Mines in Tennessee: 305 open mines and MSHA citations
MSHA lists 305 open mines in Tennessee, run by 147 operators and employing 3,452 people. Since January 1, 2022 its inspectors issued 4,471 citations and orders there with $1,766,972 in proposed penalties, and operators reported 297 injury or illness cases, 4 of them fatal. The operators with the most open mines are Rogers Group Inc; Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC; Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- Open mines
- 305
- Operators
- 147
- Employees
- 3,452
- Active
- 262
- Intermittent
- 25
- Temporarily Idled
- 9
- New Mine
- 6
- NonProducing
- 3
- Mines run by individuals, counted and not listed
- 33
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 4,471
- Significant and substantial
- 985 (22.0%)
- Closure orders
- 224
- High negligence or reckless
- 226
- Proposed penalties
- $1,766,972
- Amount paid so far
- $1,469,663
- Inspections
- 3,759
- Inspector hours on site
- 47,550
- Citations per inspection
- 1.19 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 310
- Injury and illness cases
- 297
- Fatalities
- 4
- Latest MSHA record
- November 5, 2026
Operators with the most open mines in Tennessee
Ranked by open mines, then by citations. Sole proprietors and individuals are not listed.
Operators with the most citations in Tennessee
Citations and orders issued since January 1, 2022 at their open mines here.
Mines with the most citations
Open mines, ranked by citations and orders since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immel Mine | Crucible Etn LLC | Knox County, TN | Zinc | 140 | 347 |
| Middle Tennessee Mine | Crucible MTN, LLC | Smith County, TN | Zinc | 30 | 256 |
| Young Mine | Crucible Etn LLC | Jefferson County, TN | Zinc | 158 | 203 |
| Coy Mine | Crucible Etn LLC | Jefferson County, TN | Zinc | 119 | 171 |
| Knoxville Cement Plant | Cemex Const Materials Atlantic, LLC | Knox County, TN | Cement | 147 | 159 |
| Potter Materials LaFollette | Potter Materials, LLC | Campbell County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 107 |
| Maymead Materials, Inc. | Maymead Materials, Inc. | Johnson County, TN | Crushed, broken granite | 26 | 99 |
| Little Six Corp. DBA Short Mtn Silica | Short Mountain Silica Company | Hawkins County, TN | Crushed, broken sandstone | 62 | 87 |
| Chesney Underground | Carmeuse Lime & Stone | Union County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 79 | 86 |
| Signal Mountain Cement Co | Buzzi Unicem USA | Hamilton County, TN | Cement | 123 | 77 |
| Crab Orchard Quarry | SRM Materials, LLC | Cumberland County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 31 | 76 |
| Anderson Mine and Mill | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Franklin County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 34 | 64 |
| Gleason Mills and Mines | Kentucky Tennessee Clay Company | Weakley County, TN | Common clays | 50 | 58 |
| Crab Orchard Mine and Mill | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Cumberland County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 57 | 53 |
| Hommel Concrete Co. Quarry | Hommel Concrete Company | Cocke County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 50 |
| Veracruz Prime Stone | Varacruz Prime Stone | Marion County, TN | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 50 |
| SRM Materials Tri County | SRM Materials, LLC | Grundy County, TN | Crushed, broken stone | 10 | 49 |
| Whites Creek Plant & Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Davidson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 14 | 46 |
| Thorn Hill Quarry | Apex Aggregates, LLC | Grainger County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 7 | 43 |
| Brown Quarry | Tennessee Marble Company | Blount County, TN | Dimension marble | 22 | 42 |
| Young Mill | Crucible Etn LLC | Jefferson County, TN | Zinc | 70 | 41 |
| Reostone LLC | Reostone LLC | Davidson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 30 | 41 |
| Gravel Sand & Solid Rock | Gravel Sand and Solid Rock | Tipton County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 10 | 40 |
| Cherokee Rock Quarry | Cherokee Rock, LLC | Grainger County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 39 |
| Smyrna Quarry | SRM Materials, LLC | Rutherford County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 36 |
| SRM Monteagle Quarry | SRM Materials, LLC | Franklin County, TN | Crushed, broken sandstone | 17 | 35 |
| Cross Plains Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Robertson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 15 | 33 |
