Mining Incidents

Tri County Stone Company Inc operator

Controlled by Stanley R Hitchcock
MSHA operator ID: L39576
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
15
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1987–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
39
significant & substantial
$25,657
proposed penalties
$24,650
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,007 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,068
inspection hours
13.7
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.
146 citations across 1,068 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$26K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
145 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2003
1
2000
1
1998
1
1996
1
1995
1
1993
1
1992
2
1990
2
1989
2
1988
2
1987
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
February 7, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · MACHINERY
Tri County Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER WAS TUR3ED OFF DURING EMPLOYEES LUNCH BREAK. HE WENT INTO THE CRUSHER WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE. WHEN THE EMPLOYEES RETURNED TO WORK FROM LUNCH AND ONE OF THEM TURNED ON THE CRUSHER NOT K NOWING I.NAME W5S IN THERE. HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE MACHINE AND DIED INSTANTLY

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