Buffalo Mountain #1 Coal
Robert Clear Coal Corporation
· Surface
Controlled by
Robert L Clear
Oliver Springs,
Anderson County,
TN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003369
Buffalo Mountain #1 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
38
citations
25
significant & substantial
$33,204
proposed penalties
$29,634
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,570 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
4
inspections on record
236
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 236 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Buffalo Mountain #1 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$33K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Buffalo Mountain #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.37 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 21 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.37
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.57
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-07-25.
Silica (quartz)
18.2
silica avg (%)
18.2
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-05-24.
Noise
13%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-05-17.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 4,614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 12,950 | 10 | 7 | 772.2 |
| 2011 Q1 | 11,245 | 6 | 4 | 533.6 |
| 2010 Q4 | 7,877 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,871 | 16 | 8 | 2725.3 |
| 2010 Q2 | 9,444 | 6 | 6 | 635.3 |
| 2010 Q1 | 5,499 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Buffalo Mountain #1
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.