Mining Incidents

#5: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Key Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Asbury Charles M
Oliver Springs, Anderson County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002814

MSHA record for #5 (mine ID 4002814). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1988–1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. Oliver Springs Mining Company Inc 1982 to 1988
  2. West Coal Corp 1988 to 1991
  3. Key Mining Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#5 sits in Anderson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Anderson County, Tennessee · Population 78,175
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,171
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1991 · 4 incidents

June 18, 1991 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
West Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

THIS ROOF FALL WAS NOT ON THE WORK SECTION VENLILATION WAS NOT AFFECTED DUE TO THE FALL BEING LOCATED AT THE 22ND BREAK ON THE 3RD LEFT ENTRY BELTLINE WEIGHT DISTRUBUTION AFTER THE AREA WAS MI NED AND PROBABLE CAUSE OF FALL.

April 29, 1991 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL FEEDER CABLE.

April 7, 1991 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
West Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

THE AREA OF THIS FALL HAD SEVERAL HILL SEAMS RUNNING PARRELL WITH THE #1 ENTRY. THE ADVIRSE CONDITION SO FTHIS AREA HAD BEEN OBSERVED BEFORE THE FALL OCCURRED AND TIMBERS AND THE NECESSARY ST EPS TAKEN TO PREVENT EMPLOYEE FROM ENTERING THE AREA HAD BEEN DONE BEFORE THE AREA FELL. THE FALL OCCURRED DURING ON OFF SHIFT. THIS AREA IS 20' INW IDTH 25' LENGTH & 6'TO7' IN HEIGHT.

March 28, 1991 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE TIRE FROM A 482 SCOOP WHEN THE TIRE FELL OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.

1990 · 3 incidents

February 19, 1990 TN · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
West Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURY PERSOPN WAS HAULING ROOF BOLT ON BATTERY TRAIN. TRAIN RAN OFF END OF TRACK CAUSING BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS (500) TO SHIFT PINNING RIGHT FOOT AGAINST SIDE OF SUPPLY CAR. BRAKING RIGHT FOOT .

1989 · 3 incidents

September 15, 1989 TN · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Coal Corp · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING ON KNEES. OPERATION MINER, WHEN TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

January 26, 1989 TN · Coal INUNDATION
West Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

COAL MACHINE WAS CUTTING COAL IN #5 ENTRY AND CUT IN TO ABANDONED MINE INUNDATION MINE WITH WATER NO RECORDS OF THIS MINE WERE KNOWN NO INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS OCCURENCE

1988 · 1 incident

November 11, 1988 TN · Coal brattice man/worker MACHINERY
West Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PERSON WAS TRAMMING COAL MACHINE GOT LEFT ANKLE CAUGHT BETWEEN COAL RIB AND FRAME OF MACHINE BREAKING LEFT ANKLE