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No 48: 2 reportable incidents 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
Ownership history
  1. Meeks Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 48 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

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.