Mining Incidents

Tennessee Zinc Company LLCController

MSHA Controller ID: 0061709
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
76
Mines on record
5
Period

Top causes

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS22 non-fatal
  • HOISTING11 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE8 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)7 non-fatal
  • OTHER2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2009
8
2008
36
2007
27 (1f)
2006
5

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Fall down raise, shaft or manway

Employee was working approximately 550' down in elevator shaft, working off top of elevator. Beam came loose that was thought to be secured. Employee fell from top of elevator to bottom of shaft, resulting in his death.