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Poor Fork Strip Mine No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Whitwell, Sequatchie County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002885

MSHA record for Poor Fork Strip Mine No 1 (mine ID 4002885). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–1997
Latest incident
Sep 1997
Ownership history
  1. Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Poor Fork Strip Mine No 1 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

4 on file

1997 · 1 incident

September 30, 1997 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TNT DODGE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD. EE TRIED TO JUMP I AND STOP TRUCK BUT ENDED UP PINNED BETWEEN TRUCK DOOR AND THE FRONT END OF THE TNT MACK TRUCK.

1991 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

August 19, 1987 TN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RU3NING OVER VERY UNEVEN GROUND STEPPED IN HOLE WITH LEFT FOOT

1986 · 1 incident