Paint Creek Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL.
Mine No 2: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Paint Creek Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Roger E West
Caryville,
Campbell County,
TN
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002674
MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 4002674). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Oct 1983
Ownership history
- Paint Creek Coal Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 2 sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.Campbell County, Tennessee · Population 39,568
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,260
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1983 · 2 incidents
Paint Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
LEFT THUMB LAST JOINT GROUND DOWN TO BONE.