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Surface Mine Areas 42-44: 1 reportable incident Coal

Walnut Mountain Inc · Surface
Controlled by Walls Evelyn & Jack D
Petros, Anderson County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002834

MSHA record for Surface Mine Areas 42-44 (mine ID 4002834). 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
1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Walnut Mountain Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface Mine Areas 42-44 sits in Anderson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 22, 1988 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Walnut Mountain Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPL ENTERED HOSPITAL 3-7-88 WITH BACK PAIN.PAIN BEGAN 10 DAYS PRIOR-NO ONE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHICH COULD BE DESCRIBED AS AN ACCIDENT.AGGRAVATION OF OLD INJURY 10-17-86.DAMAGE NOT YET KNOWN.