Mining Incidents

Railroad: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Davis Bruce D
Polk County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002633

MSHA record for Railroad (mine ID 4002633). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. Cities Service Company 1980 to 1982
  2. Tennessee Chemical Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Railroad sits in Polk County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Polk County, Tennessee · Population 17,702
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,227
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 6, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by powered moving object

I.NAME WAS APPA9ENTLY STRUCK BY OR PARTIALLY RUN OVER BY A RAILWAY CAR WHERE HE APPARENTLY WAS STANDING EITHER ON THE CAR OR BETWEEN THE CARS DURING TRAIN MOVEMENT. HE WAS FOUND LYING ACROSS A RAIL UNDERNEAT2 THE RAILWAY CAR.

Reportable incidents

14 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 3 incidents

April 20, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Chemical Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING A PICK & BACK WENT OUT & BEGAN TO HURT

February 22, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS PICKING UP ON A COUPLER, PUTTING COUPLER CARRIER IN. TO TAKE WEIGHT OFF IT, PICKED UP ON IT TO SLIDE IT AND FELT A LITTLE DULL PAIN IN BACK AND SIDE.

February 18, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING A CARTER PIN OUT OF KNUCKLE PIN, HIT THE KNUCKLE INSTEAD OF JIMMY BAR, AND THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF COUPLING HITTING HAND.

1987 · 5 incidents

June 4, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENDING OVER TO3DRIVE WOODEN PLUGS IN CROSS TIES WHEN STRAIGHTENED UP SOMETHING CAUGHT IN BACK

June 1, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman POWERED HAULAGE
Tennessee Chemical Company · Fall onto or against objects

GOT HAND ON CAR3TO PUT FOOT IN STIRRUP.FOOT MISSED.DRUG SHORT DISTANCE,FLIPPED BACKWARD LANDING ON OLD RAILROAD RAIL ON BACK.

April 23, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIGGING OUT END3OF TIES WITH PICK. PICK HUNG ON TOP OF RAIL GLANCED OFF GOING INTO FOOT.

January 15, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by falling object

DROPPED LID CAT7HING HAND & CUTTING IT.

January 2, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal car dropper, car shake out operator MACHINERY
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by flying object

A HULK BOLT CAM9 OUT OF THE GUN HITTING EMPLOYEE KNOCKING GLASSES OFF

1986 · 3 incidents

August 15, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3.5 CM LACERATI2N OF RIGHT FOREFINGER PALMER SURFACE HELPING CRANE CREW PUT CABLE ON A CRANE. CUT HAND ON A BARB ON OLD CABLE.

May 19, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Chemical Company · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS CAR9YING A SAFETY VENT BACK TO THE CAR. HE STEPPED FROM CATWALK TO RUNNING BOARD OF CAR, FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER AND HE FELL ONTO HAND. COMMINUTED FRACTURE LEFT MEDIAL PHALANX, X-RA Y, CAST APPLIED2 RESTRICTED DUTY.

January 15, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck against stationary object

INJ WALKING BY 6ENCH AND BRUSHED AGAINST IT.SPLINTER STUCK INTO RIGHT CALF.INCISION MADE FOR POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY IN CALF OF RIGHT LEG.NONE FOUND CLOSED WITH 2 SUTURES.

1984 · 1 incident

February 23, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tennessee Chemical Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WALKING AROUND CONCENTRATE CAR AND TRIPPED ON SCRAP IRON AND FELL (2-14-84) ON 2-23-84 KNOCKED BRAKE ON CAR OFF AND SPOKE HIT HIM ON THE KNEE. OLD ABRASION RIGHT PATELLA;CONTUSION RIGHT PATELLA. RESTRICTED DUTY BEGAN 2-27-84.

1983 · 2 incidents

December 28, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Chemical Company · Fall down stairs

SLIPPED ON ICE AT TIP OF STEPS FALLING HARD.ABRASION OF LEFT THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS,STRAINED NECK AND BACK.RESTRICTED DUTY.

September 26, 1983 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tennessee Chemical Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS STANDING ON AN OUTSIDE PLATFORM WHEN BOARD ON PLATFORM BROKE AND HE FELL THROUGH STRIKING HIS LEG ON BOARD AND T W ISTING BACK ABRASION OF LEFT LOWER LEG AND CONTUSION OF BACK RETU RNED TO WORK ON RESTRICTED DUTY