Mining Incidents

Cherokee Rock Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Cherokee Rock, LLC · Surface
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Bean Station, Grainger County, TN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003529

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2021–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
42
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,963
proposed penalties
$6,963
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 4,594 5 2 1088.4
2025 Q3 4,784 5 0 1045.2
2025 Q2 6,344 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,413 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,564 3 0 657.3
2024 Q1 7,735 12 2 1551.4
2023 Q4 6,645 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,446 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

3 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 12, 2024 TN · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cherokee Rock, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was using a spoon attachment on a Bobcat. When EE emptied it, the spoon came off and fell inside the Bobcat hitting EE's right knee.

2021 · 2 incidents

March 17, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hawkeye Contracting Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was drilling a battery powered drill to drill a bolt out of a crusher and the drill hung and twisted EE's hand catching it between the drill and the crusher resulting in a fracture to the left hand. No days were lost.

January 5, 2021 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hawkeye Contracting Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was cutting a tree with a chain saw in the pit with help of an excavator. The excavator operator pulled the tree instead of pushing and the tree fell hitting the employee on the right hand resulting in a fracture to EE's wrist.