Mining Incidents

Surface Mine #1 Coal

Controlled by Michael Blubaugh
Middlesboro, Claiborne County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003027

Surface Mine #1 has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2016
Latest incident
Feb 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,043
proposed penalties
$2,043
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
16
inspections on record
224
inspection hours
n/a
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: 224 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Surface Mine #1 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Surface Mine #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 17 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.48
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-08-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-08-23.
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 1,472 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 7,128 6 0 841.8
2016 Q2 6,178 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,618 2 2 232.1
2015 Q4 16,289 7 2 429.7
2015 Q3 7,868 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2016 · 1 incident

February 18, 2016 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Middlesboro Mining Operations, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to move chain on drill into place using a pry bar. The pry bar slipped striking employee on face causing a laceration. Employee was taken to E.R. where they glued it closed. Employee returned to work.

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The full compliance file on Surface Mine #1

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.