| Clear Creek Quarry | Hommel Concrete Company | Cocke County, TN | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 32 |
| Dunlap Stone Sand Plant | Dunlap Stone Inc | Sequatchie County, TN | Crushed, broken sandstone | 15 | 31 |
| South Fork Pit | Delta Contracting Company, LLC | Henry County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 29 |
| Dunlap Stone Inc Jasper Quarry | Dunlap Stone Inc | Marion County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 28 |
| Seven Springs Fieldstone | Seven Springs Stone | Marion County, TN | Dimension sandstone | 3 | 28 |
| Middleton Operations | U.S. Silica Company, LLC | Hardeman County, TN | Common clays | 90 | 25 |
| Geomax Stone 2 | Geomax Stone LLC | Cumberland County, TN | Dimension sandstone | 8 | 25 |
| Chattanooga Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Hamilton County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 41 | 22 |
| Gleason Mills & Mines | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Weakley County, TN | Common clays | 18 | 22 |
| Stone Dynamics, Tennessee #1 | Stone Dynamics of Tennessee LLC | Bledsoe County, TN | Dimension stone | 12 | 22 |
| Hoover Materials LLC | Hoover Materials LLC | Davidson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 22 |
| Oak Ridge Quarry & Mill | Rogers Group Inc | Anderson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 21 | 21 |
| Volunteer Materials | Volunteer Materials | Marshall County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 20 | 21 |
| Bennett's Lake Quarry | Buzzi Unicem USA | Marion County, TN | Cement | 17 | 21 |
| Whaley Materials | Whaley Materials, LLC | Jefferson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 21 |
| Monroe County Stone | Rogers Group Inc | Monroe County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 21 |
| Laurelbrook Quarry2 | Dayton Mountain Quarries, LLC | Rhea County, TN | Dimension stone | 5 | 21 |
| Ferry Branch Quarry | Stone For You, LLC | Bledsoe County, TN | Dimension stone | 5 | 20 |
| PCS of TN Mine | PCS of TN LLC | Marshall County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 0 | 20 |
| Gallatin Quarry | Reostone LLC | Sumner County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 30 | 19 |
| Duke Quarry | Silvara Stone Co., LLC | Rhea County, TN | Dimension stone | 9 | 19 |
| Sequatchie Quarry | Dunlap Stone Inc | Sequatchie County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 21 | 18 |
| Mammy's Creek | Basses Creek Stone LLC | Cumberland County, TN | Dimension stone | 13 | 18 |
| Volunteer Materials, Shelbyville | Volunteer Materials | Bedford County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 18 |
| Soak Creek | Cook Stone Company | Bledsoe County, TN | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 18 |
| Sevierville Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Sevier County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 25 | 16 |
| Lebanon Quarry & Mill | Martin Marietta Altn Aggregates, Inc. | Wilson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 15 | 16 |
| Gordonsville Plant | Mid-South Stone Inc | Smith County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 16 |
| Jackson Sand | Jackson Sand | Madison County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 16 |
| Henry County Mines & Mill | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Henry County, TN | Common clays | 14 | 15 |
| Gleason Clay Mill | Old Hickory Clay Company | Weakley County, TN | Common clays | 13 | 15 |
| Stantonville Sand and Gravel | Apac Tennessee Inc | Mcnairy County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 15 |
| Weakley County Operations | Gleason Clay Company LLC | Weakley County, TN | Common clays | 31 | 14 |
| Whaley Materials Kodak | Whaley Materials, LLC | Sevier County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 11 | 14 |
| Roane County Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Roane County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 14 |
| Uc Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Putnam County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 14 |
| Delaney Loop Sand and Gravel | Rogers Group Inc | Hardin County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 14 |
| Overton County Quarry Tennessee | Overton County Highway Department | Overton County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 3 | 14 |
| Crab Orchard Stone Co., Inc. | Crab Orchard Stone Company Inc | Cumberland County, TN | Dimension sandstone | 3 | 14 |
| Butler Stone | Butler Stone | Johnson County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 14 |
