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No 1 Tipple: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Dunlap, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001089

MSHA record for No 1 Tipple (mine ID 4001089). 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
1984–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Sequatchie Valley Coal Corp-Walden Ridge Div 1950 to 1982
  2. Sequatchie Valley Coal Corp 1982 to 1993
  3. Sequatchie Valley Coal Corp 1993 to 2012
  4. Sequatchie Valley Coal Corp 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Tipple sits in Sequatchie 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.
Sequatchie County, Tennessee · Population 16,409
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,260
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

1987 · 1 incident

December 15, 1987 TN · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sequatchie Valley Coal Corp · Fall from machine

SUPERVISOR AT T2E TIPPLE WAS GREASING THE LOADER WHEN STEPPING BACK TO THE LADDER ON DRIVERS LEFT SIDE HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND

1984 · 1 incident

July 19, 1984 TN · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman MACHINERY
Sequatchie Valley Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING STOKE MACHINE A LARGE LUMP WAS CUAGHT IN THE CRUSHER. THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE THE LUMP WITH A BAR WHILE THE CRUSHER WAS OPERATING THE BAR WAS CAUGHT BY A ROLLER AND THE LAST THREE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND BRACING BEAM OF THE CRUSHER, CUTTING THOSE FINGER BREAKING REMOVE.