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Fork Mountain: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Petros, Anderson County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003102

MSHA record for Fork Mountain (mine ID 4003102). 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
Latest incident
Sep 1997
Ownership history
  1. Tennessee Mining Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fork Mountain sits in Anderson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Anderson County, Tennessee · Population 78,175
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,171
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

1997 · 4 incidents

September 25, 1997 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS GREASING STACKER BELT BEARING WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE FEEDER BELT AND BOUNCED ONTO HIS HAND, RESULTING IN ABRASIONS AND LACERATIONS WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

July 25, 1997 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EE IS AN EE OF D.H. CAMPBELL INC. (CONTRACT HAULERS). EE WAS HAULING HIGHWALL MINE ADDCARS TO A DIFFERENT PIT AREA. AS HE STEPPED UP ON THE TRUCK, HE SLIPPED & FELL. HE HIT THE GROUND, BRUISIN G HIS BACK AND KIDNEYS.

July 18, 1997 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE WENT TO DR. AND CONTINUED WORKING. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1997. BY DOCTOR'S INSTRUCTIONS, HE QUIT WORK BECAUSE OF CONTINUING DEGENERATIVE CONDITION.

April 12, 1997 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAMMERING ON MARTEN LINK OF CONVEYOR CHAIN, WHEN IT CHIPPED AND A PIECE STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT THIGH REQUIRING STITCHES.