Mining Incidents

South Friendsville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Friendsville, Blount County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003067

South Friendsville Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1994–2001
Latest incident
Jun 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
45
significant & substantial
$14,865
proposed penalties
$5,136
paid to date
35% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,729 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
453
inspection hours
n/a
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: 453 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

South Friendsville Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2007 Q1 337 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,635 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,713 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,866 1 1 170.5
2006 Q1 5,273 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,972 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,312 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,739 1 0 174.2
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 5,888 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,611 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 986 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,698 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,685 14 3 8308.6
2003 Q3 1,759 2 0 1137.0
2003 Q2 1,570 2 0 1273.9
2003 Q1 2,116 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,547 8 5 3141.0
2002 Q3 3,318 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 3 3
2002 Q1 3,481 7 5 2010.9
2001 Q4 3,750 9 3 2400.0
2001 Q3 5,101 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,454 16 9 4632.3
2001 Q1 4,288 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,986 4 3 1003.5
2000 Q3 6,445 9 1 1396.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2001 · 1 incident

June 15, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Champion Rock Products Of Tennessee · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL, WASH BARS, ON THE WASH PLANT & HE SLIPPED & HIS HAND HIT THE HOT SURFACE.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 28, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Champion Rock Products Of Tennessee · Flash burns (electric)

PRIOR TO ACCIDENT I HAD A CONVEYOR SHUT DOWN ON THE WASH PLANT. CHECKED IT OUT, COULD NOT GET IT TO RESTART SO ASKED INJ EE TO HELP ME GET IT RESTARTED.INJ EE PROCEEDED TO TEST THE VOLTAGE GOING TO THAT CONVEYOR WHICH IS NORMAL PROCEDUREHE WAS CHECKING IT GOING FROM 1 CONNECTOR TO THENEXT & SUDDENLY THERE WAS A FLASH EXPLOSION CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO EE'S RIGHT HAND & ARM

April 7, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
321 Stone · Unclassified, insufficient data

BACK & HAND &LEG & THUMB

1999 · 1 incident

May 12, 1999 TN · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
321 Stone · Unclassified, insufficient data

HEAD CUT

1995 · 1 incident

May 3, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Friendsville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

RAN BUCKET INTO ROCK CAUSING LOADER TO TWIST & JOLT

1994 · 1 incident

December 29, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Friendsville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A HAMMER, DRIVING PIN INTO LOADER BUCKET. HE MISSED THE PIN AND HIT HIS KNE EON LEFT SIDE AND NEE WAS JAMMED INTO LAODERS BOOM.

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