Mining Incidents

Thorn Hill Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Justin Clear
Thorn Hill, Grainger County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003526

Thorn Hill Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
37
citations
7
significant & substantial
$12,606
proposed penalties
$12,606
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
19
inspections on record
305
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: 305 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Thorn Hill Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-17.
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
2025 Q4 5,837 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,917 8 3 2042.4
2025 Q2 3,167 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,044 2 0 494.6
2024 Q4 3,766 3 0 796.6
2024 Q3 3,213 1 0 311.2
2024 Q2 3,491 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,221 5 1 1552.3
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,738 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,971 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,788 1 0 264.0
2023 Q1 3,619 8 0 2210.6
2022 Q4 2,816 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,446 3 0 870.6
2022 Q2 4,362 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,508 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,514 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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