Devonia, Anderson County,
TN
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4003328
Premium #5 Deep Mine has $420K in proposed MSHA penalties and $224K outstanding across 26 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
33
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
361
citations
134
significant & substantial
$420,136
proposed penalties
$106,330
paid to date
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $313,806 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
38
inspections on record
2,600
inspection hours
13.9
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.
361 citations across 2,600 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Premium #5 Deep Mine has $420K in proposed MSHA penalties and $224K outstanding across 26 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.
$420K
proposed penalties
$330K
current assessed
$106K
paid to date
$224K
outstanding
338 assessments are final orders; 26 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-02-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Premium #5 Deep Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.39 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 156 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.
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
Truck traveling from mine site. The victim had truck in high gear, truck was out of control, he put truck in ditch and jumped out. Victim received fatal injury to head.
A roof fall occurred in the #4 crosscut intersection of the #4 entry. The roof fall was 50' long x 18-20' wide x 5-7' thick. The fall was cleaned up and the area was re-supported. There were no injuries or property damage.
July 21, 2011TN · Coalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee received an injury as a result of handling cribs blocks. Employee received a pulled/strained muscle injury while turning with a crib block to place it off the belt to be installed.
June 10, 2011TN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE alleges an injury occurred which resulted in stomach and chest pain while bending and or installing roof bolts and cable bolts. Note: This accident may be updated EE indicated to supervisor that he is suffering from a collapsed lung and pneumonia. May not be work related.
Note: Date & Time fall occurred not known (is in worked out area) - Time noted was approx time fall found. An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 3 east north mains between crosscuts 4 & 5 in the No5 entry. The fall was approximately 60'long X 18' wide X 8'-10' high ( estimate). No injuries or property damage.
An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #3 belt entry one cross cut in by SS 361 n the intersection. The fall was approximately 10' high - 28' wide (including area in adjacent crosscuts) and 3.5' long. These are approx. measurements. There were no injuries. The belt drive and tailpiece were under the fall and will not be recovered. Area old.
An unplanned roof fall occurred in the intersection of the 12th crosscut of the #4 entry of the north mains. The fall was approximately 18'wide X 20'long and 8' to 10'high. There was no property damage or injuries. The fall will be cleaned up. This is an out by area along the main travel way.
While attempting to connect 3 north mains to 2 east panel 4 for the purposes of pumping water from worked out panel an inundation occurred. The amount of water encountered at cut through was greater than expected & the result of the inflow typically was from a feathers edge to 6"-12" deep with the max. being approx 30" in a swag in belt entry. No injuries or entrapment occurred.
An unplanned roof fall was found the exact date/time of fall is not known found at approx. 11:30 a.m.The fall is located in #5 entry of the #3 East Mains at c.c. #35 in the intersection. Fall approx. 8' X 10' high and 18' wide. The length of the fall could not be determined. There was no property damage or injuries.
An unplanned roof fall 20' x 60'-70' long x approx 8' high occurred in the No. 4 entry between xcuts 34 and 35 and extended into the xcut (No. 35) between No. 3 & 4 entries. There was no property damage or injuries. Proximity of soft shale roof, slips & joints and water in roof contributed to the occurrence.
An unplanned roof fall, 20' wide x 40' long x 5' thick occurred in the 2 L crosscut at crosscut No. 35 of the No. 4 Right Mains. There were no property damage or injuries. Proximity to the intersection, shale roof (soft) and slips/joints contributed to the occurrence.
2010 · 6 incidents
September 16, 2010TN · Coalelectrician, linemanMACHINERY
Employee was crawling underneath bridge, the bridge hit his hip.
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