Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Briceville, Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000699

MSHA record for No 1 Surface Mine (mine ID 4000699). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1988–1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
Ownership history
  1. Premium Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface Mine sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
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

10 on file

1996 · 1 incident

June 12, 1996 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Premium Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLOSED DOOR OF DOZER ON REIGHT HAND BROKE 2ND FINGER.

1995 · 3 incidents

November 30, 1995 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Premium Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OEPRATING (USING) VICE TO REPAIR VALVE.

June 14, 1995 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Premium Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS FUELING UP BACK HOE AND RAISED UP AND HIT CORNER OF CAB, CAUSING A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.

February 9, 1995 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Premium Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWED A FUEL HOSE ACROSS TANK. STRAINED BACK.

1994 · 1 incident

1989 · 2 incidents

December 7, 1989 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WORKING FROM LADDER CHANGING SHOES ON COLLECTOR RING OF DRAGLINE.LADDER SLIPPED & EMPL STRUCK SHOULDER ON INSULATOR.

1988 · 3 incidents

May 6, 1988 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE DISEMBLING FROM DOZER HE FELL TO GROUND TWISTING HIS KNEE RESULTING IN PULLED MUSCLE.