Mining Incidents

Tn mine 20 Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Briceville, Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003320

Tn mine 20 has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
101
citations
47
significant & substantial
$48,284
proposed penalties
$26,827
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,457 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
38
inspections on record
923
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: 923 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tn mine 20 has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 15 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tn mine 20 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 37 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.82
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-09-19.
Noise
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-12.
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
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 120 5 0 41666.7
2014 Q4 0 0 0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 5,144 7 2 1360.8
2014 Q1 0 1 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q1 159 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 8 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,147 1 0 871.8
2011 Q3 2,106 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 17,209 1 1 58.1
2011 Q1 21,050 16 7 760.1
2010 Q4 21,824 4 4 183.3
2010 Q3 20,401 3 1 147.1
2010 Q2 25,747 27 13 1048.7
2010 Q1 20,377 10 7 490.7
2009 Q4 16,109 4 4 248.3
2009 Q3 641 6 2 9360.4
2009 Q2 4,040 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 14,464 2 2 138.3
2008 Q4 6,491 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 719 6 4 8344.9
2008 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

April 19, 2011 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While dismounting the haulback truck the EE put his foot on the ground twisting his ankle causing him to fall backwards to the ground.

February 23, 2011 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Premium Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Injured was using hammer to strike a metal pin - part of hammer head broke away and struck employee in face.

2010 · 1 incident

February 15, 2010 TN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Weather conditions were snowy & icy. Employee stepped out of lube trk, slipped on ice/snow resulting in twisting his left ankle.

2009 · 3 incidents

November 27, 2009 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Terex 33-09 back-up shorted at radio and caused fire in cab, operator stopped truck and tried to extinguish in an excited state he turned wrong and twisted knee (left).

October 26, 2009 TN · Coal water truck operator OTHER
Premium Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Wind blew dust in EE's eye while on the ground.

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The full compliance file on Tn mine 20

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.