Mines in Obion County, Tennessee
Obion County, Tennessee has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 10 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 7 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1989 and 2015. Inspectors have issued 175 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Obion County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.
- Mines on register
- 11
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 2
- Citations issued
- 175
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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.Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Construction Company | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fowlkes Concrete & Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Sand & Gravel Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Riley Excavating | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hornbeak Gravel Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jernigan Materials | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Memphis Stone & Gravel Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Obion County Highway Commission | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reelfoot Materials Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Union City Paving Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Troy PlantActive 2 fatal 175 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Ford Construction Company · MSHA ID 4002271
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Mountain Moriah PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fowlkes Concrete & Construction Company · MSHA ID 4003042
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HENSONAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Memphis Stone & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4003072
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Mount Moriah Mine And MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Guy Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4002257
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Obine County MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hornbeak Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4002537
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Obion County MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Obion County Highway Commission · MSHA ID 4002270
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Obion County MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Jernigan Materials · MSHA ID 4002520
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Pit #1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Union City Paving Company · MSHA ID 4002705
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Reelfoot Matls Inc Troy MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Reelfoot Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4000810
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RILEY MINE & MILLAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hank Riley Excavating · MSHA ID 4003104
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Troy PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Vaughn Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4002718
Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.
The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.