| Sand Products of Monterey | Midsouth Aggregates | Overton County, TN | Crushed, broken sandstone | 12 | 13 |
| Fentress Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Fentress County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 13 |
| Loyston Road Quarry | Loyston Road Quarry, Inc. | Union County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 13 |
| County Quarry | Campbell County Highway Department | Campbell County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 13 |
| Claiborne County Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Claiborne County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 3 | 13 |
| Clarksville Quarry 1375 | Clarksville Quarry 1375 | Montgomery County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 31 | 12 |
| Dickson Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Dickson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 12 |
| Gizzard | CSH Inc | Marion County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 10 | 12 |
| Woodbury Quarry | SRM Materials, LLC | Cannon County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 12 |
| Wayne County Rock,Inc. | Wayne County Rock | Wayne County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 4 | 12 |
| Maryville Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Blount County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 18 | 11 |
| Panther Enterprises Quarry | Panther Enterprises, LLC | Putnam County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 11 |
| Jones Parsons Quarry | Jones Bros. Contractors, LLC | Decatur County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 10 | 11 |
| Tri County Stone | Tri County Investments LLC | Union County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 11 |
| Jennings Pond Road Mine | Grade a Construction LLC | Wilson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 3 | 11 |
| Preparation Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Marion County, TN | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 11 |
| Franklin Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Williamson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 35 | 10 |
| Stone Sales & Service ,Inc. | Stone Sales & Service, Inc. | Sequatchie County, TN | Dimension sandstone | 14 | 10 |
| Lookout Valley Quarry | Midsouth Aggregates | Hamilton County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 12 | 10 |
| Springfield Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Robertson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 11 | 10 |
| County Quarry | Jefferson County Highway Department | Jefferson County, TN | Crushed, broken stone | 9 | 10 |
| Rhea County Stone | Rogers Group Inc | Rhea County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 10 |
| Blount-Loudon Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Loudon County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 10 |
| Cowan Quarry | SRM Materials, LLC | Franklin County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 8 | 10 |
| Mount Olive | Lopez Stone LLC | Marion County, TN | Dimension stone | 5 | 10 |
| McMinnville Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Warren County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 10 |
| Dekalb County Quarry & Mill | Dekalb County Highway Department | De Kalb County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 10 |
| Pit #1 & Plant | Newport Sand & Gravel | Cocke County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 34 | 9 |
| Forks of the River Quarry | Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC | Knox County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 16 | 9 |
| Hermitage Quarry | Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | Davidson County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 15 | 9 |
| Liberty Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | De Kalb County, TN | Crushed, broken limestone | 11 | 9 |
| Frank Road Pit | Apac Tennessee Inc | Shelby County, TN | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 9 |
| Tinsley Limestone LLC | Tinsley Limestone LLC | Franklin County, TN | Dimension stone | 10 | 9 |
Counties
| County | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Cumberland County | 25 |
| Marion County | 22 |
| Bledsoe County | 12 |
| Putnam County | 10 |
| Jefferson County | 9 |
| Rhea County | 9 |
| Knox County | 9 |
| Davidson County | 8 |
| Overton County | 8 |
| Franklin County | 7 |
| Sullivan County | 7 |
| Sequatchie County | 6 |
| Rutherford County | 6 |
| Hardin County | 6 |
| Union County | 6 |
