Mining Incidents

Saturn Quarry: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

MSHA record for Saturn Quarry (mine ID 4002943). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Tenn Excav Co Inc-J Jenkins-Ptnrshp-T Gentry/Jv 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Saturn Quarry sits in Maury County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Maury County, Tennessee · Population 104,855
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,162
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

April 18, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Tenn Excav Co Inc-J Jenkins-Ptnrshp-T Gentry/Jv · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS FILING TRACKHOE WITH OIL ANOTHER EMPL WAS BRINGING MORE OIL TO HIM IN 988B LOADER & DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD SAT LOADER BUCKET TOOTH ON EMPLS RIGHT FOOT MASHING IT.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 7, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Tenn Excav Co Inc-J Jenkins-Ptnrshp-T Gentry/Jv · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS IN TRUCK - BEE FLEW IN AND STUNG HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.

July 20, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Tenn Excav Co Inc-J Jenkins-Ptnrshp-T Gentry/Jv · Struck against a moving object

ROCK FELL FROM QUARRY WALL AND BUMPED INTO BACKEND OF TRUCK JARRING DRIVER NOTIFIED 3WEEKS AFTER ACCIDEN HAPPENED WE WERE NOTIFIED 8-5-88 EMPL WAS OFF WORK FROM 8-8-88 UNTIL 8-30-88

1987 · 2 incidents

March 17, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Tenn Excav Co Inc-J Jenkins-Ptnrshp-T Gentry/Jv · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAULING ROCK TO3CRUSHER SITTING IN TRUCK GET LOADED AND ROCK WENT THROUGH AND STRUCK LEFT SIDE SLIGHT SWELLING TO LEFT FACE CONTUSION TO LEFT ELBOW SLIGHT ABRASION TO LEFT FACE , PAIN OR ENTER LEFT SIDE. 3