Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
THIS IS AN AREA ALONG THE #4 BELT LINE APPROX. 2000 FEET FROM THE WORKING FACE.
No 4 Mine: 20 reportable incidents Coal
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Roger E West
Oliver Springs,
Anderson County,
TN
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002528
MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4002528). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Oct 1988
Ownership history
- Clear Creek Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1987
- Clear Creek Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 4 Mine sits in Anderson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Anderson County, Tennessee · Population 78,175
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,171
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file1988 · 13 incidents
September 23, 1988
TN · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
THE FOREMAN WAS CRAWLING FROM THE #4 HEADING TO #5 HEADING AND APIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT PARTIALLY HITTING HIM ON LOWER BACK.
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL 20 BREAKS FROM FACE.
June 14, 1988
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS EXAMINED AT HOSPITAL AND SENT HOME HE SUFFERED FROM BRUISES. NO BROKEN BONES OR NO CUTS.
June 7, 1988
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE MOVING THE BOLT MACHINE A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE TO THE LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE. HE BRUISED AND STRAINED THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS ANKLE- HE WAS TOLD STAY OFF OF IT AND REST. HAD NO BROKEN BONES OR CUTS.
April 14, 1988
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A PIECE OF BOLT STEEL GOT AWAY FROM HIS GRASP AND CAME AROUND AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE NEW HIS RIGHT EYE.
April 4, 1988
TN · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPL SAYS THAT HIS SHUTTLE CAR RAN OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING HIM SEVERE JAR. THIS JARRING CAUSED HIS BACK TO HURT.
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL
April 4, 1988
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WHILE OPERATING BOLT MACHINE PIECE OF ROCK STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 16 STITCHES.
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH MINER CABLE & HE EITHER PULLED OR STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL 3
January 18, 1988
TN · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HI7TING TWO PIECES OF BOLT MACHINE STEEL TOGETHER AND THE STEEL PINCHED THE SKIN IN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FINGERS ON THE RT HAND
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL 3
1987 · 5 incidents
October 1, 1987
TN · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL STANDING ON BOLT MACHINE HELPING PUT ROOF BOLT IN HOLE.FOOT SLIPPED TWISTING KNEE.WORKED UP UNTIL 11-30-87.ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY WAS DONE.
August 26, 1987
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE & HURT HIS LOWER BACK
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL. 3
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL. 3
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO REMOVE ROCK FROM TOP OF MINER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
1983 · 2 incidents
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Fall from ladders
IN THE SUPPLY HOUSE. I STEPPED OFF SUPPLY AREA ONTO A LADDER. THE LADDER SLIPPED AND I FELL ABOUT 10 FEET ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR BREAKING MY RIGHT ARM.
February 21, 1983
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Clear Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
DRILLING A HOLE IN THE ROOF AND ROCK CAME LOOSE HITTING HIM ON THE LEG IT BRUISED HIS LEFT FOOT AND LEG THEY HAD THEIR SAFETY JACKS SET