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No 1 Tennessee Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

White Oak Coal Corp · Facility
Motch, Claiborne County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002111

MSHA record for No 1 Tennessee Tipple (mine ID 4002111). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. S A M Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1983
  2. White Oak Coal Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Tennessee Tipple sits in Claiborne County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Claiborne County, Tennessee · Population 32,221
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,587
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

January 2, 1990 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
White Oak Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN TIPPLE BIN TRYING TO PRY FROZEN COAL OUT OF BIN USING A STEEL BAR. THE BAR SHIFTED INTO ANOTHER POSITION AND WHEN HE PULLED BACK ON BAR, THE BAR STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH. IT SPL IT HIS GUMS IN HIS UPPER MOUTH AND CHIPPED 2 TEETH.