Plateau Sand Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 12' PICE OF DRILL STEEL WEIGHIN APPROX 90 LBS, INJURING A DISK.
Plateau Sand Company: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
Plateau Sand Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Allen Linder
Sequatchie County,
TN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003059
Plateau Sand Company has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1992.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1992
- Latest incident
- Jul 1992
Ownership history
- Plateau Sand Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1992 | 3 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Plateau Sand Company sits in Sequatchie 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.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.