Mining Incidents

No 30 Coal

Jen Inc · Underground
Controlled by Nunley James Earl
Palmer, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4001813

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
42
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993

Fatalities at this mine

3 recorded
January 11, 1993 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jen Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF FALL HORSEBACK FELL FROM #1 THRU TO #2 VICTIM CRUSHED UNDER FALL.

January 11, 1993 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jen Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF FALL HORSEBACK FELL FROM #1 THRU TO #2 VICTIM CRUSHED UNDER FALL.

Reportable incidents

39 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1993 · 2 incidents

January 11, 1993 TN · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jen Inc · Struck by falling object

ROOF FALL HORSEBACK FELL FROM #1 THRU TO #2 PLACE,EMPL TRAPPED UNDERNEATH FALL ON S & S UNITRAC MASHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN SCOOP AND FALL.

1992 · 2 incidents

April 6, 1992 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
B G L Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING TRACTOR & TRAILOR HAULING COAL FROM SECTION TO DUMPING POINT

February 4, 1992 TN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B G L Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PLASTERING BRATTICES CARRING 5 GALLON OF BLOCK BOND THRU BRATTICE DOOR TO PLASTER A BRATTICE.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 17, 1991 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
B G L Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

BRAKER KICKED ON BELT FEEDER. HE RESET IT & PUT IT BACK IN. THEIR WAS ELECTRICAL FLASH FROM RECEIPTAL. A GROUND WIRE HAD CAME LOOSE & GOT INTO ONE OF THE FACE WIRES CAUSING ELECTRICAL FLASH.

September 5, 1991 TN · Coal loader head operator, roscoe operator MACHINERY
B G L Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ON EE WORK-CLEANING UP #2 CUT ON FRONT WING OR #10 CUT ON ROBBING PLAN. THER WAS RULE IN TOP VISABLE & 3X8X26" BOARD BOLTED TO TOP. FOR PAST CURTAIN USE LOADER MAN BACKED UP TO RESET LOADER IN CUT. HAD LUMP OF COAL ON TOP OF THE LOADER & WHILE TRAMMING BACK INTO CUT THE LUMP COAL CAUGHT 3 BY & ATARED ROLE DOWN. STRIKING LOADER MAN.

1989 · 1 incident

May 8, 1989 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mary Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

JACKS WERE SET, PINNER OPERATOR WAS PINNING WHEN THE STARTER BOREING STARTED WHEN A POT IN THE ROOF GAVE WAY HITTING THE OPERATOR OF THE MACHINE.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 16, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mary Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS SITTING IN 3 ENTRY OUTBY THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT WHICH WAS TURN BETWEEN 2&3 ENTRY WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BLASTED THE PLACE HAD BEEN DRILLED TO EXTREMEM LEFT HAND CORNER AP PROX 2 FT OF 3 ENTRY WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED THE SHOTS BLEW THREW CAUSING THE INJURY THE INJURED APPROX. 78 FT FROM THE PLACE.

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 7 incidents

1985 · 5 incidents

May 29, 1985 TN · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS TIGHTEN A HOSE ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER MOTOR AND THE SAFETY HOOK BROKE AND THE MOTOR FELL ON HIS LEFT ARM.HE WAS PUTTING THE GEAR CASES ON THE MOTOR BEFORE HE TOOK IT UNDER GRO OUND.

April 22, 1985 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN PULLED OUT OF A CROSS CUT TO LOAD AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF HALF HEADERS LAYING ON THE CORNER AND HE REACHED OUT TO PICK THEM UP AND WHEN HE MASHED THE POINT PEDAL THE TRACTOR WENT FROM FI RST POINT TO THIRD POINT THE TRACTOR AND THE CAR WERE TURNING THE CORNER AND HE CAUGHT HIS RT ARM BETWEEN THE TRACTOR AND THE CAR HE SAID PANICKED AND SOMEHOW MASHED IT AGAINE THE TRACTOR WAS

1984 · 4 incidents

September 12, 1984 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS PUTTING A BATTERY BACK ON A TRACTOR. THE OTHER MAN WAS HELPING HIM USING A SCOOP HE GOT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BATTERY CASE AND THE SCOOP BUCKET THE SCOOP JUMPED OUT OF LOW TRAM INTO HIG H RATE IT CRUSHED HIS THUMB ON RIGHT HAND

June 19, 1984 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN RTS JACKS AND LE... LEFT FOOT.

1983 · 12 incidents

December 21, 1983 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS PUT IN A STARAIN. HE COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS BACK THAT SHIFT BUT SAID HE DIDNOT THINK HE WAS HURT BAD ENOUGH TO GO TO THE DR.

October 18, 1983 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIECE OF PINNER STEEL BROKE AND CUT FINGER OFF.LEFT HAND.

January 19, 1983 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MAKING FIRST PUSH ON ROBBING 40FT STUMP WHEN ROLL FELL OUT GIVING NO WARNING STAYED IN HOSPITAL 3 NIGHTS RELEASED TO GO HOME