Kitty Hollow-Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
42
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,094
proposed penalties
$5,059
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,035 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.
Rate withheld: 386 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Kitty Hollow-Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $389 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-02.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
73%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $389 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 2021-07-14.
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.
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.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2024-02-27
8
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-02-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2015-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2009-08-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2009-08-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-08-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
5
2024
6
2023
5
2022
4
2021
3
2020
3
2019
4
2018
4
2017
3
2016
3
2015
3
2014
4
2013
4
2012
4
2011
3
2010
4
2009
4
2008
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Kitty Hollow-Plant sits in Rhea County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Rhea County, Tennessee · Population 33,299
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,133
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
2026 Q2
584
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
586
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
617
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
583
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
893
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,746
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,746
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,746
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,746
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1,165
3
0
2575.1
2023 Q4
1,766
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,726
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,726
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,726
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,726
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,726
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,142
2
0
1751.3
2022 Q1
1,142
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,142
1
0
875.7
2021 Q3
1,157
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1,157
2
0
1728.6
2020 Q4
1,157
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,157
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
943
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,564
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,250
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,532
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,573
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,442
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,378
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,470
6
2
4081.6
2018 Q2
1,600
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,210
3
1
2479.3
2017 Q4
1,160
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,500
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,130
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,080
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
980
1
0
1020.4
2016 Q3
1,120
1
0
892.9
2016 Q2
1,090
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,132
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
637
1
0
1569.9
2015 Q3
1,028
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,004
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
973
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,002
1
0
998.0
2014 Q2
1,504
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
972
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
703
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,438
1
0
695.4
2013 Q2
930
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
963
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,042
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,355
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,122
3
1
2673.8
2012 Q1
776
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
110
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,063
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
604
1
0
1655.6
2011 Q1
403
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
437
5
1
11441.6
2010 Q3
1,066
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,919
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
650
1
1
1538.5
2009 Q4
609
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,085
2
0
1843.3
2009 Q2
682
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
826
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,349
1
0
741.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2015 · 1 incident
October 15, 2015TN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTRIKING OR BUMPING
Employee was exiting the CAT dozer and bumped his knee on the equipment, specifically on the top of the blade. The employee did not want medical attention at the time of the accident but came today asking for medical treatment