SRM Monteagle Quarry has $136K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1989–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
275
citations
98
significant & substantial
$136,403
proposed penalties
$129,491
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,912 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.
275 citations across 1,311 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: 2023-04-04.
On record since 2023.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
SRM Monteagle Quarry has $136K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 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.
$136K
proposed penalties
$132K
current assessed
$129K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
267 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $20K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
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.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 100%
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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$19K proposed, $14K 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 2005-09-21.
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: 2023-11-29
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz101 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (29)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-07-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.33
1.15
Bulldozer Operator
2023-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bagging Operator
2023-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.7
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.68
0.34
Cleanup Man
2021-09-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-09-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.46
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Bagging Operator
2018-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.5
0.32
Truck Driver
2018-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2018-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.99
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2009-10-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-01-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Backhoe Operator
2009-01-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Truck Driver
2005-01-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2005-01-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2003-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.39
0.31
Backhoe Operator
2003-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.84
0.29
Bulldozer Operator
2002-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2001-07-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.6
0.20
Scraper Operator
2001-07-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
1.79
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
SRM Monteagle 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 *
4.27
4.27
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
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
20
2025
20
2024
19
2023
20
2022
17
2021
19
2020
12
2019
14
2018
11
2017
11
2016
13
2015
11
2014
9
2013
11
2012
12
2011
14
2010
12
2009
11
2008
11
2007
12
2006
13
2005
10
2004
9
2003
9
2002
8
2001
9
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SRM Monteagle Quarry sits in Franklin 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.
Franklin County, Tennessee · Population 43,478
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,553
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
16,512
1
1
60.6
2026 Q1
15,288
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
14,070
1
0
71.1
2025 Q3
13,739
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
13,325
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
12,335
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
13,522
2
1
147.9
2024 Q3
12,617
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
11,745
5
1
425.7
2024 Q1
12,278
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
11,831
4
0
338.1
2023 Q3
12,255
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
12,277
3
0
244.4
2023 Q1
10,529
9
4
854.8
2022 Q4
11,007
8
1
726.8
2022 Q3
10,818
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
10,653
2
0
187.7
2022 Q1
9,715
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
10,238
2
1
195.4
2021 Q3
11,859
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
12,426
10
4
804.8
2021 Q1
10,652
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,644
3
0
451.5
2020 Q3
6,600
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
9,600
6
3
625.0
2020 Q1
6,600
9
4
1363.6
2019 Q4
10,560
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
5,460
3
2
549.5
2019 Q2
7,846
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
7,237
2
0
276.4
2018 Q4
7,462
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
6,505
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,831
2
1
292.8
2018 Q1
5,658
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
6,382
2
0
313.4
2017 Q3
6,778
1
0
147.5
2017 Q2
6,754
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
6,428
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,930
2
0
288.6
2016 Q3
7,737
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,078
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
6,146
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,600
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,910
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,189
3
0
417.3
2015 Q1
4,729
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,217
15
3
2412.7
2014 Q3
5,963
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,945
4
2
672.8
2014 Q1
3,346
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,582
1
0
218.2
2013 Q3
5,956
1
0
167.9
2013 Q2
6,053
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,871
2
0
410.6
2012 Q4
5,034
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,945
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,187
2
0
278.3
2012 Q1
6,404
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,503
2
1
266.6
2011 Q3
8,156
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
8,070
3
0
371.7
2011 Q1
6,150
3
1
487.8
2010 Q4
6,474
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,078
4
2
565.1
2010 Q2
6,256
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,705
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,799
2
0
416.8
2009 Q3
5,564
1
0
179.7
2009 Q2
4,483
2
1
446.1
2009 Q1
3,588
8
4
2229.7
2008 Q4
4,540
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,120
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,128
11
9
1795.0
2008 Q1
4,909
12
4
2444.5
2007 Q4
6,619
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,721
10
3
1747.9
2007 Q2
5,350
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,119
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,537
16
8
2889.7
2006 Q3
8,505
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,219
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,713
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,034
2
1
284.3
2005 Q3
6,059
3
1
495.1
2005 Q2
5,437
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,050
4
2
792.1
2004 Q4
4,816
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,710
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,774
19
10
3979.9
2004 Q1
5,162
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,450
28
8
6292.1
2003 Q3
4,568
1
1
218.9
2003 Q2
4,604
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,599
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,050
2
1
493.8
2002 Q3
5,205
4
0
768.5
2002 Q2
4,157
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,607
6
2
2301.5
2001 Q4
4,427
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,130
5
3
974.7
2001 Q2
3,376
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,882
4
1
1387.9
2000 Q4
2,423
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,279
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,189
9
4
2822.2
2000 Q1
2,858
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
18 on file
2023 · 1 incident
March 16, 2023TN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While coming down the wet deck steps employee's back seized up. We don't know what employee did that made the back do that. Employee went to doctor and doctor excused employee for 3 days
2015 · 2 incidents
October 26, 2015TN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While climbing up the ladder on the loader he heard a pop on his left side. A little while after that he started hurting in his left arm and left side of chest.
October 2, 2015TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Miner was at home on Sun. 6/28/13 felt a numbness in leg & lower back went to Dr. the next week to find he has a ruptured disc. He called in sick & turned in for his 2 weeks vacation. He called safety director on 7/10 to report he thought he injured his back at work & was not sure exactly when injury occurred but he thought it could have been 6/26/13 when he was moving a gear box.
2011 · 1 incident
January 3, 2011TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EE was operating the D6 Dozer in the pit. He was backing up and backed over a rock, the back of the dozer came down hard on that side. EE was whipped to one side, hurting his neck. He was wearing his seatbelt. He worked for 1 hour before he reported it. We sent him to the ER to get it checked out.
Injured is an employee of TNT Drilling. He was attmepting to use the restroom in the woods behind the pit. As he bent over, a copperhead snake bit him on the butt. He was taken to the E.R. where a doctor determined he was not injected with venom. He returned to work that same afternoon.
2007 · 3 incidents
July 7, 2007TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
While operating a bulldozer, miner went over a rock causing his hip to make contact with the armrest in the cab. Incident was not reported until member returned to work with a Doctor's note on Tuesday complaining of a sore hip/lower back pain.
March 29, 2007TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While cutting rags for the shop, employee cut his finger when knife slipped out of his hand and he attempted to catch it. Member went to urgent care clinic and sturry strips were used to seal the cut so that it would heal. Employee suffered no lost work time other than that required to seek medical attention.
January 14, 2007TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT