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Claiborne No 1 Surface Coal Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Thomas King Evans
Clairfield, Claiborne County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003115

MSHA record for Claiborne No 1 Surface Coal Mine (mine ID 4003115). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1997–1998
Latest incident
Jul 1998
Ownership history
  1. Debra Lynn Coals Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Claiborne No 1 Surface Coal Mine sits in Claiborne County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Claiborne County, Tennessee · Population 32,221
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,587
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

July 24, 1998 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENDING AT THE KNEES TO LIFT CHAIN.

1997 · 2 incidents

November 24, 1997 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE MASHED HIS RING & MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF HIS MACHINE. HE HAD PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON THE HAND RAIL & WHEN THE DOOR OPENED, HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAU GHT BETWEEN HAND RAIL & DOOR.

November 12, 1997 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Debra Lynn Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHECK AND SERVICE EQUIPMENT FOF FIRST SHIFT. DURING THE TIME SAID EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A AM RADIO ANTENNA WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON FRONT OF CAB OF A 35 TON ROCK TRUCK.