Mining Incidents

Tn mine 3 Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Devonia, Anderson County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003275

Tn mine 3 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
124
citations
45
significant & substantial
$36,328
proposed penalties
$27,453
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,875 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
34
inspections on record
1,203
inspection hours
10.3
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.
124 citations across 1,203 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tn mine 3 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 12 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-06-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tn mine 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 134 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.66
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
134
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-05-01.
Silica (quartz)
21.2
silica avg (%)
36.4
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-02-26.
Noise
7%
over PEL
92
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-02-20.
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 2,410 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,308 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,470 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,649 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 4,432 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,187 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,814 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 4,850 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,690 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,734 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,974 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,102 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,241 2 0 195.3
2013 Q1 22,763 14 5 615.0
2012 Q4 1,146 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 872 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 11,441 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 20,736 11 6 530.5
2011 Q3 28,710 23 10 801.1
2011 Q2 14,406 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 8,376 9 3 1074.5
2010 Q4 11,060 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,689 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 19,975 11 3 550.7
2009 Q2 16,804 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 18,861 4 2 212.1
2008 Q4 16,498 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 19,895 12 6 603.2
2008 Q2 17,205 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 18,481 15 4 811.6
2007 Q4 15,879 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 18,892 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 15,045 7 2 465.3
2007 Q1 15,632 4 2 255.9
2006 Q4 13,762 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 14,669 6 1 409.0
2006 Q2 1,783 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

September 25, 2007 TN · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
National Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was unloading core tube on core drill. Using a hammer to dislodge the core sample a large piece of rock came loose and dropped on employee's left ring finger.

March 19, 2007 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Repairing wheel seal on fuel truck lifting hub with leverage boards and injured back.

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The full compliance file on Tn mine 3

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.