Mining Incidents

No 28 Mine Coal

K & M Coal Company · Underground
Whitwell, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4001586

MSHA record for No 28 Mine (mine ID 4001586). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 22, 1987 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
K & M Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS 8ERVICING THE SCOOP AND APPARENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO POSITION THE GREASE FITTINGS HE POSITIONED HIMSELF OVER THE BACK OF THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT AND TRAMMED THE SCOOP FORWARD FROM A HIGH AR9A AND WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SCOOP AND THE ROOF.

Reportable incidents

10 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1989 · 1 incident

March 17, 1989 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
K & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WE WERE PILLARING AND THE EMPLOYEE AND FOREMAN WRE TIMBERING A PLACE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE TIMBERS AND ROOFBOLTS ONTO THE EMPLOYEES LEGS.

1988 · 1 incident

May 12, 1988 TN · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
K & M Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

HE WAS SITTING ON BLIND SIDE OF SCOOP HE WAS SITTING ON TAILGATE HAD HIS LIGHT TURNED AWAY FROM SCOOP BY THE TIME THE SCOOP OPERATOR SAW HIM THE SCOOP BUCKET HAD ALREDY HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

1986 · 3 incidents

May 9, 1986 TN · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & M Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CROSSING OVER B9LT BELT NOT RUNNING IN LOW TOP TWISTED KNEE GETTING OFF BELT

March 26, 1986 TN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & M Coal Company · Struck by flying object

SHOTFIRE JACKIN1 COAL MACHINE OFF CABLE WITH LIFTING JACK.JACK SLIPPED ,BAR JUMPED OUT AND HIT SHOTFIRER ON FOREHEAD CAUSING CUT -REQ STITCHES.

February 6, 1986 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
K & M Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PULLING3ONE RAILRUNNER THAT WAS BROKE DOWN WITH ANOTHER RAILRUNNER AND CHAIN BROKE AND CUT HIS FOURTH TOE ON RT FOOT

1985 · 1 incident

March 18, 1985 TN · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STOP TRACTOR ON HILL DIDNT LOCK BRAKE DOWN.TRACKTOR AND CAR ROLL OFF AND CAR HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT AND BROKE A BONE AND ALSO BRUISE IT.

1984 · 2 incidents

September 15, 1984 TN · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS WORKING ON MINER CHANGING OUT A LOW TRAM. HE HAD TO DO SOME CUTTING WITH TORCH & LAY HIS HAND ON A PIECE OF HOT METAL.

1983 · 2 incidents

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