Mining Incidents

Washington County-TNController

MSHA Controller ID: M01946
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
1
Period

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 non-fatal
  • OTHER1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 non-fatal
  • NO VALUE FOUND1 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2003
4
2002
2 (1f)
2001
3

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD JUST EXITED HIS DUMP TRUCK AFTER BACKING IT UNDER THE BINS. HE WAS STANDING, LOOKING UP, TALKING TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS STANDING ABOVE HIM. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BACKING INTO THE ADJOINING STALL, HIS TRUCKBED STRUCK EE IN THE BACK, KNOCKING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT, THEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS RAN OVER HIS BODY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND RAN TO CALL 911.