Mining Incidents

Thornhill 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.
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 18 10 35714.3
2007 Q4 496 4 1 8064.5
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.

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