Mining Incidents

Dixie Pine Coal Co Inc 1 & 2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Arnold Jim L
Clairfield, Claiborne County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000519

MSHA record for Dixie Pine Coal Co Inc 1 & 2 (mine ID 4000519). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Dixie Pine Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dixie Pine Coal Co Inc 1 & 2 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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

September 22, 1988 TN · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Dixie Pine Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLEANING OUT DIVERSION DITCH - MOVING JOHN DEERE 15 EXCAVATOR UP A STEEP GRADE - IT OVERTURNED AS HE WAS REACHING THE TOP TO A FLAT TERRACE. MACHINE MASHED INJURED IN LOWER BACK FRACTURING T WO VERTEBRA.