Clear Fork Surface Mine Coal
Kopper Glo Mining, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Industrial Minerals Group LLC
Clairfield,
Claiborne County,
TN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003443
Clear Fork Surface Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 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 2015
9
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,108
proposed penalties
$1,008
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
5
inspections on record
170
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: 170 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Clear Fork Surface Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 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.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Clear Fork Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.04 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 30 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.0.04
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.15
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
30
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-01-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-09-04.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Q1 | 1,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 7,657 | 1 | 1 | 130.6 |
| 2015 Q3 | 14,458 | 4 | 1 | 276.7 |
| 2015 Q2 | 15,188 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 14,861 | 4 | 0 | 269.2 |
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 Clear Fork Surface Mine
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.