Mining Incidents

E T R No 4 Coal

Talkington Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Talkington Harry W Sr
Spring City, Rhea County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002768

MSHA record for E T R No 4 (mine ID 4002768). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
February 2, 1984 TN · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Talkington Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR SHIFTED MACHINE WHILE IN HIGHER TOP, UNDER LOW TOP, WHICH CAUGHT OPERATOR CRUSHING RIB CAGE

April 15, 1983 TN · Coal master electrician Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Talkington Mining Corp · Contact with electrical current

HIGH VOLTAGE ,SELF CONTAINED SUBSTATION WAS NOT DEENERGIZED WHILE ELECTRICTIAN WAS TESTING OR TROUBLE-SHOOTING THE 120 VOLT A.C.CONTROL CIRCUIT,IN A LOCATION WHERE ENERGIZED HIGH VOLTAGE COMP ONENTS WERE EXPOSED.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 1 incident

February 18, 1988 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Talkington Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING A BOX OF DUMMIES (STEMMING) FROM 3-WHEELER, STRAINED LOWER BACK.

1986 · 2 incidents

May 7, 1986 TN · Coal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Talkington Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING DEENERGI1ED HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WITH PERSONNEL CARRIER MINER CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CABLE AND FRAME OF MACHINE.

January 23, 1986 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Talkington Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

BOLTER OPERATOR3WAS SCALING DRAW SLATE WITH ROCK BAR PIECE BROKE OVER HEAD STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK INJ WSAS TRANSPORTED TO H OPPITAL X RAYED EXAMINED AND KEPT IN HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION FOR BRUISED BACK 3

1984 · 1 incident

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