Stone Sales & Service ,Inc. has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $147 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Feb 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
151
citations
58
significant & substantial
$37,296
proposed penalties
$35,291
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,005 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.
151 citations across 1,170 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Stone Sales & Service ,Inc. has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $147 outstanding across 9 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$147
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-06.
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.
23citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
Settled
14 · 61%
Stood as issued
9 · 39%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $7K 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 2024-06-11.
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: 2026-03-05
6%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
49
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz211 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (49)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.3
1.33
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2026-03-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Forklift Operator
2026-03-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-03-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.55
0.31
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.87
0.17
Forklift Operator
2025-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.63
0.62
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-12-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-12-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-12-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-12-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.54
0.41
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-02-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.48
0.44
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-02-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2022-09-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-09-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.17
1.33
0.88
Laborer, Bullgang
2022-09-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.74
0.30
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2021-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2017-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.62
0.31
Hand Loader
2017-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2011-11-01
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Forklift Operator
2011-11-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2011-11-01
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Forklift Operator
2009-08-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-08-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.54
0.35
Forklift Operator
2009-08-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.53
0.51
Forklift Operator
2006-02-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.56
0.80
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2006-02-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2006-02-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-02-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.51
0.35
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-02-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2005-02-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-02-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2005-02-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2004-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.4
0.38
Forklift Operator
2004-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2004-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.76
0.18
Forklift Operator
2003-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2003-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2003-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2001-12-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.39
0.44
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2000-07-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.23
0.91
Hydrating Plant Operator
2000-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.51
0.63
Utility Man
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.
Stone Sales & Service ,Inc. 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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 *
0.00
0.00
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
8
2025
16
2024
29
2023
28
2022
23
2021
28
2020
31
2019
28
2018
27
2017
24
2016
23
2015
19
2014
15
2013
19
2012
21
2011
21
2010
22
2009
24
2008
29
2007
46
2006
50
2005
46
2004
37
2003
31
2002
28
2001
21
2000
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Stone Sales & Service ,Inc. sits in Sequatchie 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.
Sequatchie County, Tennessee · Population 16,409
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,260
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