Mining Incidents

No 48 Coal

Meeks Coal Company · Underground
Whitwell, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002999

MSHA record for No 48 (mine ID 4002999). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

November 22, 1989 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Meeks Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

ON THE SCOOP THE OPERATOR WAS RUNNING THE LINKAGE GOT OUT OF ADJUSTMENT ON THE FOOT PEDAL. THE FOOT PEDAL HUNG, THE OPERATOR HIT THE PANIC BAR AND DE-ENERGIZED THE MACHINE. THE MACHINE WAS IN LOW COAL AND THE OPERATOR CUT HIS LEG ABOVE THE KNEE ON A ROOF BOLT.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.