Employee was exiting the Komatsu 700 hammer equipment and while stepping down and holding the hand rail, the hand rail broke and the employee fell to the ground.
Smyrna Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
SRM Materials, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Michael Hollingshead
Smyrna,
Rutherford County,
TN
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003538
Smyrna Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2025
- Latest incident
- Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
52
citations
19
significant & substantial
$15,414
proposed penalties
$13,735
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,679 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
15
inspections on record
361
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 361 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Smyrna Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 17,810 | 2 | 0 | 112.3 |
| 2025 Q3 | 17,619 | 8 | 2 | 454.1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 17,423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 16,078 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 16,677 | 2 | 0 | 119.9 |
| 2024 Q3 | 14,654 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 15,616 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 15,267 | 2 | 2 | 131.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 16,381 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 13,574 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 12,521 | 11 | 3 | 878.5 |
| 2023 Q1 | 9,854 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 8,768 | 2 | 2 | 228.1 |
| 2022 Q3 | 9,125 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 16,754 | 3 | 2 | 179.1 |
| 2022 Q1 | 8,369 | 1 | 0 | 119.5 |
| 2021 Q4 | 8,126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 9,187 | 11 | 5 | 1197.3 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 5,537 | 1 | 0 | 180.6 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,455 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,929 | 5 | 3 | 1014.4 |
| 2020 Q2 | 6,085 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2025 · 1 incident
July 2, 2025
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SRM Materials, LLC · Fall from machine
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