Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Moss Stone Company · Surface
Mcminn County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002515

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4002515). 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
Apr 1983
Ownership history
  1. Moss Stone Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

April 29, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Moss Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER HAD DROPPED LOAD OF CRUSHED STONE AND WAS DRIVING OFF STOCKPILE HOWEVER THE BED WAS STILL UP AND THIS CAUSED THE TRUCK TO TIP OVER AND PINNED THE DRIVER UNDER THE CAB