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No 23: 4 reportable incidents Coal

3-N Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Nunley James Earl
Palmer, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4000578

MSHA record for No 23 (mine ID 4000578). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Chestnut Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1976
  2. Chestnut Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1983
  3. J T Meeks Mining Inc 1983 to 1984
  4. 3-N Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 23 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

4 on file

1983 · 4 incidents

September 7, 1983 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chestnut Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL HURT BACK BUILDING CRIB WHERE WE ARE SHOOTING BATTERY STATION.

March 31, 1983 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chestnut Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

LOADER WAS STUCK, PULLING LOADER WITH MOTOR WHEN PULL CABLE GOT TIGHT , MOTAOR JERKED HIM INTO SIDE OF MOTOR. HIT RIGHT SHOULDER.

February 18, 1983 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Chestnut Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SHERMAN NUNLEY WAS SCRAPING THE RUNWAY FOR THE SHUTTLE CARS HIS KNEE HIT THE TOP AN PUSHED IT BACK AGAINST THE CONTROL BOX

January 6, 1983 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chestnut Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE SCOOP OPERATOR HAD HIS HAND ON THE TOP OFF THE SCOOP HE RUN OVER A ROCK A JAMED HIS HAND AGAINST THE TOP.