Mining Incidents

No 62 Coal

New Hope Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Layne Helen M
Griffith Creek, Marion County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002983

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1992 · 1 incident

August 11, 1992 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
New Hope Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

96660FALL NO.1 ENTRY BEGINNING LAST OPEN X-CUT GOING TO FACE. THE FALL WAS 5'HIGH X 17'LONG X 14'WIDE.

1991 · 5 incidents

September 12, 1991 TN · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING LOADER ON 001 SECTION WHEN ROCK FELL IN THE FACE AND STARTLED I.NAME AND DURING REFLEX ACTIONS FRACTURED HIS RIB.

September 10, 1991 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER AND PICKED UP OXYGEN TANK AND FELT A PAIN IN BACK.

June 7, 1991 TN · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING THE PINNER MAN WHEN A SMALL ROCK APPROX. 1LB FELL AND HIT HIS HAND ON THE BONE BEHIND THE FIRST KNUCKLE WHILE HIS HAND WAS STATIONARY.

May 8, 1991 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS HELPING LOAD BELT INTO THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPED ON SOME GRAVEL AND WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP.