Mining Incidents

Beaver Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Terra Industries Inc
Jefferson County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001751

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1985 · 8 incidents

November 7, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CUTTING PIECE OF PLYWOOD WITH HAND SAW.HE WAS KNEELING ON TOP OF PLYWOOD WHICH WAS ON TOP OF 2 SAW HORSES.HE GOT PAST BALANCE POINT AND THE PLYWOOD TIPPED OVER.HE FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLO OR STRIKING LEFT SHOULDER AND BUMPING HIS HEAD.

October 25, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE ON HAULAGE TRUCK STARTED BETWEEN SHIFTS WHEN NO ONE WAS IN THE MINE.DISCOVERED BY MAINTENANCE CREW GOING TO WORK AM.FIRE WAS PUT OUT 8:30AM AND REPORTED TO MSHA-KNOXVILLE-9:00AM.THE FRO NT PART OF THE TRUCK WAS BADLY DAMAGED.

October 3, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO POUR CONCRETE IN UNDERGROUND SHOP. IN THE PROCESS HE GOT CEMENT INTO HIS RIGHT BOOT HE HAD AN ABRASION AND CHEMICAL CEMENT BURN ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

August 24, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL & BOUNCED OFF BOOM OF JUMBO & STRUCK EE O N LEFT ELBOW. EE WAS CU TON LEFT ELBOW.

August 6, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS MOVING OXYGEN HOSES OUT OF T HE WAY OF FALLING SPARKS A LEAKY JOINT CAUGHT FIRE. LEFT HAND WAS BURNED.

May 13, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A SAMPLE FROM THE MILL AGITATOR WHEN THE INDEX FINGER ON THE RT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE AGITATOR AND THE SAMPLING CUP 6 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND

April 15, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHING ROCK AT THE CRUSHER STATION WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN THE ORE PASS AND BOUNCED OFF THE GRIZZLY RAIL AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT HAND CUTTING IT TEN STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

1984 · 6 incidents

July 27, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator FIRE
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HYERAULIC HOSE ON LOADER DEVELOPED SMALL LEAK,CAUSING FIRE.I.NAME WASNT THE OPERATOR OF LOADER HOWEVER,HE INHALED SOME SMOKE FROM THE FIRE.

July 25, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING 2FT HOSE TURNED BOX OF BANDING MATERIAL OVER AND THE END OF A BAND HIT THE BACK OF MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND

July 7, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Struck by falling object

EMP FINISHED DRILLING PINHOLE AND WAS RETTRACTING THE STEEL AS THE JACKLEG DRILL CAME DOWN IT DROPPED SUDDENLY CAUSING THE DRILL STEEL TO PULL LOOSE THE STEEL FELL STRIKING THE SMALL FINGER OF HIS RT HAND WHICH WAS STILL ON THE DRILL

July 3, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Zinc Div/Inspiration Development Co · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WORKING ON 5 1/2 SYMONS CONE CRUSHER IN MILL.WHILE CLIMBING AROUND CRUSHER HE BUMPED KNEE AND SHIN ON SURFACE OF CRUSHER.