This was not a good week for the rock quarry operated by Southern Rock Manufacturing in Woodbury.
On Monday at 10:00am, Staci Jackson of Rockvale was traveling west on John Bragg Highway. She told Tennessee Highway Patrol, suddenly rock and clouds of dust began to rain down on her vehicle. This caused damaged to her vehicle hood and radiator.
According to Cannon County Emergency Management, rock from the quarry was blown out from apparent blasting traveled and across both lanes of John Bragg Highway and hit the moving vehicle.
No injuries were reported but several deep marks were observed on the highway because of the hard impact.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office responded Tuesday and deemed it necessary to order the immediate shutdown of all quarry operations for a minimum of five days, effective immediately.
Part of the reason involved the discovery of additional damage caused by the rock fragments, authorities said.
Blasting Conducted by: Hermitage Explosives Corp. of Nashville.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing.