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.
38 citations across 1,375 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: 2012-03-16.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Savannah Quarry has $114K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$114K
proposed penalties
$78K
current assessed
$78K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $108K in penalties contested before the Commission, $72K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 100%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$108K proposed, $72K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2017-03-21.
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: 2025-06-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (27)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Building Repair/Maint.
2025-06-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
Building Repair/Maint.
2025-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Building Repair/Maint.
2022-02-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2022-02-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Mechanic
2022-02-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.16
0.16
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2009-05-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.51
0.31
Truck Driver
2009-05-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
1.5
0.42
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.43
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.18
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.57
0.19
Bulldozer Operator
2005-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.77
2.13
0.36
Utility Man
2005-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.92
0.49
Truck Driver
2005-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.89
1.94
0.46
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-10-23
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.19
10
0.12
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.13
0.25
Hammer Mill Operator
2003-06-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.86
1.33
0.65
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
10
0.02
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Hammer Mill Operator
2003-06-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
10
0.04
Backhoe 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.
Savannah 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
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 *
6.81
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
16
2025
16
2024
15
2023
16
2022
13
2021
13
2020
13
2019
14
2018
13
2017
14
2016
15
2015
14
2014
11
2013
12
2012
13
2011
15
2010
13
2009
14
2008
15
2007
19
2006
15
2005
16
2004
19
2003
20
2002
22
2001
23
2000
25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Savannah Quarry sits in Hardin 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.
Hardin County, Tennessee · Population 26,939
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$49,149
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
The injured employee was working in the North East corner of the pit loading shot rock. While waiting for the haul truck to return to the muck pile, the excavator was struck by several large rocks. No one witnessed the accident. The haul truck driver discovered the accident scene and rescue/recovery efforts begun. The excavator operator was fatally injured.
Reportable incidents
9 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2021 · 1 incident
April 10, 2021TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was pulling gate closed when employee sprained foot. Date of injury was on 4/10/2021, but the incident did not become reportable until 7/7/2021 when employee was prescribed physical therapy.
2012 · 4 incidents
March 12, 2012TN · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Mechanic was inflating tire on 988F cat wheel loader when tire failed, causing sudden release of air that had been under pressure. 3 miners in area were injured w/flying debris. Later determined that the acc. did not meet requirements for immediate report. Pursuant to MSHA's guidance, this report is being modified to reflect that this did meet requirements of immed. reportable acc.
March 12, 2012TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Mechanic was inflating tire on 988F cat wheel loader when tire failed, causing sudden release of air that had been under pressure. 3 miners in area were injured w/flying debris. Later determined that the acc. did not meet requirements for immediate report. Pursuant to MSHA's guidance, this report is being modified to reflect that this did meet requirements of immed. reportable acc.
On 3/12/12 an injury was org. reported #1538802 where a mechanic was inflating a tire on a 988 Cat Wheel loader when the tire failed causing sudden release of air that had been under pressure. During annual audio. it was determined that the EE had a reportable shift in his hearing due to the noise generated from the previous tire failure that had been reported to MSHA.
March 12, 2012TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Mechanic was inflating tire on 988F cat wheel loader when tire failed, causing sudden release of air that had been under pressure. 3 miners in area were injured w/flying debris. Later determined that the acc. did not meet requirements for immediate report. Pursuant to MSHA's guidance, this report is being modified to reflect that this did meet requirements of immed. reportable acc.
1997 · 3 incidents
September 18, 1997TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING 5 OR 6' FROM THE TRUCK THAT A TIRE WAS BEING AIRED UP. THE TIRE EXPLODED AND AIR PRESSURE KNOCKED HIS GLASSES AND HARD HAT OFF. THE AIR BLISTERED HIS FACE AND EYES AND HE ALSO GOT METAL FRAGMENTS IN HIS EYES.
April 1, 1997TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE (ASSISTED BY ANOTHER EE) WAS REPAIRING A SECTION OF HANDRIAL BENT BY STONE LEADING INTO PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHILE PULLING ON HANDRAIL TO GET IT ORIGINAL POSITION, IT BROKE AND HE LOST HIS FOOT ING AND FELL TO GROUND.
1989 · 1 incident
October 20, 1989TN · Metal/Non-Metalclerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of salesSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE ROLLING FROM ONE DESK TO THE OTHER THE CHAIR TURNED OVER WITH ME, HITTING ME IN THE HEAD AND BACK. LATER THAT SAME DAY THE CHAIR TURNED OVER WITH ME AGAIN HITTING ME IN THE BACK. I LAN DED ON THE FLOOR ON MY RIGHT SIDE WITH CHAIR ON ME.
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