Clairfield, Claiborne County,
TN
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4003213
Straight Creek Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2004–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
52
citations
21
significant & substantial
$5,204
proposed penalties
$5,144
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
25
inspections on record
1,448
inspection hours
3.6
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.
52 citations across 1,448 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Straight Creek Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-05-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Straight Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.67 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 195 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2
9,438
1
0
106.0
2006 Q1
22,045
4
1
181.4
2005 Q4
21,961
8
1
364.3
2005 Q3
18,968
7
5
369.0
2005 Q2
21,200
7
0
330.2
2005 Q1
17,492
2
2
114.3
2004 Q4
16,773
10
7
596.2
2004 Q3
17,082
4
1
234.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2
14,689
3
0
204.2
2004 Q1
13,002
6
4
461.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2005 · 6 incidents
July 16, 2005TN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennco, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Working on loader bucket, he mashed left thumb inbetween bucket and bar.
June 26, 2005TN · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
PIN HAD COME OUT OF PULL CAR BEHIND SCOOP. EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING PIN BACK IN THE HOLE. HE HIT PIN WITH HAMMER AND SOMETHING FLEW OFF PIN AND HIT EE IN RIGHT EYE.
IN #2 ENTRY ONE BREAK OUTBY FACE INTERSECTION STATION WORKING, WENT CRIBS STATING BUILDING CRIBS IN #2 ENTRY AND #2 ROGURT, DAMAGE T OFF AT 1000AM INTERSECTION FELL IN AT ABOUT 100PM
ROCK FALL WAS 4 1/2' THICK 18 X 18 FEET WIDE IN INTERSECTION OF #5 ENTRY 5 BREAKS UP ON #2 BELT INTAKE. SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ACTIVITY BEFOR IT FELL DANGERED OFF AND BUILT CRIBS AROUND IT DOES NOT AFFECT VENT OR TRAVEL WAY
ROOF FALL WAS IN THE #5 ENTRY ON NEUTRAL SEVEN BREAKS UP FROM #1 BELT ON SECTION BELT. WAS CRIBBED OFF & DANGERED OFF. WAS NOT AWARE OF FALL UNTIL EMPLOYMENT OF 1/1/05. THAT SECTION OF MINE HAS BEEN SEALED OFF.
MAN LEFT BUGGY IN FORWARD DIRECTION WHILE LOADING MATERIAL ON IT. PART HIT FOOT SWITCH & BUGGY MOVED FORWARD HITTING EE ON ANKLE & BROKE BONE IN IT.
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