Mining Incidents

South Pittsburg Stone #2: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Julio Sales-Domingo
Orme, Marion County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003591

South Pittsburg Stone #2 has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $39K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
41
citations
17
significant & substantial
$43,141
proposed penalties
$3,768
paid to date
9% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $39,373 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
7
inspections on record
310
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: 310 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 Pittsburg Stone #2 has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $39K 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$39K
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-22.
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.
58.6%
significant & substantial
93.1%
high negligence or reckless
58.6%
reasonably likely or greater
62.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 6.9% moderate, 93.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. South Pittsburg Stone 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

South Pittsburg Stone #2 sits in Marion 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.
Marion County, Tennessee · Population 29,010
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,103
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
2023 Q2 80 38 14 475000.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 9, 2023 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
South Pittsburg Stone · Struck by flying object

The victim was mounting a haul truck tire on a rim when a rim locking ring dislodged and struck employee, causing fatal injuries.