| Cocke County | 5 |
| Bedford County | 5 |
| Marshall County | 5 |
| Benton County | 5 |
| Wilson County | 5 |
| Weakley County | 5 |
| De Kalb County | 4 |
| Robertson County | 4 |
| Campbell County | 4 |
| Hamilton County | 4 |
| Lincoln County | 4 |
| Johnson County | 4 |
| Sevier County | 4 |
| Carter County | 4 |
| Madison County | 4 |
| Maury County | 3 |
| Monroe County | 3 |
| Anderson County | 3 |
| White County | 3 |
| Claiborne County | 3 |
| Mcminn County | 3 |
| Cannon County | 3 |
| Shelby County | 3 |
| Smith County | 3 |
| Unicoi County | 3 |
| Loudon County | 3 |
| Hawkins County | 3 |
| Grainger County | 3 |
| Fentress County | 2 |
| Grundy County | 2 |
| Roane County | 2 |
| Greene County | 2 |
| Montgomery County | 2 |
| Blount County | 2 |
| Decatur County | 2 |
| Williamson County | 2 |
| Dickson County | 2 |
| Henry County | 2 |
| Sumner County | 2 |
| Lawrence County | 2 |
| Moore County | 2 |
| Mcnairy County | 2 |
| Wayne County | 2 |
| Bradley County | 1 |
| Giles County | 1 |
| Warren County | 1 |
| Coffee County | 1 |
| Washington County | 1 |
| Perry County | 1 |
| Hamblen County | 1 |
| Obion County | 1 |
| Hardeman County | 1 |
| Hickman County | 1 |
| Jackson County | 1 |
| Dyer County | 1 |
| Tipton County | 1 |
| Meigs County | 1 |
| Van Buren County | 1 |
| Humphreys County | 1 |
| Houston County | 1 |
| Trousdale County | 1 |
| Polk County | 1 |
| Morgan County | 1 |
Mines by kind
| Kind | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Stone | 242 |
| Sand and gravel | 26 |
| Nonmetal | 23 |
| Metal | 6 |
| Coal | 2 |
Main commodities
| Main commodity | Open mines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Crushed, broken limestone | 159 | 52.1% |
| Dimension sandstone | 30 | 9.8% |
| Dimension stone | 27 | 8.9% |
| Construction sand and gravel | 25 | 8.2% |
| Crushed, broken stone | 10 | 3.3% |
| Common clays | 7 | 2.3% |
| Crushed, broken sandstone | 7 | 2.3% |
| Zinc | 5 | 1.6% |
| Common shale | 4 | 1.3% |
| Cement | 3 | 1% |
| Sand, industrial | 3 | 1% |
| Shell | 3 | 1% |
| Crushed, broken granite | 2 | 0.7% |
| Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 0.7% |
| Clay, ceramic, refractory mnls. | 2 | 0.7% |
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 | 1,016 | 238 | $431,368 | 73 |
| 2023 | 1,141 | 263 | $560,407 | 70 |
| 2024 | 872 | 175 | $255,173 | 56 |
| 2025 | 798 | 184 | $327,554 | 56 |
| 2026 | 644 | 125 | $192,470 | 42 |
Standards cited most at mines in Tennessee
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 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 364 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 210 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 207 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 203 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 189 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 165 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 121 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 118 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 112 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 110 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 103 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 87 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 86 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 72 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 65 |
Injury and illness cases at mines in Tennessee
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 4 |
| Permanent disability | 7 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 186 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 100 |
What the accident reports at mines in Tennessee describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 88 |
| Handling of materials | 75 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 37 |
| Powered haulage | 34 |
| Machinery | 29 |
| Other | 18 |
| Disorders (physical agents) | 5 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 5 |
| Fire | 4 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 4 |
Equipment named in accident reports at mines in Tennessee
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 38 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 19 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 17 |
| Front-end loader | 13 |
| Forklift | 10 |
| Trucks | 8 |
| Pneumatic blasting agent loader | 6 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 6 |
| Shovel | 4 |
| Crusher | 3 |
Updated November 6, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets. 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.