Mining Incidents

Lookout Valley Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Midsouth Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000060

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2018
Latest incident
Aug 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
73
citations
16
significant & substantial
$15,376
proposed penalties
$14,871
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 5,487 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,046 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,322 1 0 301.0
2025 Q1 5,350 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,569 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,855 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,734 1 0 211.2
2024 Q1 1,134 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2018 · 1 incident

August 10, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Midsouth Aggregates · Struck by flying object

Pulling conveyor with skid steer and rope. Rope broke whipping employee on calf of leg

2011 · 1 incident

May 17, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midsouth Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

Top radiator hose was being removed from A 2468 skid steer, while pushing hose from radiator, right hand slipped from hose striking hose clamp cutting right outer knuckle.

2010 · 1 incident

July 9, 2010 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Midsouth Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Customer truck was descending down the access road with 18.77 tons of jetty stone and blew both rear air pods causing a braking system failure. The drive jumped from the truck and the truck ran over the driver's legs.

2003 · 1 incident

November 18, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Midsouth Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

EE HAD FINISHED DUMPING HIS LOAD OF 825B AND DID NOT LOWER HIS BED AND HIT THE TUNNEL GOING UNDER I-75. HE DID NOT HAVE SEATBELT ON AND HIT HIS HEAD REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.