A & W Auger Corp · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE CLAIMED HE FELL OFF DRAGLINE BACKWARDS AND BRUISED HIS SPLEEN DID NOT REPORT UNITL 8PM FRIDAY NOGHT 8-12-88 DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8-15-88 HE SAID HIS FOOT SLIPPED
A&W Auger Corp No 1 Surface: 5 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for A&W Auger Corp No 1 Surface (mine ID 4001808). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1986–1988
- Latest incident
- Aug 1988
Ownership history
- P & N Coal Company 1975 to 1983
- Mineral Resources Inc 1980 to 1981
- A & W Auger Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
A&W Auger Corp No 1 Surface sits in Morgan County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Morgan County, Tennessee · Population 21,193
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$57,408
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 3 incidents
A & W Auger Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
WATER PUMP INTA5E HOSE BECAME CLOGGED UP, JNOT ALLOWING WATER TO DISCHARGE, CAUSING WATER TO HEAT IN P UMP. WHEN DISEMBLED, WATER BURNED EMP. EMP TAKEN TO EMERGENCY RO2M PHYSICIAN AND GIVEN PAIN SHOT, INFECTION PILLS, PHYSICAL THERA Y FOR 8 TO 10 TREATMENTS
July 14, 1987
TN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & W Auger Corp · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE JUMPED3OUT OF THE BACK OF POWDER TRAILER AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL NEXT DAY.
February 3, 1987
TN · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
A & W Auger Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
RADIATOR HOSE O3 THE HEATER RUPTURED, CASUING ANTI FREEZE LEADING ON THE HOT TRANSMISSION THEREFORE THE VAPOR OR FUMES CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO BECOME SICK. EMPLOYEE BECAME NAUSATED WAS TAKEN TO PHY SCIAIN AND GIVE3 AN ANTIDOTE.
1986 · 1 incident
July 9, 1986
TN · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A & W Auger Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRIVING IN ROLL9R FRAM PIECE OF STEEL BROKE FROM BOLT & STRUCK I.NAME IN ARM. HE WENT TO DOCTOR & FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED & STITCHES WERE APPLIED IN WOUND.