Mining Incidents

LOCUST MOUNT QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Jonesborough, Washington County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4000122

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
May 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
63
citations
20
significant & substantial
$10,201
proposed penalties
$9,693
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 2,394 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,873 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,051 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,278 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,835 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,315 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q3 1,397 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 20, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Washington County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD JUST EXITED HIS DUMP TRUCK AFTER BACKING IT UNDER THE BINS. HE WAS STANDING, LOOKING UP, TALKING TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS STANDING ABOVE HIM. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BACKING INTO THE ADJOINING STALL, HIS TRUCKBED STRUCK EE IN THE BACK, KNOCKING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT, THEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS RAN OVER HIS BODY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND RAN TO CALL 911.

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2004 · 1 incident

May 19, 2004 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Rinker Materials South Central Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was struck by equipment as it was being lifted off a flatbed truck. Equipment was 2'x2'x30' conveyor leg (box frame type). Hook on sling disconnected causing load to shift and strike employee on right lower leg, resulting in fracture.

2003 · 4 incidents

September 22, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Washington County Highway Department · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WORKER WAS OPERATING A TRACK LOADER, WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH CAUSED A SUDDEN "JERK". HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED LOW BACK STRAIN. HE IS NOT TO OPERAT E HEAVY EQUIPT., WILL RETURN FOR RE-CHECK ON 8/29/03.

August 7, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Washington County Highway Department · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE FOREMAN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING A BELT ON THE CRUSHER. WHEN HE REACHED INTO THE BOX OF BELTS, HE WAS STUNG ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER BY A "RED WASP". THE FOLLOWING DAY, HIS HAND WAS SWOLLEN WITH EXTREME ITCHING.

July 24, 2003 TN · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

SORE, SWOLLEN RIGHT HAND WAS FIRST THOUGHT TO BE TENDONITIS BUT WHEN MEDICATION AND WRIST SPLINT DID NOT HELP, HE WAS REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON. AFTER AN EMG CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME WAS CONFIRMED AND SURGERY RECOMMENDED.

2002 · 1 incident

June 21, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE BUCKET TRUCK, SLIPPED ON SOME SAWDUST AND OIL AND FELL. HIS HEAD HIT A HOOK CAUSING A LACERATION. HIS BACK HIT A SHARPCORNER OF AN OIL TANK, IT SKINNED HIS RIGHT ARM BELOW THE ELBOW, RIGHT HIP, RIBS AND LOWER BACK WERE ALSO INJURED.

2001 · 3 incidents

December 11, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Washington County Highway Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF A TOGGLE BUSHING IN THE JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A SCREW DRIVER TO PRY OFF THE BUSHING. WHEN IT "LET GO" HE JUMPED BACK TO AVOID IT HITTING HIM, PULLING HIS NECK AND BACK MUSCLES.

March 6, 2001 TN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Washington County Highway Department · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE STEPS OF THE SHOP WERE COVERED WITH ICE AND SNOW. AS THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF THE SHOP HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. IT TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.