Mining Incidents

No 36: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Patton Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Patton John Anthony
Palmer, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002725

MSHA record for No 36 (mine ID 4002725). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Patton Mining Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 36 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

5 on file

1988 · 1 incident

August 12, 1988 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator MACHINERY
Patton Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURY BACK WHILE HAND DRILLING COAL.

1987 · 1 incident

June 11, 1987 TN · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Patton Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED LEFT KN9E WHILE RUNNING HAND DRILL, DISLOCATED LEFT KNEE SOCKET.

1986 · 1 incident

March 10, 1986 TN · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Patton Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RUNNING L2ADER IN HALLWAY IN LOW TOP HIT A ROCK & TISTED NECK CAUSING MUSCLE IN NECK TO BE BRUISED.

1985 · 1 incident

December 16, 1985 TN · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patton Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS UNLOADING S6PPLIES FROM COAL CAR INNARROW HALLWAY SPRINGED BACK WHILE STOOPING OVER TO PICK UP BOXES.

1984 · 1 incident

July 12, 1984 TN · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Patton Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS PULLING TRACTORS FILLED WITH COAL FROM FACE TO OUTSIDE WITH SR TRACTOR WHEN TRACTOR RAN ACROSS CHUG HOLE & BOUNCED OUT OF THE SEAT STRIKING HEAD ON THE ROOF. OPERATOR NECK STIFF & SORE.