EMPL LET STAB JACK ON ROOF BOLTER DOWN ON RIGHT FOOT. WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM DR SAID FOOT WAS SPRAINED. NO BONES WERE BROKEN.
#3: 11 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for #3 (mine ID 4000235). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Sep 1990
- Deep Hollow Coal Company 1950 to 1976
- A B D & G Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1989
- Stoney Ridge Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
#3 sits in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 1.2% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
11 on file1990 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING STEEL PIN OUT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT LEG.HE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 08-27-90 WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT STEEL WAS IN HIS LEG.DOCTOR REM OVED STEEL AND EMPLOYEE WAS OFF WORK ON 08-27-90 AND RETURNED 08-28-90.
EMPL WAS REMOVING PIECE OF ROCK FROM TOP OF LEE NORSE MINER WHEN ROCK FELL TO MINE FLOOR PIECE OF ROCK. DIRT OR COAL STRUCK EMPL IN RIGHT EYE. DR SAID EYE WAS SCRATCHED & BRUISED.
ROOF FALL 2 ENTRY CROSS CUT CAUGHT ROOF BOLTING MACHINE THIS AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 4 FT RESIN BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN ROOF WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF ROOF BOLT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE. HAD SMALL BRUISE ON HIS LEFT LEG. LEG WAS NOT CUT. NO BONES BROKEN.
FOREMAN WAS HELPING EMPL REMOVE ROCK DUST FROM 270 TRACTOR WHEN EMPL THROWED BAG OF ROCK DUST TOFOREMAN HE DID NOT SEE IT & ROCK DUST STRUCK EMPL IN CHEST CAUSING HIM TO HAVE PROBLEM BREATHING .
PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM MINE ROOF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG. HAD TO HAVE STITCHES PUT IN LEG. NO BONES BROKEN, SMALL CUT ON LEG. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MINER AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.
1989 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR ROOF WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FROM MINE ROOF FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON NOSE. NOSE WAS CUT, AND FRACTURED. DID NOT REQUIRE AND STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON ROOF BOLTING MACHINE PULLING PIECE OF ROCK WITH SLATE BAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HURT BACK.
CALLED SECTION FOREMAN AT 11:11 SAID NEEDED SOME HELP TO GET TO SURFACE. WEAK AND BROKE OUT IN SWEAT, TOOK TO MED CTR. DR SAID HEAR ATTACK
EMPL WAS BETWEEN SAFETY JACKS MARKINGOF BOLT CENTERS WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN SAFETY JACKS & STRUCK HIM ON NECK.