Mining Incidents

Goforth Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Faith Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Stockwell Lonnie R
Dunlap, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002701

Goforth Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Faith Coal Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 0
1993 0
1992 0
1991 0
1990 3 3,675
1989 6 10,016
1988 6 12,427
1987 6 10,051
1986 7 18,316
1985 7 14,700
1984 5 16,185
1983 5 376
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Goforth Mine sits in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Sequatchie County, Tennessee · Population 16,409
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,260
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

1987 · 1 incident

March 16, 1987 TN · Coal INUNDATION
Faith Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ACCIDENTALLY CU7 INTO OLD WORKS NO WATER NO METHANE NO BLACK DAMP LATER AN ACCUMULATIONM OF BLACK DAMP OCCURRED (DURING DAWNE SHIFT) MEN WERE REMOVED/ROOM MINES UNTIL AIR MIXTURE WAS STABILIZ ED BY ADEQUATE 5ENTILATION

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1985 · 1 incident

October 31, 1985 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Faith Coal Company · Struck by falling object

BOLTER MAN REPLACING BOLT LOOSENED BY SCOOP HITTING ROCK SCALE FELL ACROSS MAN AND MACHINE APPROX WT OF ROCK 100# MAN CAUGHT ASA ROCK RESTED ON BOLTER AND BOTTOM

1983 · 1 incident

October 19, 1983 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Faith Coal Company · Struck by falling object

SMALL PIECE OF ROOF ROCK SCALED DOWN ON HIS OWN SELF. ROCK HIT LEFT SHOULDER OR ARM WITH NO CUTS OR BRUISES. MAN HAD SMALL ABRASION ON RT. TEMPLE ABOUT SIZE OF A DIME.