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Troy Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John H Ford
Troy, Obion County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4002271

Troy Plant has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $955 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
175
citations
69
significant & substantial
$40,565
proposed penalties
$38,410
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,155 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
79
inspections on record
1,246
inspection hours
14.0
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.
175 citations across 1,246 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Troy Plant has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $955 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$955
outstanding
164 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 4,128 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,907 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,074 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,862 1 0 170.6
2024 Q4 5,742 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,260 3 0 413.2
2024 Q2 8,128 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,162 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,851 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,426 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,998 1 0 142.9
2023 Q1 5,951 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,389 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,577 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,475 1 1 118.0
2022 Q1 6,251 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,379 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,838 5 0 731.2
2021 Q2 8,083 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,440 5 1 1453.5
2020 Q4 5,491 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,007 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,413 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,263 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,054 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,138 1 0 140.1
2019 Q2 7,288 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,030 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,784 2 1 294.8
2018 Q3 7,851 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,365 9 8 1075.9
2018 Q1 7,114 2 0 281.1
2017 Q4 5,454 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,896 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,940 7 2 1178.5
2017 Q1 3,790 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,566 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,156 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,904 1 0 144.8
2016 Q1 3,326 2 1 601.3
2015 Q4 4,512 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,388 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,790 1 0 208.8
2015 Q1 3,761 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,148 2 0 482.2
2014 Q3 2,649 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,368 1 0 422.3
2014 Q1 1,926 3 1 1557.6
2013 Q4 2,768 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,679 1 0 271.8
2013 Q2 3,282 3 2 914.1
2013 Q1 4,114 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,711 6 2 3506.7
2012 Q3 1,677 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,925 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,144 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 900 5 4 5555.6
2011 Q3 1,097 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 873 1 0 1145.5
2011 Q1 403 4 2 9925.6
2010 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,012 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 918 4 2 4357.3
2010 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 630 3 1 4761.9
2009 Q3 1,171 3 0 2561.9
2009 Q2 978 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 764 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,146 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,245 11 3 8835.3
2008 Q1 564 2 1 3546.1
2007 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,045 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 997 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 620 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 812 4 2 4926.1
2006 Q3 962 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,138 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 702 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,315 4 2 1727.9
2005 Q3 1,093 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,105 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,150 5 2 4347.8
2004 Q4 978 1 1 1022.5
2004 Q3 1,452 1 0 688.7
2004 Q2 1,959 7 2 3573.3
2004 Q1 1,091 8 3 7332.7
2003 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,059 13 9 6313.7
2003 Q2 1,641 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,132 2 0 1766.8
2002 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,032 15 4 7381.9
2002 Q2 1,670 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,172 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 687 8 8 11644.8
2001 Q3 805 10 2 12422.4
2001 Q2 1,205 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,055 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,133 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,935 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,621 5 2 3084.5
2000 Q1 528 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
July 10, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Ford Construction Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

Operator working at site pushing material and apparently went over earthen wall into water.

September 28, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ford Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

Not sure yet. Still under investigation. Theory #1: Natural death. Theory #2: A rock fell from conveyor and struck employee at a glancing blow, causing him to strike metal structure fracturing 12 ribs and puncturing right lung. There were no witnesses.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2015 · 1 incident

June 13, 2015 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Ford Construction Company · Struck by flying object

The employee reports that a piece of material (he calls iron ore) bounced off of the conveyor belt and struck him in the head. He then reports that he later took himself to the hospital. The employee reports a concussion. At this time the actual nature of extent of injuries is unknown. The incident was very recently reported and is being investigated.

1989 · 1 incident

February 7, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Ford Construction Company · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS STRIPPING WITH DOZER WHEN HYDRAULIC LINE BURST AND SPRAYED ONTO MAINFOLD CAUSING A FLASH FIRE MOMENTARILY.INJURED PUSHED KILL SWITCH AND WHEN IT DID NOT WORK HE JUMPED OFF DOZER BR EAKING 4 RIBS AND CAUSING SWELLING IN ONE VERTEBRAE.HE IS UNDER MEDICATION BRUISED RIGHT THIGH.

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