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Daus Mtn Strip Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Whitwell, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002833

Daus Mtn Strip Mine No 1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. Virginia Mining Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1986 10
1985 4
1984 20 121,553
1983 11 26,214
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Daus Mtn Strip Mine No 1 sits in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Sequatchie County, Tennessee · Population 16,409
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,260
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

June 18, 1986 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Virginia Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING DOWN FROM WATER TRUCK FOOT SLIPPED FELL BACKWARD TO GROUND