Mining Incidents

Harris Branch/Tackett Creek Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Damian Caldwell
Clairfield, Claiborne County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003217

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
2005–2009
Latest incident
Apr 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
140
citations
70
significant & substantial
$103,791
proposed penalties
$53,413
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
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 4,706 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,450 24 8 3720.9
2008 Q4 7,048 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,589 25 19 2607.2
2008 Q2 18,605 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 18,838 5 1 265.4
2007 Q4 38,256 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

22 on file

2009 · 1 incident

April 8, 2009 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting metal out of the bed of his pick - up truck, as he was shifting his weight to throw the metal from the truck he felt a sharp pain run up his left side.

2008 · 4 incidents

November 11, 2008 TN · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding on a 777C Rock Truck Bed, and a piece of Slag flew up and struck the employee below the left eye, causing a mild burn below his eye.

June 6, 2008 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

D9R dozer operator was traveling in reverse and struck a 777C rock truck in the rear, the rock truck was also traveling in reverse. The D9R operator states he didn't see the rock truck as he began to go in reverse, the rock truck driver also states he did not see the D9R dozer through his mirrors as he was traveling in reverse.

January 28, 2008 TN · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing off of the bed of the hydro seeder truck; he slipped causing him to fall to the ground landing on his right elbow.

January 24, 2008 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down the ladder of the truck he had been driving and slipped catching his foot/ankle in the step causing him to fall to the ground.

2007 · 12 incidents

November 30, 2007 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was stepping up on the boarding ladder. As he began climbing up on the ladder, he felt a very sharp pain shoot up his lower back. The pain progressed when he started working, causing him to leave early.

October 31, 2007 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was hitting the side of powered bin with a sledge hammer. The hammer came back and struck the employee in the right rib cage causing him to black out hitting his head on the beam of the powered bin.

October 26, 2007 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was tossing bails of multch on seeder truck and felt a sharp pain shoot up his right side neck.

October 18, 2007 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was pushing material down to 992D loader with a D9R dozer co. # M37 & the machine's blade slipped off a rock causing a sudden jerk, which resulted in EE having sudden pain in lower abdomen.

August 9, 2007 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was standing on stabilizer bar, slipped and fell due to it being oil-covered.

July 25, 2007 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was moving from one dozer to the other when he slipped due to muddy and wet conditions.

July 9, 2007 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting in removing the 4" discharge hose which was wrapped around pump during transport. As employee pulled on hose, which had become tangled, the coupling on end of hose came loose and struck employee.

May 22, 2007 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee steps down on push arm on 395 Dozer on a dirt clot & dirt clot rolled causing the EE to fall from push arm to the ground.

2006 · 3 incidents

September 12, 2006 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a hydrolic hose and the wrench slipped off the hose fitting causing the wrench to his the employee in the forehead, which caused a laceration to his forehead.

July 15, 2006 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was changing a tire on IT28 loader and the jack fell causing the tire to hit the employee in the left lower leg.

2005 · 2 incidents

August 30, 2005 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mountainside Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Equipment being used broke & came apart at the connecting joint throwing part of said equipment into hand of employee.