Mining Incidents

Whaley Materials Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amy Whaley; Matt Whaley
STRAWBERRY PLAINS, Jefferson County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003565

Whaley Materials 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
2
Years on record
2023–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
20
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,707
proposed penalties
$2,707
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
16
inspections on record
176
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: 176 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Whaley Materials 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
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-15.
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 5,821 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,739 2 0 348.5
2025 Q2 4,952 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,513 5 0 1107.9
2024 Q4 4,355 1 0 229.6
2024 Q3 2,814 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,015 1 0 331.7
2024 Q1 4,896 2 1 408.5
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 7,003 1 0 142.8
2023 Q3 5,850 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,947 2 0 506.7
2023 Q1 3,960 5 1 1262.6
2022 Q4 2,515 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 9, 2025 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Whaley Materials, LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

There was no accident. Employee was seen slumped over in front of the dump truck. Witness asked if they were OK. Employee stated they couldn't breathe and started to faint. Witness called 911 and stayed with employee until EMTs arrived. Employee was alert and conscious when EMTs arrived. Employee was transported to the hospital.

2023 · 1 incident

February 16, 2023 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Whaley Materials, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The main reason for the accident was medical, the employee had a stroke after EE stepped off the excavator. The operator stepped off on a pile of hammered rock which was difficult to walk on which resulted when EE fell EE had cuts and bruises.

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