INJURED WAS IN DIPPER OF LOADER TAKING DOWN BAULK GROUND. AS GORUND CAME LOOSE HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF WAY, & GROUND STRUCK HIM ON THE FEET. HE RECEIVED LARGE HEMATOMA ON LEFT FOOT, SMALL HEM ATOMA ON RIGHT FOOT. RETURNED TO JOB ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
Calloway Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Tennessee Chemical Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Davis Bruce D
Polk County,
TN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000707
MSHA record for Calloway Mine (mine ID 4000707). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Mar 1983
Ownership history
- Cities Service Company 1950 to 1982
- Tennessee Chemical Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Calloway Mine sits in Polk County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.Polk County, Tennessee · Population 17,702
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,227
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1983 · 3 incidents
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by falling object
January 19, 1983
TN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED WAS MOVING LOADER TIRES AND BENT DOWN TO SLIDE ONE OVER INTO POSITION HAD SHARP PAIN IN BACK
Tennessee Chemical Company · Fall onto or against objects
WALKING AND SLID UP IN MUD HITTING AIR COMPRESSOR.CONTUSION AND ABRAISON OF RIGHT FLANK.