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Knoxville Cement Plant: 159 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Knoxville Cement Plant is an active cement processing facility in Knox County, Tennessee, operated by Cemex Const Materials Atlantic, LLC with 147 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4000840). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 159 citations and orders there with $92,569 in proposed penalties, and 22 accident reports were filed there, with 22 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4000840
- Status
- Active since April 4, 2012
- Main commodity
- Cement
- Mine type
- Facility
- County
- Knox County, Tennessee
- Nearest town
- Knoxville
- Operator
- Cemex Const Materials Atlantic, LLC
- Parent company
- Cemex S a
- Employees
- 147
- MSHA field office
- Knoxville TN Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 159
- Significant and substantial
- 34 (21.4%)
- Closure orders
- 3
- High negligence or reckless
- 3
- Proposed penalties
- $92,569
- Amount paid so far
- $62,315
- Inspections
- 36
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,310
- Citations per inspection
- 4.42 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 22
- Injury and illness cases
- 22
- Fatalities
- 1
- Latest MSHA record
- October 19, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 41 ($8,504 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 77 | 15 | $18,452 | 6 |
| 2023 | 22 | 8 | $55,197 | 8 |
| 2024 | 18 | 4 | $7,218 | 4 |
| 2025 | 27 | 6 | $9,084 | 4 |
| 2026 | 15 | 1 | $2,618 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Knoxville Cement Plant
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 22 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 21 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 21 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.12002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
Injury and illness cases at Knoxville Cement Plant
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 1 |
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 17 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 3 |
What the accident reports at Knoxville Cement Plant describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 8 |
| Slip or fall of person | 7 |
| Other | 3 |
| Disorders (physical agents) | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Knoxville Cement Plant
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Conveyor | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
| Forklift | 1 |
Other open mines in Knox County, Tennessee
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immel Mine | Crucible Etn LLC | Knox County, TN | Zinc | 140 | 347 |
| Forks of the River Quarry | Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC | Knox County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 16 | 9 |
| Dixie Lee Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Knox County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 22 | 8 |
| Riverside Drive Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Knox County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 5 |
| Midway Quarry | Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC | Knox County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 5 |
| I-75 Quarry | Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC | Knox County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 12 | 4 |
| Walker's Dirt Pit | Walker's Rock | Knox County, TN | Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. | 2 | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.