Shelbyville Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1989–2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
83
citations
20
significant & substantial
$13,671
proposed penalties
$11,690
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,981 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.
Rate withheld: 966 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Shelbyville Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
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.
17citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 18%
Stood as issued
8 · 47%
Vacated or withdrawn
6 · 35%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2017-02-27.
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: 2026-02-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (33)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-02-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-07-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Utility Man
2020-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
1.08
0.60
Utility Man
2017-06-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-06-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-12-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.44
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-12-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.43
10
0.04
Utility Man
2011-08-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.91
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-08-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2009-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.42
1.99
0.71
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.51
0.33
Utility Man
2009-09-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
2.2
0.22
Truck Driver
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.66
1.94
0.34
Bulldozer Operator
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
1.49
0.30
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
2.05
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
1.7
0.34
Utility Man
2004-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.73
0.20
Truck Driver
2004-02-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.7
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-02-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.85
10
0.09
Truck Driver
2000-09-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2000-09-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Front-end Loader 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.
Shelbyville 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 *
9.72
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
6.14
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
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
8
2025
12
2024
9
2023
10
2022
11
2021
8
2020
9
2019
7
2018
6
2017
6
2016
10
2015
5
2014
6
2013
6
2012
7
2011
9
2010
9
2009
6
2008
10
2007
13
2006
12
2005
10
2004
9
2003
11
2002
11
2001
9
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Shelbyville Quarry sits in Bedford County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Bedford County, Tennessee · Population 51,291
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,197
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
4,494
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,477
1
0
287.6
2025 Q4
5,631
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,649
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,958
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
4,416
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,664
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,665
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,620
1
1
177.9
2024 Q1
6,052
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,646
1
1
177.1
2023 Q3
5,162
1
0
193.7
2023 Q2
4,461
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,314
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,741
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,534
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,021
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,814
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,246
1
0
235.5
2021 Q3
5,352
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,037
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,503
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
3,891
1
1
257.0
2020 Q3
4,872
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,224
1
0
236.7
2020 Q1
4,910
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,505
1
0
285.3
2019 Q3
5,847
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
4,199
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,788
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,497
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,533
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,909
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,920
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,506
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,682
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,167
1
0
193.5
2017 Q1
1,920
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,873
3
2
774.6
2016 Q3
4,193
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,211
1
0
191.9
2016 Q1
4,752
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,660
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,680
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,933
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,767
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,567
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,984
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,514
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,015
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,025
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,242
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
3,312
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,374
1
0
727.8
2012 Q4
2,477
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,807
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,936
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,632
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,640
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,113
1
1
243.1
2011 Q2
5,146
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,928
1
0
202.9
2010 Q4
5,027
4
0
795.7
2010 Q3
5,520
2
0
362.3
2010 Q2
4,851
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
4,230
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,271
5
0
1170.7
2009 Q3
2,966
4
2
1348.6
2009 Q2
3,859
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,838
1
0
544.1
2008 Q4
3,700
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,293
7
5
1630.6
2008 Q2
4,495
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,606
2
0
554.6
2007 Q4
5,715
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,855
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,345
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,219
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,125
2
0
280.7
2006 Q3
9,350
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
9,657
2
0
207.1
2006 Q1
6,433
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,655
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
9,171
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
6,796
2
0
294.3
2005 Q1
6,005
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,726
2
0
349.3
2004 Q3
6,053
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,669
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,875
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,903
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,892
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
9,543
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,878
1
0
170.1
2002 Q4
4,303
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,916
2
0
338.1
2002 Q2
6,730
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,777
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,827
9
0
1318.3
2001 Q3
5,908
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,703
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
972
3
0
3086.4
2000 Q4
5,888
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,175
9
2
1100.9
2000 Q2
13,880
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,765
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2023 · 1 incident
February 23, 2023TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee had finished washing out and was descending a ladder when EE's right foot slipped off the bottom rung causing EE to drop approximately 16 inches to the platform where EE rolled right ankle when EE landed.
2022 · 1 incident
June 7, 2022TN · Metal/Non-Metalminer, prospector, necOTHER
Employee had a medical emergency onsite and was later determined by medical professionals to have experienced a heart attack. Employee passed away 2 days later while at the hospital. MSHA special investigator deemed this event to be non-chargeable to the Company.
2015 · 2 incidents
September 11, 2015TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Injured employee mashed right little finger while removing a rock from the mouth of a choked down primary crusher. He was treated by cleaning and dressing the wound. X-rays were negative. On 10/5/15, the employee was still in pain and was diagnosed with a contusion to right little finger, with restrictions of lifting no more than 30 pounds
Injured employee stepped up on the motor base, stepping across to the other side of base and twisted his ankle on 3/4" incline on the catwalk. Resulting in a fractured lower tibia
2006 · 1 incident
September 13, 2006TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The injured employee and another employee were cleaning the catwalk. The other employee was using a water hose and lost his footing and the hose slipped from his hand. The pressure from the hose caused it to flip around and struck the injured employee on the ankle, resulting in a bruise.
2002 · 1 incident
January 25, 2002TN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EE STATED HE WAS CLIMBING INTO A LOADER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS FEET BUT THE SUDDEN IMPACT HURT HIS LEFT KNEE.
2001 · 1 incident
November 12, 2001TN · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OFMETAL HUNG IN IMPACT CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A COME-A-LONG & HAD A HOOK IN AN EYE OF ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL WELDED ONTO ROTAR. THE METAL BROKE LOOSE AND CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH. IT RESULTED IN FOUR BROKEN TEETH AND A CUT TO HIS LOWER LIP. (NO STITCHES).
2000 · 1 incident
May 27, 2000TN · Metal/Non-Metalminer, necELECTRICAL
CHANGING FUSES FOR PUG MILL, WHEN POWER WAS TURNED BACK ON FUSE BOX BLEW UP.
1990 · 1 incident
November 19, 1990TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverIGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
BENT DOWN TO LIGHT THE SALAMANDER HEATER WHICH EXPLODED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S EYES THROWING PARTICLES IN THE EMPLOYEE'S EYES.
1989 · 4 incidents
September 5, 1989TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS CHECKING THE TRUCK BED TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS INSIDE. HE WAS ON THE PUTSIDE OF TRUCK BED WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND HIS LEG WAS UNDER HIM.