Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING CAR DOORS WITH A PINCH BAR THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND BROKE A SMALL BONE IN HIS R.ANKLE.
Royal Blue Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal
Sugar Ridge Coal Company Inc
· Facility
Controlled by
Roger E West
Caryville,
Campbell County,
TN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001175
MSHA record for Royal Blue Tipple (mine ID 4001175). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1985
- Latest incident
- Feb 1985
Ownership history
- Ewell L Spradlin Coal Company 1950 to 1975
- High Top Coal Company Inc 1975 to 1980
- Southeast Coals Inc 1980 to 1981
- Pioneer Coal Processing Inc 1981 to 1982
- Energy Inc 1982 to 1985
- Cove Creek Energies Inc 1985 to 1986
- Rich Mountain Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1992
- Sugar Ridge Coal Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Royal Blue Tipple sits in Campbell County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.Campbell County, Tennessee · Population 39,568
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$50,260
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.