Mining Incidents

No 1 Tipple Coal

B & D Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Lindsay Paris Mac
Wartburg, Morgan County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002157

MSHA record for No 1 Tipple (mine ID 4002157). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1987–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 1 incident

June 27, 1994 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
B & D Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TANDEM TRUCK HAULING REJECT RAISED BED TO DUMP AND TRUCK TURNED OVER TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER STRUCK BACK BRUISED BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

December 10, 1993 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & D Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING BRAKE SHOES ON TRUCK USING A BAR TO HOLD A SPRING BACK. BAR SLIPPED CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BRAKE SHOE AND ANCHOR.

1992 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

February 8, 1991 TN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CLEANING UP AROUND PREP PLANT ON BOBCAT RAN OVER 2X4 WITH BOBCAT. BOBCAT BOUNCED HIT SCREEN ON BOBCAT.

1989 · 1 incident

July 12, 1989 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL HAD BEEN OPERATING HIGH-LIFT LOADING COAL.LIFT GUAGE INDICATED LIFT WAS OVER HEATING.STOPPED LIFT AND WALKED OUT ONTO MOTOR HOUSING TO CHECK.PUT FOOT ON TOP OF RADIATOR CAP AND TWISTED A LITTLE WITH FOOT ON IT TO LET PRESSURE OFF.HEARD RADIATOR SPEW AND THOUGHT OK,WHEN HE LIFTED FOOT OFF CAP,WATER AND STEAM BLEW OUT HITTING HIM.

1988 · 1 incident

March 25, 1988 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WAORKING ON SCOOP IN SHOP & HAD HOLD OF SCOOP BUCKET. BUCKET LOWERED & CAUGH HIS FINGERS BETWEEN BUCKET & FLOOR, MASHING HIS FINGERS & CUT OFF END OF RING FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

1987 · 1 incident

April 17, 1987 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PI7KING UP ROCKS FROM UNDER THE COAL HOPPER,THROWING THE ROCKS OUT TO WHERE THEY COULD BE PICKED UP BY THE HIGH-LIFT AND CARRIED OFF.

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The full compliance file on No 1 Tipple

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.