Briceville Plant has $97K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Briceville Plant.
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Years on record
1989–2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
234
citations
65
significant & substantial
$96,647
proposed penalties
$89,673
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,974 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
234 citations across 1,722 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Briceville Plant has $97K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 5 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$97K
proposed penalties
$95K
current assessed
$90K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
223 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $73K in penalties contested before the Commission, $71K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-05-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
40citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 30%
Stood as issued
28 · 70%
91%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 22 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
2%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$73K proposed, $71K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-09-20.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Briceville Plant shows 100% of 93 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2009-09-18, 16 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
93
samples
1.17
dust max (mg/m3)
84 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 9 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust by year
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Briceville Plant recorded 4.12 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
4.12
total case rate
4.12
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About average. The US coal mining average was 4.16 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, coal mining averaged 6.63 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2009 *
4.12
4.12
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
7.88
7.88
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
0
2017
1
2016
0
2015
1
2014
0
2013
0
2012
0
2011
0
2010
3
2009
16
2008
10
2007
10
2006
9
2005
10
2004
8
2003
8
2002
10
2001
11
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Briceville Plant sits in Anderson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Anderson County, Tennessee · Population 78,175
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,171
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
1,912
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
Show 65 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
578
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
400
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
2
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
2
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
4
1
2012 Q3
0
4
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
0
4
0
2011 Q3
0
1
0
2011 Q2
0
4
2
2011 Q1
0
12
6
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
55
6
2
109090.9
2010 Q2
3,126
28
17
8957.1
2010 Q1
1,507
1
0
663.6
2009 Q4
7,180
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
9,897
13
2
1313.5
2009 Q2
21,112
2
0
94.7
2009 Q1
10,359
22
5
2123.8
2008 Q4
13,504
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,479
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,097
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,005
16
4
5324.5
2007 Q4
2,803
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,619
3
0
829.0
2007 Q2
4,220
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,763
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,201
11
2
2115.0
2006 Q3
4,282
3
0
700.6
2006 Q2
3,902
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,986
1
0
200.6
2005 Q4
3,570
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,540
3
2
458.7
2005 Q2
4,866
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,519
9
3
1630.7
2004 Q4
3,352
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,996
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,768
4
0
1445.1
2004 Q1
2,490
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,523
2
0
792.7
2003 Q3
2,547
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,825
2
0
522.9
2003 Q1
4,630
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
3,400
2
0
588.2
2002 Q3
3,774
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,461
3
0
672.5
2002 Q1
5,343
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,442
4
0
900.5
2001 Q3
6,365
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,188
4
1
771.0
2001 Q1
5,558
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,796
3
1
517.6
2000 Q3
5,721
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
6,897
3
0
435.0
2000 Q1
6,969
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
32 on file
2010 · 1 incident
August 14, 2010TN · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TWO PLANT EMPLOYEES WERE REPLACING THE REFUSE SIEVE SCREEN. THEY HAD BEEN WORKING FOR APPROX 1 HOUR WHEN A SECTION OF FLOOR SUPPORT GAVE WAY WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL AND RESULT ED IN AN ANKLE INJURY.
1999 · 3 incidents
November 22, 1999TN · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CLEANING TAIL SECTION OF BELTLINE. SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN TAIL SECTION. PUSHED UP HITTING HIM IN THE FACE AREA. BRUISING OF RIGHT SIDE OF FACE, EAR. BROKE 1 FRONT TOOTHG OFF & DISLODGED A BACK T OOTH.
1998 · 1 incident
April 17, 1998TN · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS