Mining Incidents

Tackett Mine # 2Coal

Controlled by Damian Caldwell
Clairfield, Claiborne County, TN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003327
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2009 · 3 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee was decending down the side of the D11R Dozer, as he stepped down on the pusharm his right leg slipped causing him to fall to the ground, resulting in pain to his right knee.

Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding on a piece of metal. While doing so a small piece of metal shaving flew through the side of employee's safety glasses, resulting in the metal shaving embedding in his right eye.

Fall from machine

Employee was mounting up the ladder of a 992C loader to service the transmission fluid. As he approched the top step the oil hose reel unlocked, causing the hose to jerk the employee, resulting in him loosing his balance and falling off the loader.

2008 · 2 incidents

Fall from machine

Employee was unloading a water pump from the bed of the F350 truck. The truck bed was slick due to rainy weather, therefore as he was descending the truck bed with one foot out and one foot in, he slipped on the wet surface falling to the ground. Twisted his right ankle, resulting in it swelling.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was backing up the dump with a 777C Rock Truck and stated that he either blacked out or fell asleep and over traveled the dump resulting in the truck over turning.