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Valley Creek Mine No. 2 Coal

Tennco Inc · Underground

Controlled by Jackie (Mitch) Fannin; Jack Stump

Clairfield, Claiborne County, TN · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4003231

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2004–2005
Latest incident: Jan 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

citations

significant & substantial

$725

proposed penalties

$725

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
2005 Q3	0	0	0
2005 Q2	1,698	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	6,990	3	1	429.2
2004 Q4	13,123	7	1	533.4
2004 Q3	3,756	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

December 21, 2004 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

Tennco Inc · Struck by flying object

EE was changing tire on 10SC shuttle car, had new tire on and was finishing tightening bolts, when the tire exploded and the 2 safety rings struck the victim in the face, left hand and chest area.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2005 · 1 incident

January 31, 2005 TN · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Tennco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A rock pinned his hand against canopy.