VICTIM WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I-75 WHEN FLYING MATERIAL STRUCK THE VECHILE IN WHICH HE WAS A PASSENGER RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES. THE FLYING MATERIAL WAS DIRT OR MUD WHICH WAS DISPELLED FROM A SURFACE MINE WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OFBLASTING THIS MATERIAL WAS THROWN APPROX. 240 FT FROM THE BLAST SITE TO THE VECHILE. CHARCEABILITY IS BEING LOOKED INTO.
Area No 6: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for Area No 6 (mine ID 4002391). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 1987–1993
- Latest incident
- Jun 1993
- Caryville Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1979
- Sugar Ridge Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
- Sugar Ridge Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
Area No 6 sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
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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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
18 on file (excluding fatalities above)1993 · 2 incidents
HE WAS SPREADING LIME WHEN THE HOSE BURST AND SPRAYED LIME INTO HIS EYES.
HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CARRYING A WATER PUMP. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND HE HAD ALL THE WEIGHT CAUSING HIM TO PULL A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
1992 · 3 incidents
EE WAS REPARING PULLDOWN CHAIN ON ROBBINS DRILL WHEN IT CAUGHT AND INJURED HIS FINGER.
EE WAS WORKING ON HIACTCHI SHOVEL WHEN THE HYDRALIC BRAKE LEAKED OFF OF A PICKUP TRUCK PARKED BEHIND THE SHOVEL AND IT ROLLED FORWARD STRIKING HIM AND INJURING HIS RIGHT LEG. HE WAS SENT TO HO SPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED TREATMENT AND WAS RELEASED THE NEXT DAY.
I NAME HAD BEEEN WORKING ON TRACK REPAIRING FUELLINKAGE AS HE RETURNED TOOLS TO HIS TRUCK THE DRIVER OF THE REPAIRED TRUCK ACCIDENTALLY STEERED HIS VEHICLE INTO I NAME TRUCK HE WAS PINNED BET WEEN A DOOR & T RUCK BRUISING HIS BACK SHOULDER & HIPS
1991 · 2 incidents
INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE AND TO KEEP FROM FALLING ON HIS FACE HE JUMPED OFF THE SHOVEL TO THE GROUND.HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS HURT AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.HOWEVER HIS LEG CONTINUED T O GIVE HIM PAIN AND ON NOV 15 HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR TESTS.INJURED WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON FRIDAY MORNING AND RETURNED TO WORK IN THE AFTERNOON.
I NAME FELL OFF CAB PROTECTOR OF EUCLID R85 WHILE ASSISTING MECHANIC IN LOADING STEEL ON TRUCK TO WELL FOR PLATING
1990 · 2 incidents
HH WAS GREASING EQUIPMENT, SLIPPED AND FELL, BRISING LEG.
I.NAME LIFTING PUMP FROM DRILL TECH AND STRAINED HIS BACK.DIDNT THINK HE WAS HURT ENOUGH TO REPORT IT TO FOREMAN.PAIN INCREASED AND ON 3-22 CONSULTED DR.WHO GAVE HIM PAIN MEDICINE,TOLD HIM CO ULD RETURN TO WORK NEXT DAY. Y Y
1989 · 3 incidents
DOZER DISLOCATED ROCK WHICH ROLLED ON FOOT.
EMPL WAS USING 20 LB SLEDGEHAMMER TO DRIVE PIN IN DOZER TRACK. HE HURT BACK.
FAN BLOWER OF KOMATSU 155 DOZER BLEW WOOD IN EMPLS EYE.
1988 · 5 incidents
LIFTING WATER PUMP, HURT SIDE.
HE AND I.NAME WERE BRINGING WATERTRUCK DOWNHILL TO FELL WITH WATER. HE PULLED TRANSMISSION OUT OF GEAR TO SHIFT TO LOWER GEAR. HE COULD NOT GET TRANSMISSION BACK IN GEAR. THE TRUCK HAD JUST BE EN STARTED AND AIR PRESSURE HAD NOT BEEN BUILT TO COMPLETELY HOLD BRAKES. TRUCK HIT BANK AND ROLLED OVER.
I.NAME & I.NAME WERE BRINGING WATER TRUCK DOWN HILL TO FILL WITH WATER I.NAME PULLED TRANSMITION OUT OF GEAR TO SHIFT TO LOWER GEAR HE COULD NOT GET TRANSMITION BACK IN GEAR TRUCK HAD JUST BEE N STARTED & AIR PRESSURE HAD NOT BEEN BUILT TO COMPLETELY HOLD BRAKE TRUCK HIT BANK & ROLLED OVER
ROCK FELL OFF HIGHWALL BOUNCED OF DOZER HOOD THEN STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN CHEST
WRECKED HAULBACK TRUCK
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 OFF LADDER OF FRONT LOADER HURT RIBS WHEN HE FELL CONTUSION OF RT.RIBS