Mining Incidents

Glencliff Quarry And Mill: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Davidson County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001325

MSHA record for Glencliff Quarry And Mill (mine ID 4001325). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. Metro Public Works Dept/Special Operations Div 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Glencliff Quarry And Mill sits in Davidson 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.
Davidson County, Tennessee · Population 709,846
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$75,664
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1989 · 5 incidents

June 20, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Metro Public Works Dept/Special Operations Div · Struck against a moving object

HE BACKED UP TO THE COLD MIX PILE AND THE PILE GAVE AWAY AND THE TRUCK SLID DOWN THE BANK AND TURNED OVER.

June 14, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Metro Public Works Dept/Special Operations Div · Struck against a moving object

"I WAS BACKING THE DRILL OFF THE LOW BOY AND IT SLIPPED OFF THE SKIDS AND IT THREW ME OVER THE DRILL."

May 1, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Metro Public Works Dept/Special Operations Div · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS GETTING OFF THE LOADER AND I WAS HOLDING ON WITH MY L HAND AND MY FOOT SLIPPED AND IT PULLED THE MUSCLE IN MY BACK

March 10, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Metro Public Works Dept/Special Operations Div · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I WAS PULLING THE LEVER ON THE CRUSHER TO LET THE STONE OUT OF THE BIN AND I STRAINED MY LOWER STOMACH.

1988 · 2 incidents

July 7, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Metro Public Works Dept/Special Operations Div · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS CLEANING UP GETTING READY TO START WORK ON THE CRUSHER. WHEN HE HIT THE SHOVEL AGAINST THE IRON BEAM HE CUT HIS FINGER. FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SHOVEL AND BEAM.

February 8, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Metro Public Works Dept/Special Operations Div · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WAS USING FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE IN THE CRUSHER BUILDING. HE INHALED SOME OF THE FUMES.