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Mine Shops: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Davis Bruce D
Polk County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000706

MSHA record for Mine Shops (mine ID 4000706). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Cities Service Company 1950 to 1982
  2. Tennessee Chemical Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine Shops sits in Polk County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Polk County, Tennessee · Population 17,702
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,227
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 1 incident

August 12, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FRACTURE 2ND AN8 3 RD METATARSAL LEFT FOOT. MOVING RAISE DRILL ROD. OPNE OF THE RODS SLIPPED HITTING LEFT FOOT. APPROX. 680 LBS.

1985 · 1 incident

February 22, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BRUSHING OFF A BLOCK OF STEEL. BLOCK SLIPPED & THUMB WENT INTO EMORY WHEEL. LACERATION RT THUMB SUTURED.

1983 · 1 incident