Mining Incidents

#127 Mine And Mill: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Franklin Industries Inc
Cumberland County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000737

MSHA record for #127 Mine And Mill (mine ID 4000737). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Crossville Limestone Company Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. Franklin Limestone Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#127 Mine And Mill sits in Cumberland County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Cumberland County, Tennessee · Population 62,529
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$58,475
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 26, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crossville Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF CLEANING BIN OCURRENCE OF CAVE IN EMPLOYEE COVERED WITH MATERIAL DEATH BY APHYXIATION OCCURRED BEFORE RESCUE COULD TAKE PLACE

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1989 · 3 incidents

June 21, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crossville Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GETTING IN TRUCK DOOR SLAMMED CATCHING HAND BETWEEN DOOR & MIRROR FRAME CUTTING FINGER ON FRAME.

1988 · 2 incidents

August 26, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crossville Limestone Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEAM CLEANING ONE OF THE LOADERS AND SLIPPED IN THE WATER AND FELL TO THE GROUND.PULLED MUSCLE IN THE LOWERR ABCK.

May 24, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Crossville Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

AN IMPACT WRENCH FELL DOWN A CHUTE IN THE SCREEN TOWER AND HE WENT DOWN TO GET IT. AS HE WAS IN THE CHUTE, A 5/8 X 4" BOLT ROLLED FROM THE EDGE OF THE CHUTE AND HIT HIM ON TE BACK OF THE HEAD

1987 · 2 incidents

September 28, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crossville Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO3REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS STUCK IN THE FEEDER, ANOTHER ROCK FELL ON THE EMPLOYEES FINGER

July 20, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Crossville Limestone Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GO3NG TO CHECK THE WATER IN THE LOADER WHICH WAS RUNNING HOT.WHEN HE TURNED THE CAP IT BLEW THE CAP AND THE CONTENTS OF HOT WATER ON HIS LEFT WRIST,HAND AND LEG.