Mining Incidents

Mc Minn County Quarry: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mc Minn County-Tn
Mcminn County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000072

MSHA record for Mc Minn County Quarry (mine ID 4000072). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Mc Minn County Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mc Minn County Quarry sits in McMinn 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.
McMinn County, Tennessee · Population 54,135
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,674
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1988 · 3 incidents

August 2, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Minn County Highway Department · Struck against a moving object

GOING INTO ROCK HOLE WITH LOADER HIT LARGE ROCK JARRED BACK.

April 25, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mc Minn County Highway Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENDING PLATES IN CHUTE WITHS LEDGE HAMMER HIT LEFT KNEE.

1984 · 1 incident

September 17, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Minn County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING INSTALL SHAKER SCREENS AT CRUSHER,EMPL THUMB WAS CAUGHT PULLING EMPL THUMB HAND & WRIST BACKWARDS.SCREENS ARE USED TO CHANGE AND SORT SIZE OF CRUSHED ROCK AND ARE 5\ X 5\.EMPL CONT TO WORK REST OF DAY BUT DURING NIGHT HAND BACAME VERY PAINFUL AND SWOLLEN.WENT TO EMERG RM FOR TREATMENT AND WAS DISMISSED BY I.NAME.SLIGHT SPRAIN AND MISSED 2 DAYS OF WORK.

1983 · 1 incident

December 20, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Minn County Highway Department · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPL FELL HEAD FIRST INTO JAWS OF CRUSHER FROM CATWALK.FELL 6-7\ LANDING ON HEAD ON ROCKS.SUFFERED LACERATION OF SCALP,FACE AND BROKEN NOSE.HAD BEEN CLEANING GRATES OF JAW CRUSHER WITH HOOK,ST RAIGHTENED UP AND FELL FROM PLATFORM DOWN.CRUSHER IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF.EMPL TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ..ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.SURGERY PERFORMED ON NOSE...