Mining Incidents

Turner Surface Mine Coal

Crossville Coal Inc · Surface
Crab Orchard, Cumberland County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003097

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
158
citations
27
significant & substantial
$11,901
proposed penalties
$11,901
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,312 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,358 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,754 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,373 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,946 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 676 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,187 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 5, 2012 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crossville Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

Removing belly pan using a hand ratchet. When injured employee removed the last bolt the pan dropped. This action resulted in his left hand being pinched between the hand ratchet and the ground. This caused cuts on his index finger and middle finger of his left hand.

2011 · 1 incident

December 6, 2011 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crossville Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

After job was completed, the employee washed his face and believes he wash a piece of metal into his eye (Rt).

2004 · 1 incident

July 2, 2004 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing hydraulic hose on pump drive of Tamrock D75KS drill on or about the date of July 2,2004. Employee left foot slipped twisting his left knee. At time of accident, employee did not think it was serious injury, did not report the injury. On July 19, employee reported the knee injury.

2002 · 2 incidents

June 25, 2002 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING HIS BUCKET ON LOADER, TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAN, HE STEPPED INTO HIS BUCKET LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL, HITTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON SUPPORT PLATE IN BUCKET.

March 19, 2002 TN · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACKHOE HAS TWO PIECE DROP DOWN LADDER USED TO ENTER AND EXIT THE MACHINE. AT SOME TIME DURING DSHIFT, THE LADDER GOT BENT. WHEN THE LADDER WAS LOWERED IT BECAME STUCK. INJURED EE WAS HELPING TO PUSH LADDER BACK UP, WHEN THE LADDER BROKE FREE, IT WENT UP QUICKLY, CATCHING INJURED EE'S LEFT RING FINGER AND LEFT INDEX FINGER IN THE LADDER'S SLIDE. RING FINGER CUT OFF AT BASE OF NAIL

2001 · 4 incidents

October 4, 2001 TN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SLIDING PLATE INTO BREAKER, HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON EDGE OF PLATE. 4 STITCHES TO LEFT HAND.

July 17, 2001 TN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

WAS GETTING OFF FUEL TRUCK WITH FUEL HOSE. STEPPED ON ROCK TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE. TRIED TO CATCH SELF WITH LEFT FOOT TWISTED IT. NOTE: EE DID NOT START MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY UNTIL 7/24 /01.

June 7, 2001 TN · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A USED SCREEN PANEL OUT OF THE WALKWAY AREA. THE USED PANEL HAD A SHARP EDGE ON IT. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT WRIST WAS CUT THE SHARP EDGE AS HE WAS MOVING THE PANEL.

January 29, 2001 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

REMOVING 6" WATER PUMP DISHCARGE HOSE FROM PIT AREA, EE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE, RIGHT FOOT.

2000 · 4 incidents

October 1, 2000 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR 10-13-00 THAT HE HAD WENT TO HIS FAMILY DR. COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN. HE WAS INFORMED HE HAD A HERNIA & WOULD REQUIRE SURGERY. EE SAID INJURY OCCURRED EARLIER WHEN HE HAD RAISED THE HOOD OF THE COMPANY'S FREIGHTLINER WATER TRUCK. EE REFUSED SURGERY & CONTINUED WORKING HIS JOB AS EQUIPMENT OPERATOR UNTIL 1-16-01 WHEN HE HAD SURGERY FOR HERNI

September 13, 2000 TN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

A LIGHT GLOBE FELL 7' STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD WHEN HE WAS BENDOVE RPICKING UP A 2' PUTTING A 2 1/2" CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD.

September 1, 2000 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Struck by flying object

REPLACING TEETH ON THE BUCKET, HE WAS REMOVING OLD TEETH WITH A HAMMER. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF TOOTH HITTING EMPLOYEE IN ABDOMEN.

April 29, 2000 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

REMOVING BUSHING FROM CROSS ARM BRACE ON DRILL MAST THAT SUPPORTS THE HEAD ON A DRILL TECH. HE USED A PRY BAR TO REMOVE THE BUSHING FROM THE CROSS ARM BRACE. THE PRYBAR SLIPPED CAUSING CROSS ARM BRACE TO FALL. BRACE LANDED ON EMPLOYEES LEFT THUMB.