Mining Incidents

Mine No 6B Coal

National Coal Corporation · Underground
Caryville, Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4003165

Mine No 6B has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Sep 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
78
citations
38
significant & substantial
$16,397
proposed penalties
$16,397
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
42
inspections on record
1,248
inspection hours
6.3
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.
78 citations across 1,248 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No 6B has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-02-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 6B shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.57 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 160 samples.

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.
0.57
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.28
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
160
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-08.
Silica (quartz)
9.8
silica avg (%)
43.5
silica max (%)
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-04-14.
Noise
15%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-04-08.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 8,501 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 14,638 17 10 1161.4
2002 Q4 17,449 4 1 229.2
2002 Q3 17,624 18 6 1021.3
2002 Q2 14,966 8 7 534.5
2002 Q1 16,608 6 4 361.3
2001 Q4 9,722 12 3 1234.3
2001 Q3 4,583 10 7 2182.0
2001 Q2 799 3 0 3754.7
2001 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2002 · 10 incidents

September 30, 2002 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
U S Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.

September 4, 2002 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
U S Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE PLACING ROOF BOLT IN ROOF, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING LEFT SHOULDER.

August 7, 2002 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BOX OF ROOF BOLT RESIN, EE STRAINED BACK. (SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT 8-13-02.)

May 28, 2002 TN · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE USING CHAIN HOIST ON BELT LINE. (SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON JUNE 20,2002).

May 13, 2002 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REPAIRING CONVEYOR BELT, STRAINED LOWER BACK.

April 25, 2002 TN · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROOF BOLT GLUE, STRAINED BACK.

March 22, 2002 TN · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

JACKING UP BELT STRUCTURE, EE LIFTED JACK AND PULLED LEFT FOREARM MUSCLE.

March 12, 2002 TN · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REMOVING ROCK LODGED IN BELT LINE, STRAINED LOWER BACK.

February 8, 2002 TN · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER, STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.

January 12, 2002 TN · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STACKING BRATTICE BLOSK, FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK POSSIBLE PULLED MUSCLE.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 14, 2001 TN · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U S Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

LIFTING SIDE ARMS ON ATRS, WHILE LIFTING, KNEE POPPED POSSIBLE TORN LIGAMENT.

October 4, 2001 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
U S Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROOF BOLT BRUISED ELBOW AND LOWER LEFT ARM.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 6B

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.