River Basin Coals Inc · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ABOUT 5FOOT BY 4FOOT XTO 12 INCHES THICK
Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal
River Basin Coals Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Roger E West
Devonia,
Anderson County,
TN
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002447
MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 4002447). 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
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Jan 1983
Ownership history
- Red Oak Mining Company 1978 to 1980
- River Basin Coals Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine #1 sits in Anderson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.