Mining Incidents

Cookeville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Cookville, Putnam County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000080

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2002–2018
Latest incident
Dec 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
19
significant & substantial
$27,977
proposed penalties
$27,443
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 4,049 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,462 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,166 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,017 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,852 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,490 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,720 2 0 1162.8
2024 Q1 1,474 1 0 678.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2018 · 1 incident

December 20, 2018 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees lifting cab on Bobcat. Front door left open. Door slammed, smashing one employee's right little finger. Employee taken to ER. Xrays revealed no broken bones. Finger nail was removed by ER doctor, wound clenaed; bandaged. Pain meds prescribed; tetnus shot given. Employee released to return to work.

2013 · 1 incident

August 15, 2013 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Delivery driver mashed hand between the lift gate of delivery truck and a 55 gallon drum of antifreeze.

2012 · 1 incident

April 3, 2012 TN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Cookeville Limestone LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

A miner with approximately 38 years experience had a medical event while behind the wheal of a water truck. The miner was removed from the truck and transported by ambulance to a hospital. Nothing associated with the mine or equipment led to the medical event and no accident is being declared. The miner was released from the hospital within 4 hours of the medical event.

2011 · 2 incidents

August 5, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cookeville Limestone LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulled back while exiting the vehicle.

February 18, 2011 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cookeville Limestone LLC · Fall from ladders

Miner was doing mechanical work on a quarry truck, while accessing the truck a ladder was used, miner placed ladder on unstable area, miner fell and injured left knee.

2006 · 1 incident

June 29, 2006 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cookeville Limestone LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While removing fill plug from hydraulic tank on trackhoe. EE lost grip on wrench and fell to ground hitting left shoulder on ground. He requested medical attention because of recurring shoulder pain-until that the injury was classed as non-reportable. Note 10 days reportine.

2005 · 1 incident

August 11, 2005 TN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Cookeville Limestone LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Customer was pulling drill with a dozer, steele got hung behind dirt pile, steele broke loose and struck leg/calf.

2002 · 1 incident

September 19, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Putnam County Highway Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING SOME BRUSH FROM AROUND THE CRUSHER WHEN HE STUCK A PART OF THE BRUSH THROUGH HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.