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Caryville Sand Company: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000128

Caryville Sand Company has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Concrete Supply Company 1950 to 1983
  2. Caryville Sand Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 0
1987 2
1986 10
1985 9
1984 12
1983 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Caryville Sand Company sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Campbell County, Tennessee · Population 39,568
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,260
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

July 30, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caryville Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPAIRING DUMP TRUCK TAILGATE HAMMERING WITH GATE BUCKED OPEN WOOD BLOCK SLIPPED OUT OF TAILGATE, LETTING GATE CLOSE ON EMPLOYEE\S HAND CRUSHED LEFT INDEX FINGER.

April 26, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Caryville Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WATCHING MECHANIC AIR UP TIRE - TIRE EMPLODED AND RIM ON WHEEL STRUCK I.NAME IN THE BACK, RESULTING IN BACK BRUISE. I.NAME WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT LAFOLLETE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHER E X-RAYS WERE TAKEN X-RAYS SHOWED NO BONES BROKEN - BRUISES ON BACK

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1983 · 1 incident

June 28, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Concrete Supply Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT LINE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND BRUISE HIS LEFT LEG. HIS LEG HIT BELT LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED.