Mining Incidents

No 1 Tipple: 7 reportable incidents Coal

B & D Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Lindsay Paris Mac
Wartburg, Morgan County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002157

MSHA record for No 1 Tipple (mine ID 4002157). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1987–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
Ownership history
  1. Buffalo Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1980
  2. Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc 1980 to 1991
  3. B & D Coal Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Tipple sits in Morgan County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Morgan County, Tennessee · Population 21,193
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$57,408
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 1 incident

June 27, 1994 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
B & D Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TANDEM TRUCK HAULING REJECT RAISED BED TO DUMP AND TRUCK TURNED OVER TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER STRUCK BACK BRUISED BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

December 10, 1993 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & D Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING BRAKE SHOES ON TRUCK USING A BAR TO HOLD A SPRING BACK. BAR SLIPPED CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BRAKE SHOE AND ANCHOR.

1992 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

February 8, 1991 TN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CLEANING UP AROUND PREP PLANT ON BOBCAT RAN OVER 2X4 WITH BOBCAT. BOBCAT BOUNCED HIT SCREEN ON BOBCAT.

1989 · 1 incident

July 12, 1989 TN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL HAD BEEN OPERATING HIGH-LIFT LOADING COAL.LIFT GUAGE INDICATED LIFT WAS OVER HEATING.STOPPED LIFT AND WALKED OUT ONTO MOTOR HOUSING TO CHECK.PUT FOOT ON TOP OF RADIATOR CAP AND TWISTED A LITTLE WITH FOOT ON IT TO LET PRESSURE OFF.HEARD RADIATOR SPEW AND THOUGHT OK,WHEN HE LIFTED FOOT OFF CAP,WATER AND STEAM BLEW OUT HITTING HIM.

1988 · 1 incident

March 25, 1988 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WAORKING ON SCOOP IN SHOP & HAD HOLD OF SCOOP BUCKET. BUCKET LOWERED & CAUGH HIS FINGERS BETWEEN BUCKET & FLOOR, MASHING HIS FINGERS & CUT OFF END OF RING FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

1987 · 1 incident

April 17, 1987 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PI7KING UP ROCKS FROM UNDER THE COAL HOPPER,THROWING THE ROCKS OUT TO WHERE THEY COULD BE PICKED UP BY THE HIGH-LIFT AND CARRIED OFF.