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Walker's Dirt Pit, Knox County, Tennessee: 1 MSHA citation
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Walker's Dirt Pit is an active clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. surface mine in Knox County, Tennessee, operated by Walker's Rock with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4003485). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 1 citation and orders there with $143 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4003485
- Status
- Active since February 7, 2025
- Main commodity
- Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls.
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Knox County, Tennessee
- Nearest town
- New Market
- Operator
- Walker's Rock
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Knoxville TN Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $143
- Amount paid so far
- $143
- Inspections
- 10
- Inspector hours on site
- 36
- Citations per inspection
- 0.10 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 17, 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Walker's Dirt Pit
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 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 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 |
| Knoxville Cement Plant | Cemex Const Materials Atlantic, LLC | Knox County, TN | Cement | 147 | 159 |
| 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 |
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.