Mining Incidents

No 1 Surface Mine Coal

Sterling Garrett Coal Co Inc · Surface
Controlled by Garrett Sterling
Scott County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001672

MSHA record for No 1 Surface Mine (mine ID 4001672). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Kit Coal Co 1974 to 1975
  2. Sterling Garrett Coal Co Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Surface Mine sits in Scott 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.
Scott County, Tennessee · Population 21,969
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$42,679
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.