Mining Incidents

Cherokee Open Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Davis Bruce D
Polk County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002074

MSHA record for Cherokee Open Pit (mine ID 4002074). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

October 15, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

UNHOOKING A BIG3PUMP AND STARTED TO TIE UP A DISCHARGE LINE. IT HAS TOO HEAVY FELT SOMETHING LIKE A BUMBLE BEE STING ME IN THE STOMACH.

1983 · 1 incident

October 7, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Tennessee Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS HELPING GUIDE A VULCANIZER DOWN INTO ORE BINS. HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN VULCANIZER WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO CRANE HOOK AND STEEL BEAM ON ORE BINS CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS OF 6 3RD & 4TH FINGERS WITH CRUSHING FRACTURES OF 1ST PHALANGES OF 3RD & 4TH FINGERS RESTRICTED DUTY

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The full compliance file on Cherokee Open Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.