Premium Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING COLLAR BUSHING OUT OF DRILL STRAINED BACK.
Premium Strip: 3 reportable incidents Coal
Premium Strip has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1987.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Sep 1990
Ownership history
- Premium Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 6 | 2,731 |
| 1990 | 8 | 26,045 |
| 1989 | 11 | 23,410 |
| 1988 | 10 | 27,834 |
| 1987 | 12 | 26,961 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,948 |
| 1985 | 26 | 68,612 |
| 1984 | 24 | 65,489 |
| 1983 | 16 | 33,305 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Premium Strip sits in Anderson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.Anderson County, Tennessee · Population 78,175
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,171
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1990 · 1 incident
1988 · 1 incident
April 14, 1988
TN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Premium Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME SLATE WHEWN HE PULLED CAUSING A BACK STRAIN.
1987 · 1 incident
August 21, 1987
TN · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premium Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine
SLIPPED ON STEP8 CLIMBING INTO FRONT END LOADER CAUSING INJURY TO BACK AREA