Grundy Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE MAN WAS HANDLING TIMBERS BEING USED FOR PILLAT WORK HE TURNED TO SET TIMBER & STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
Mine No 21: 9 reportable incidents Coal
Grundy Mining Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Massey Energy Company
Palmer,
Marion County,
TN
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4000524
MSHA record for Mine No 21 (mine ID 4000524). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Apr 1985
Ownership history
- Grundy Mining Company Inc 1950 to 1976
- Grundy Mining Company Inc 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 21 sits in Marion County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.Marion County, Tennessee · Population 29,010
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,103
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file1985 · 3 incidents
Grundy Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
DRIVER RAN OVER TIMBER THAT HAD FALLEN OFF CAR IN RUNWAY WHEN TRACTOR BOUNCED OVER TIMBER HE STRUCK SHOULDER ON TRACTOR COCKPIT
Grundy Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS OPERATING UNATRAC IN LOW TOP WHEN GOT KNEE CAUGHT BETWEE TOP & MACHINE IT SKINNED THE HIDE OFF LEFT KNEE AND POSSIBLY PULLED MUSCLES
1984 · 1 incident
Grundy Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PULLING ON THE ROCK DUSTER IN LOW TOP
1983 · 5 incidents
Grundy Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BACKING A TRACTOR UNDER CURTAIN (BLOCK). THE OPERATOR PICKED THE CURTAIN UP WITH LEFT HAND WHILE HE WAS GOING UNDER. THE CURTAIN FORCED HIS ARM INTO THE TRACTOR BREAKING HISLEFT ARM.
November 11, 1983
TN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grundy Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
SLIP GETTING INTO ROCK DUST TRAILOR.
Grundy Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
SAND STONE TOP.
Grundy Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
SAND ROCK TOP.TAKING TOP IN LOW COAL AND STOPPED WORKING IT IN#3 ENTRY.CUT BACK TO WHERE STOPPERD #3 AND THIS PUT ADD\L WEIGHT ON ROOF BOLTS.HAD ROOF FALL BEFORE CRIBS COULD BE BUILDED.
Grundy Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
UNKNOWEST HORSE BACK ROOF SAND ROCK