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: 565 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No. 8 has $524 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.
$524
proposed penalties
$524
current assessed
$524
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-11-19.
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.
MSHA sampling at Mine No. 8 shows 80% of 35 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: 2000-04-27, 26 years ago
80%
within 1.5 mg/m3
35
samples
5.36
dust max (mg/m3)
17 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 18 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.
Mine No. 8 recorded 25.29 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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.
25.29
total case rate
25.29
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, coal mining averaged 12.02 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.
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2002
0
2001
0
2000
14
59,491
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine No. 8 sits in Scott County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Scott County, Tennessee · Population 21,969
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$42,679
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
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
1
0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
Show 3 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3
0
0
0
2000 Q2
9,394
4
0
425.8
2000 Q1
14,331
3
2
209.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file
2000 · 6 incidents
May 3, 2000TN · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Unknown operator · Struck by falling object
EE WAS BOLTING WHEN ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS, LANDED ON CANOPY SLID OFF, HITTING HIM ON LT SHOULDER, LT ARM & RT LEG.
Unknown operator · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN THE #4 BELT LINE, INBY #4 BELT HEAD 8 BREAKS APPROX 1500' SECTION. FALL WAS APPROX 20' LONG - 10' WIDE AND 30" THICK. APPEARS TO BE SMALL HORSEBACK.
Unknown operator · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTION 1500'OUTBY SECTION CONVEN. BOLTS WERE USED IN THIS AREA 20 YRS AGO AND APPEARED TO HAVE LOST TORQUE..NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN FALL AREA. FALL WAS APPROX 20'W,X50'LX30" THICK
March 4, 2000TN · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO PRY ROCK OUT OF BRIDGE CARRIER. WHEN BAR SLIPPED, FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR AND METAL. BROKE FINGER ON RT HAND.
Unknown operator · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN A BREAK THAT WAS MINE & SUPPORTED BY PREVIOUS OPERATOR, APPROX. 20 YEARS AGO. BREAK WAS BOLTED BY CONVENTIONAL 36" BOLTS AND BREAK HAD SHALE ROOF THAT HAD WEATHERED OVER THE YEARS. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED (IDLE SHIFT).
1999 · 9 incidents
December 11, 1999TN · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS OPERATING CONT MINER WITH REMOTE CONTROL BOX & WAS STANDING NEAR CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN A ROCK CAME OVER THE RUNNING CHAIN LANDING ON EE'S RIGHT FOOT
December 7, 1999TN · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
U S Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKER WAS TIGHTENING ROOF BOLTS BEING INSTALLED IN COAL RIB, USING A HAND HELD HYDRAULIC DRILL TO TIGHTEN BOLTS, AND WHEN BOLT BECAME TIGHT ONE HAND SLIPPED OFF DRILL, ALLOWING DRILL TO ROTAT E A HANDLE HIT WORKER ON RT. ELBOW.
October 15, 1999TN · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
BOLTER OPERATOR WAS BOLTING WITH HIS KNEES ON THE MINE FLOOR, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF BEHIND HIM 4" THICK X 18" LONG X 12" WIDE STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS ANKLES. RES ULTING IN A SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE WITH A HAIRLINE CRACK & BREAKING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
RIB ROW COLLASPED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE COVERING PART OF HIS BODY. EMPLOYEE HAD NO DISCOMFORT UNTIL 11-26-99 AND WENT TO THE DR. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DR. VISIT UNTIL 12-7-99. THE EMPLOYEE HAS STILL NOT LOST ANY TIME AS OF 12-9-99.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 1ST LEFT MAIN BETWEEN BREAKS #33 AND #34. THIS IS AN ABANDONED AREA AND THIS FALL IS A CONTINUATION OF FALL REPORTED ON 04/01/99. NO DAMAGE TO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT. THI S AREA WAS PREVIOUSLY CORDONED OFF.
ROOF FALL OCCURED DURING OFF-SHIFT IN 1ST LT. MAIN AT BREAK 34, FALLING IN BREAK BETWEEN #1 AND #2 ENTRIES, APPROX. 65' LONG 5' TO 6' HIGH, AND 20' WIDE. APPEARS A SLICKENSIDE CONDITION ABOVE THE FALL CAUSED ROOF TO TURN LOOSE. AREA WAS FULL BOLTED WITH 36" TO 48" RESIN BOLTS.
MINER CUT INTO OLD WORKINGS THAT WERE NOT KNOWN,THE OLD WORKINGS DIDN'T HAVE ANY METHANE, OXYGEBWAS AT 20.6%, TOP WAS BOLTED. NO DAMAGE AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.
February 17, 1999TN · Coalsection foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift bossHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DRIVING WEDGES BETWEEN TIMBERS & ROOF WHEN PRESSURE OF WEDGE CAUSED A ROCK TO FALL FROM ROOF. ROCK LANDED ON VICTIMS LEFT FOOT. BREAKING THE FOOT.
January 27, 1984TN · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Scott Coal Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WHILE TROWELING STOPPIT SEALINGT OMPOUND ONTO PERMANENT WHILE TROWELING STOPPIT SEALING COMPOUND ONTO PERMANENT MASONERY SEAL, VICTIM WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE BY COMPOUND CAUSING SEVER E EYE IRRITATION.