Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

G & G Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Fletcher Marvin H Jr
Daus, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002831

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4002831). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
Sep 1992

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

Reportable incidents

18 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1992 · 1 incident

September 28, 1992 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
G & G Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKING PINNER INTO A BREAK-CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN PINNER & RIB.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 2 incidents

April 11, 1989 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF SHALE ABOUT 14" SQAURE AND ABOUT 4" THICK FELL ON THE TRACTOR DRIVER AS HE WAS PULLING SHALE THROUGH SOME OLD WORKS TO GOB. THE SHALE FELL FROM ABOUT 6' AND WAS BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS.

January 16, 1989 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & G Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BENT ROOF BOLT (48") TO AID INSERTING IT IN A HOLE IN THE TOP, THEN WHILE STRAIGHTENING THE ROOF BOLT TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION HE STRAINED HIS BACK. (THE BOLT TWISTED IN THE HO LE).

1988 · 6 incidents

August 19, 1988 TN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WIRING UP A SHOT TO TAKE TOP WHEN A SLAB OF SHALE BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK

June 20, 1988 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS APPROXIMATELY 5 FT FROM MAINTENANCE MAN HAMMERING A CUTTER CHAIN WHEN A VERY SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLAKED OFF AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE

April 12, 1988 TN · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER RELEASED CATCH ON HAND CHAIN HOIST THAT HAD TENSION ON A CHAIN WRAPPED AROUND A LOADER TIRE. THE HOIST RELEASED SUDDENLY AND THE HOIST HIT THE WORKER UNDER THE CHIN.

February 29, 1988 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
G & G Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL. WAS CHANGING SET OF BATTERIES ON S & S 270 TRACTGOR USING A ELECTRIC HOIST ON A I BEAM. EMPL. DID NOT CENTER BATTERY LIFT & WHEN HE BEGAN TO REPLACR THE BATTERY IT WAS AT AN ANGLE. HE THEN PUSHED BATTERY & LET THE BATTERY DOWN ON HIS THUMB.

January 26, 1988 TN · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF SHEE7 METAL 3FTX5FT WAS NEXT TO A REAREND HOUSING WHEN THE WORKER MOVED THE REAREND HOUSING TO REMOVE A PART HE HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHEET METAL CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD AS HE 4AS BENT OVER

1987 · 2 incidents

December 11, 1987 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RI8ING BACK OF MANTRIP CAR TO AVOID FROST. CAR WAS PULLED OVER HUMP CAUSING BACK OF CAR TO GO UP INTO THE TOP PINCHING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN TOP AND CAR.

September 7, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF SHAL9 APPROX. 3 INCH THICK BY 2 FT LONG BY 10 INCH WIDE APPROX. 80 LB FELL FROM A LEDGE OF SHALE TO SANDROCK ON TO EMPLOYEE S LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER THE LEDGE WAS BEING PINCHEAD AN D THE EMPLOYEE 2AD HIS LEFT HARD ON TOP OF THE PINNER HEAD.

1986 · 1 incident

February 12, 1986 TN · Coal driller operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING READY TO TAMP EXPLOSIVES WHEN TWO PIECES OF ROCK SHALE APPROX 25LB & 200LB FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN TWO ROLLS OF ROOF BOLTS

1985 · 4 incidents

August 27, 1985 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & G Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WORKER WAS REMOVING LARGE ROCK FROM BELT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BELT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE

July 9, 1985 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
G & G Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EXPLOSION CAUSED OXYGEN TANK TO STRIKE WORKER IN BACK NOTE EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 0071585

1984 · 1 incident

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