Mining Incidents

Mountain Moriah Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Fowlkes Jeff
Obion County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003042

MSHA record for Mountain Moriah Pit (mine ID 4003042). 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
1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Fowlkes Concrete & Construction Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mountain Moriah Pit sits in Obion 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.
Obion County, Tennessee · Population 30,570
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$53,102
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

August 20, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Fowlkes Concrete & Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL UNDER CONVEYOR CLEANING OUT ROCK.CONVEYOR HIT A SHOVEL,SHOVEL HIT EMPL HAND AND HEAD.