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Tubbmill Quarry: 80 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Harrison Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Franklin, Macon County, NC  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3100015

Tubbmill Quarry has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1988–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
80
citations
22
significant & substantial
$26,600
proposed penalties
$13,785
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,815 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Harrison Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
66
inspections on record
1,025
inspection hours
7.8
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.
80 citations across 1,025 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tubbmill Quarry has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 4 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-24.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 72.7% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
11 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 91%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 9%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
2%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2023-12-17.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2019-0016 Dismissal Miller 2019 $691 → $691
SE 2008-111M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $438 → $400
SE 2006-114M Settlement Hodgdon 2006 $324 → $324
SE 2024-0068 Settlement Young 2024 $143 → $143
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2025-11-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz12
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2007-09-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.37 0.54 Cleanup Man
2007-09-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.35 0.40 Cleanup Man
2005-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.96 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 2.14 0.13 Washer Operator
2005-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.41 0.93 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.46 0.28 Cleanup Man
2005-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.25 0.84 Bulldozer Operator
2003-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.44 0.50 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.7 0.18 Truck Driver
2003-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.64 0.28 Truck Driver
2003-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2000-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.54 0.50 Truck Driver
2000-11-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.86 0.14 Truck Driver
2000-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2000-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2025-11-06
4
samples
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2025-11-06 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
2025-08-18 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
2022-09-27 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-09-30 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
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.

Tubbmill Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In North Carolina, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.43 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
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 4.73 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 12.09 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.
Ownership history
  1. Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc 1950 to 2008
  2. Harrison Aggregates 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 3
2024 3
2023 10
2022 5
2021 7
2020 5
2019 4
2018 6
2017 0
2016 2
2015 22
2014 12
2013 14
2012 15
2011 19
2010 26
2009 26
2008 34
2007 34
2006 34
2005 32
2004 30
2003 30
2002 30
2001 30
2000 29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Tubbmill Quarry sits in Macon County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Macon County, North Carolina · Population 37,533
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$53,298
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
2026 Q2 1,849 1 0 540.8
2026 Q1 2,234 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,880 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,831 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,954 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,784 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,908 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,769 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,740 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,755 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,701 1 0 587.9
2023 Q3 1,535 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,564 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,564 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,850 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,506 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,364 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,956 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,996 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,401 1 1 416.5
2021 Q2 2,746 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,967 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,286 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,172 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,381 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,533 1 0 652.3
2019 Q4 2,298 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,691 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,731 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,339 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,552 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,804 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,164 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 742 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 860 1 0 1162.8
2016 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,166 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,381 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,534 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,492 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 779 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,235 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,860 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,974 1 0 336.2
2013 Q4 2,727 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,498 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,557 2 0 438.9
2013 Q1 5,126 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,625 1 0 216.2
2012 Q3 7,300 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,905 2 1 407.7
2012 Q1 4,212 1 0 237.4
2011 Q4 6,952 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,128 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,296 4 0 635.3
2011 Q1 5,091 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,870 5 2 635.3
2010 Q3 7,627 3 2 393.3
2010 Q2 6,723 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,869 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,481 2 2 308.6
2009 Q3 4,369 2 0 457.8
2009 Q2 5,251 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,989 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 10,434 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,941 1 0 144.1
2008 Q2 12,176 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 12,768 3 0 235.0
2007 Q4 14,229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 12,468 4 0 320.8
2007 Q2 12,113 3 1 247.7
2007 Q1 13,630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 14,551 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 14,074 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 13,922 2 1 143.7
2006 Q1 13,816 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 12,141 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 14,605 1 1 68.5
2005 Q2 10,541 3 1 284.6
2005 Q1 12,323 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 12,109 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 11,810 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,476 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8,881 2 0 225.2
2003 Q4 9,355 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 11,619 2 0 172.1
2003 Q2 9,426 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 11,583 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,313 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,627 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 12,089 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 12,981 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,300 2 0 215.1
2001 Q3 9,441 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 15,103 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 13,876 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,818 5 0 509.3
2000 Q3 14,813 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,323 1 0 96.9
2000 Q1 13,839 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2008 · 1 incident

November 4, 2008 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing a guard that had came loose and while he was attempting to life guard, it slipped and caught end of left ring finger.

2005 · 3 incidents

August 29, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PICKING UP SCRAP METAL FROM BACK OF FRANKLIN QUARRY SHOP AND TOSSING IT INTO LOADER BUCKET. ONE PIECE HAD A HOOK-SHAPED END ON IT AND AS HE TOSSED IT INTO LOADER BUCKET, THE HOOK-SHAPED END CAUGHT HIS LEFT WRIST.

March 24, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was setting up a portable water pump to fill water truck at the quarry. While hooking couplings from hose to pump, he twisted his upper right arm muscle causing a strain.

February 4, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS REPAIRING A 330 TRACKHOE BUCKET IN THE SHOP. B0TTOM WAS CUT OUT AND WERE GOING TO INSTALL NEW BOTTOM. WHILE GRINDING OFF UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF BUCKET WITH GRINDER GRINDING WHEEL GOT CAUGHT IN CORNER OF BUCKET CASUING GRINDER TO KICK BACK AND STRIKE LEFT INDEX FINGER.

2003 · 1 incident

September 20, 2003 NC · Metal/Non-Metal rotary dump operator, car dump operator MACHINERY
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING TORCH TO CUT BOLTS ON ROLLER FRAME. HE REMOVED HIS GLOVES TO PERFORM ANOTHER TASK & WHEN HE WENT BACK TO THE ROLLER FRAME IT WAS STILL HOT & HE BURNED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

1998 · 3 incidents

June 30, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING A BENT ADJUSTMENT BAR FROM A GEAR BOX GEAR BOX SHIFTED AND PINCHED EE'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING FRACTURE TO KNUCKLE.

February 17, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE STEP OF THE R-35 CHECKING THE ANTI-FREEZE. EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND AND STEPPED DOWN TO THE BUMPER AND SLIPPED AND FELL.

1997 · 1 incident

1996 · 1 incident

October 8, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ARM GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLL CAGE AND GOOSENECK ON 631 SCRAPER. LEFT ARM.

1995 · 1 incident

June 15, 1995 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON HIS TRUCK. DIRT GOT IN HIS EYES. HE HAD HIS SAFETY GLASSES ON, BUT THE DIRT GOT IN AROUND THE RIMS.

1993 · 1 incident

July 16, 1993 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING TRUCK WITH ELECTRIC HOIST WHEN THE HOOK BROKE AND HIT HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE- BRUISE TO RIGHT EYE.

1990 · 2 incidents

September 10, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE BED OF LOWBOY TRAILER. STEPPED ON A TIRE. THE TIRE MOVED, THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN THE TIRE TWISTING IT. SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

May 4, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME CHANGING FEEDER GEAR LOCATED UNDER CRUSHER.THE GEAR SLIPPED CATCHING THE LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND SMASHING THE END OF IT.TAKEN TO HOSP WHERE THEY CLEANED IT ,PLACED A PIN,PLACED 10 SU TURES.

1989 · 1 incident

June 29, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE SCREEN BOLTS FROM THE SCREEN. THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND HIT THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND, CAUSING THE LITTLE FINGER TO DISLOCATE.

1988 · 1 incident

March 5, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Construction Co Div/APAC-Tennessee Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPREADING GRAVEL AROUND SHOP AREA WITH RUBBER TIRE LOADER.HE GOT OFF LOADER TO SMOOTH SECTION WITH HAND SHOVEL.FELT SLIGHT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.