Mining Incidents

#52: 1 reportable incident Coal

Watts Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Watts Edward
Whitwell, Marion County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4003005

MSHA record for #52 (mine ID 4003005). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Watts Mining Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#52 sits in Marion County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Marion County, Tennessee · Population 29,010
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,103
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

September 12, 1989 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Watts Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE ROOF FALL OCCURED APPROX. 120 FEET OUTBY THE FACE OF THE NO.4 WORKING PLACE, ORIGNATEING IN AN INTERSECTION. CONTRIBUTING PACBORS WERE AN UNDETECTED HORSE BACK EXTENDING RIB APPROX. 20 FEE T LONG AND APPROX. 20 FEET WIDE, MEZIMUM THICKNESS APPROX 54 INCHES.