New Hope Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
96660FALL NO.1 ENTRY BEGINNING LAST OPEN X-CUT GOING TO FACE. THE FALL WAS 5'HIGH X 17'LONG X 14'WIDE.
No 62: 6 reportable incidents Coal
New Hope Mining Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Layne Helen M
Griffith Creek,
Marion County,
TN
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002983
MSHA record for No 62 (mine ID 4002983). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1991–1992
- Latest incident
- Aug 1992
Ownership history
- Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company 1988 to 1990
- Higgins Coal Company Inc 1990 to 1992
- Eastern Coal Company 1992 to 1992
- New Hope Mining Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 62 sits in Marion County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.Marion County, Tennessee · Population 29,010
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,103
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1992 · 1 incident
1991 · 5 incidents
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I.NAME SITTING AT #1 BELT HEADER AND RAISED UP TO FLIP A SWITCH.TRIPPED AND HURT RIGHT FOOT.
September 12, 1991
TN · Coal
gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator
MACHINERY
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATING LOADER ON 001 SECTION WHEN ROCK FELL IN THE FACE AND STARTLED I.NAME AND DURING REFLEX ACTIONS FRACTURED HIS RIB.
September 10, 1991
TN · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
BENT OVER AND PICKED UP OXYGEN TANK AND FELT A PAIN IN BACK.
June 7, 1991
TN · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
MACHINERY
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EE WAS HELPING THE PINNER MAN WHEN A SMALL ROCK APPROX. 1LB FELL AND HIT HIS HAND ON THE BONE BEHIND THE FIRST KNUCKLE WHILE HIS HAND WAS STATIONARY.
May 8, 1991
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Higgins Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS HELPING LOAD BELT INTO THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPED ON SOME GRAVEL AND WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP.