Overton County Highway Department operator
Controlled by
Overton County-Tn
MSHA operator ID: L36980
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1988–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
141
citations
54
significant & substantial
$52,795
proposed penalties
$51,701
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,094 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
946
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: 946 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$53K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
1
2008
2
2005
1
2003
1
2001
2
2000
2
1999
2
1998
1
1993
3
1991
1
1988
1
Mines on record
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