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Gobey Strip Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Goodman David
Wartburg, Morgan County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000655

Gobey Strip Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. G & F Coal Company Inc 1950 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 5 3,922
1985 4 8,252
1984 10 26,437
1983 11 47,565
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Gobey Strip Mine sits in Morgan 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.
Morgan County, Tennessee · Population 21,193
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$57,408
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

1983 · 1 incident

July 15, 1983 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & F Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PATIENT WAS CLOSING TAILGATE OF TRUCK WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT RIGHT INDEX FINGER TEARING NAIL