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Cherokee Open Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Davis Bruce D
Polk County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002074

Cherokee Open Pit has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Cities Service Company 1950 to 1982
  2. Tennessee Chemical Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 0
1987 20
1986 39
1985 46
1984 46
1983 32
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Cherokee Open Pit sits in Polk County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
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

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

October 15, 1986 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

UNHOOKING A BIG3PUMP AND STARTED TO TIE UP A DISCHARGE LINE. IT HAS TOO HEAVY FELT SOMETHING LIKE A BUMBLE BEE STING ME IN THE STOMACH.

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1983 · 1 incident

October 7, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Tennessee Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS HELPING GUIDE A VULCANIZER DOWN INTO ORE BINS. HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN VULCANIZER WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO CRANE HOOK AND STEEL BEAM ON ORE BINS CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS OF 6 3RD & 4TH FINGERS WITH CRUSHING FRACTURES OF 1ST PHALANGES OF 3RD & 4TH FINGERS RESTRICTED DUTY