injury to see if it was new or a reoccurence of an injury to the same area in the previous year(2009).
Employee is not sure how he hurt his wrist. He did not come in contact with anything nor did he strain it in anyway. He thinks he may have hurt it during March 2009 while washing and cleaning the chutes at the primary. According to the management team, no one was aware of this incident until July 2009.
EE ALLEGES INJ OCCURRED ON 12/29/04 BUT DID NOT REPORT TO MGMT UNTIL 1/1/05. EE STATED HE STRAINED RIGHT ELBOW WHILE BEATING ON A CHUTE WITH A HAMMER TO DISLODGE SOME MATERIAL.
October 5, 2004TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE did not report this accident until 10-6-04 that he injured his lower back while washing out under pugmill scales. EE stated he needed medical attention. It was determined that he had strained a muscle in his lower back. He was released on restricted duties to return to work.
1995 · 1 incident
March 7, 1995TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE REPORTED THAT HE WAS INJURED WHILE SHOVELING GRAVEL FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR. HE SAID HE PULLE THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
1993 · 2 incidents
September 30, 1993TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING DUMP TRUCK AFTER DUMPING LOAD HE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD THAT CAUSED HIS THUMB ON HIS RIGHT HAND TO HIT THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB. THIS RESULTED IN PAIN IN THE THUMB.
1992 · 2 incidents
November 2, 1992TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
THE TRANSMISSION BECAME HOT BECAUSE OF OVERFILL OF FLUID. THE OPERATOR MISREAD LEVEL MARK ON GUAGE AND ADDED MORE FLUID TO HOT TRANSMISSION. AFTER HE MOVED THE MACHINE AWAY FROM OIL STORAGE TA NKS, THE HOT OIL CAME OUT THE FILLER TUBE LOCATED BEHIND THE SEAT. THE HOT OIL BURNED THE OPERATOR ON THE BACK AND ARM.
1990 · 2 incidents
April 26, 1990TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE PLACING A 11X20 METAL PLATE AT THE CHUTE THE PLATE SLIPPED AND PINNED THE EE S MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE METAL CHUTE. A LACERATION TO THE FINGER TIP AND TH E NAIL BED RESULTED. STITCHES REQUIRED AND NAIL WAS REMOVED.
April 7, 1990TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL UNDER THE HAMMERMILL FRAME. WHILE MOVING A FULL SHOVEL OF MATERIAL, HE TURNED VERY QUICKLY AND FELT HIS BACK PULL IN THE LOWER AREA.
July 21, 1989TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS