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: 501 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
White Oak Strip has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 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
$55
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at White Oak Strip shows 100% of 93 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2003-04-30, 23 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
93
samples
1.40
dust max (mg/m3)
65 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 28 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
White Oak Strip recorded 3.19 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
3.19
total case rate
3.19
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Tennessee, coal mining averaged 6.96 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
3.19
3.19
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
15
33,964
2002
26
218,908
2001
25
248,540
2000
23
240,236
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
White Oak Strip sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Campbell County, Tennessee · Population 39,568
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,260
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2003 Q2
3,303
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
10,681
2
0
187.2
2002 Q4
14,461
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
16,485
3
0
182.0
2002 Q2
16,564
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
15,170
3
1
197.8
2001 Q4
15,486
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
14,567
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2
15,245
4
2
262.4
2001 Q1
14,413
3
0
208.1
2000 Q4
14,795
2
0
135.2
2000 Q3
13,422
4
0
298.0
2000 Q2
13,360
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
12,899
1
0
77.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2002 · 1 incident
July 24, 2002TN · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS OPERATING A KOMAATSEE 375 DOZER #1137 WHEN THE ENGINE DIED, HE GOT OUT TO INVESTIGATE WHEN A RADIATOR HOSE BURST SPRAYING HOT WATER AND STEAM ON HIM. HE LEAPT FROM THE TRACKS TO THE GRO UND LANDING ON THE HEEL OF HIS RT FOOT. HE WAS TAKEN TO LAFOLLETTE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS 1-RAYED AND TREATED FOR A FRACTURE TO HIS RT HEEL.
1993 · 2 incidents
June 3, 1993TN · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE HAD BEEN HELPING THE MECHANIC WORK ON THE DOZER AND HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT. HE STEPPED OFF THE PUSHARM OF THE DOZER AND WAS TRYING TO STEP ONTO A TRUCK AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FE LL BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND THE DOZER, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
January 22, 1993TN · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MECHANIC WAS TALKING TO DOZER OPERATOR, DISCUSSING REPAIR WORK. T HE DOZER OPERATOR HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAB AND THEN HE DECIDED HE NEEDE DHIS JACKET, AND REACHED INSIDE THE DOZER CAB TO GET HIS JACKET OFF THE SEAT THEN HE STEPPED BACKWARD ON THE DOZER AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WHERE HE STEPPED. HE FELL OFF THE DOZER AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT. PRESSURE FROM THE FALL CAUSED HIS