Mining Incidents

Thornhill: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Carmeuse Holding SA
Thornhill, Grainger County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003288

Thornhill has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Nov 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
23
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,174
proposed penalties
$3,174
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
7
inspections on record
98
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: 98 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Thornhill has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-30.
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.
47.8%
significant & substantial
17.4%
high negligence or reckless
47.8%
reasonably likely or greater
56.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 82.6% moderate, 17.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Carmeuse Lime &Stone 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 1
2007 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Thornhill sits in Grainger County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Grainger County, Tennessee · Population 23,929
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$51,351
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
2008 Q3 512 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 512 1 0 1953.1
2008 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 504 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

November 5, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Carmeuse Lime &Stone · Struck against a moving object

Operator backed over a rock at the dump site, turning the bed of the truck on its side. Truck bed was turned upright with no damage.