Mining Incidents

Mine No 15 Coal

Faith Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Stockwell Lonnie R
Daus, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002755

MSHA record for Mine No 15 (mine ID 4002755). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1993 · 1 incident

August 16, 1993 TN · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Faith Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE WITH BAR- I SLIPPED OFF STRUCTURE AND HIT HIM I SIDE OF HEAD ABOVE THE EAR.

1991 · 2 incidents

September 3, 1991 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Faith Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN 3 INTAKE ENTRY ABOUT 250 FT OUTBY THE FACE AREA. THIS WAS A DISTURBED ROOF AREA IN THAT THE ROOF ROCK MADE UNUSAL CHANGES IN THIS CROSSCUT.

February 12, 1991 TN · Coal apprentice, trainee FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Faith Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MAN TOOK ROCK BAR AND WENT AHEAD OF BOLTER (WITH ATRS) AND STARTED TO SCALE ROCK WHERE A SHOT HAD BEEN PLACED TO REMOVE DANGEROUS ROCK FROM ROADWAY- APPROX. 4 BREAKS FROM FACE (OUTBY POWER CEN TER). SMALL PIECE OF ROCK SCALED LOOSE AND HIT LEFT LEG ABOUT 4" ABOVE KNEE.

1984 · 1 incident

February 10, 1984 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sourwood Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A TRACTOR INTO THE MINE AND FELL OFF AND BRUISED HIS BACK

1983 · 1 incident

August 9, 1983 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sourwood Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING A SCOOP WORKING IN LOW TOP AND GOT A ROOF BOLT HUNG IN H IS SHIRT AND PULLED HIM ACROSS THE PANIC BAR DISLOCATING HIS RT SHOULDER AND BREAKING A RIB

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The full compliance file on Mine No 15

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.