Mining Incidents

Tackett Mine # 2 Coal

Controlled by Damian Caldwell
Clairfield, Claiborne County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003327

Tackett Mine # 2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $311 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
22
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,415
proposed penalties
$4,484
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $931 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
8
inspections on record
192
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: 192 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tackett Mine # 2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $311 outstanding across 2 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
$4K
paid to date
$311
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tackett Mine # 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 10 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.66
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-09-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-17.
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
2010 Q1 0 3 1
2009 Q4 26,958 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 31,897 7 3 219.5
2009 Q2 45,362 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 35,485 11 4 310.0
2008 Q4 31,276 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 21,174 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2009 · 3 incidents

September 8, 2009 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was decending down the side of the D11R Dozer, as he stepped down on the pusharm his right leg slipped causing him to fall to the ground, resulting in pain to his right knee.

August 13, 2009 TN · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding on a piece of metal. While doing so a small piece of metal shaving flew through the side of employee's safety glasses, resulting in the metal shaving embedding in his right eye.

February 17, 2009 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was mounting up the ladder of a 992C loader to service the transmission fluid. As he approched the top step the oil hose reel unlocked, causing the hose to jerk the employee, resulting in him loosing his balance and falling off the loader.

2008 · 2 incidents

December 4, 2008 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was unloading a water pump from the bed of the F350 truck. The truck bed was slick due to rainy weather, therefore as he was descending the truck bed with one foot out and one foot in, he slipped on the wet surface falling to the ground. Twisted his right ankle, resulting in it swelling.

November 1, 2008 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mountainside Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was backing up the dump with a 777C Rock Truck and stated that he either blacked out or fell asleep and over traveled the dump resulting in the truck over turning.

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The full compliance file on Tackett Mine # 2

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.