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Maury County Mines (Godwin): 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walker James H
Maury County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000916

MSHA record for Maury County Mines (Godwin) (mine ID 4000916). 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
1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Ownership history
  1. M C West Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. G T Construction Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Maury County Mines (Godwin) sits in Maury 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.
Maury County, Tennessee · Population 104,855
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,162
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

1985 · 1 incident

April 10, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
G T Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME HAD PULLED UP TO THE DRAGLINE TO LOAD AND WAS PARKED APPROX. 10 FT FROM THE EDGE OF THE EMBANKMENT. HE WAS CLEANING HIS WINDSHIELD AND FELT THE TRUCK MOVE. THE EMBANKMENT GAVE AWAY. HE JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK TO THE GROUND, THE TRUCK ROLLED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT.