Thomas Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
HE WAS OFF HIS MACHINE WATCHING A PILLAR FALL, AS THE FALL STARTED HE LEFT THE AREA AND FELL DOWN INJURING HIS ELBOW.
Tccc No 45: 12 reportable incidents Coal
Thomas Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Thomas Virgil C
Whitwell,
Marion County,
TN
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002840
MSHA record for Tccc No 45 (mine ID 4002840). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1984–1988
- Latest incident
- Apr 1988
Ownership history
- Grundy Mining Company Inc 1983 to 1983
- Thomas Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Tccc No 45 sits in Marion County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.Marion County, Tennessee · Population 29,010
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,103
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file1988 · 2 incidents
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
HE WAS OPERATING S&S SCOOP THE LAMP CORD ACROSS THE TP OF HIS CAP CAUGHT AGAINST THE MINE ROOF JAMING HIS NECK. INJURED THE VIRTEBRA AND MUSCLES
1987 · 5 incidents
May 28, 1987
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
OPERATING ROOF 6OLTER AT THE FACE OF COAL PREPARING FOR FINAL PUSH OF PILLAR OF COAL.CLOSE TO THE FACE WHEN COAL FELL FROM FACE PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE PRESSURE OF THE WEIGHT COMING ON THE COAL ABOUT A TON OF3COAL FELL AROUND HIM.THE COAL PRESSED HIM AGAINST ROOF BOLTER INJURING HIS BACK AND BROKE HIS ANKLE.
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
HE WAS WELDING 2N A MINE SCOOP, WHILE SCALING THE SLAG A SMALL PIECE FLEW IN THE EYE
May 4, 1987
TN · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING BATTERY3ON HIGHLIFT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SCALING ROCK WI7H 4' ROCK BAR,BAR SLIPPED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
HE WAS A SCOOP 2PERATOR, HE PARKED HIS SCOOP AND BEGAN SCALING THE LOOSE ROCK AT THE FACE OF NO. 4 ROOM, SOME OF THE LOOSE ROCK FELL BRUSHING HIS SIDE CAUSING SOME PAIN IN HIS HIP AREA.
1986 · 2 incidents
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
HE WAS SCOOP DR3VER,GOING OUT SIDE TO CHANGE BATTERIES,HE MET HAULAGE MOTOR AND PULLED INTO X-CUT TO PASS AS HE PULLED BACK OUT ON HAULWAY LOOSWE PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS HAND.HAND WAS ON CONTROL LEV9R,IT WAS BRUISED AND HAS SWOLLEN.
February 13, 1986
TN · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE ALLEGES THAT3WHILE EITHER ARREMPTING TO MOVE OR START A SMALL SLUDGE PUMP PORTABLE HE STRAINED.
1985 · 2 incidents
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THIS MAN WAS THE TRACTOR DRIVER HE PULLED INTO THE LOADING POINT LOADED THE FIRST CAR THEN REMEMBERED HE HAD POWDER IN THE SEC OND CAR HE LEFT THE MOTOR RAN BACK TO GET THE POWDER OUT OF THE C AR AS THE SCOOP OPERATOR WAS APPROACHING THE LOADING POINT HIS BACK WAS TO THE SCOOP OPERATOR HE WAS STOOPED OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR THE SCOOP CAUGHT BOTH LEGS PRESSING THEM AGAINST THE CAR
June 24, 1985
TN · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THIS MAN OPERATED THE ROOF BOLTER, AND THE HAVIT OF LIFTING THE BOLT AGAINST THE ROOF THEN PLACING IT IN THE WRENCH WITH ONE HAND AND PULLING THE HYDRAULIC LEVER WITH THE OTHER HAND, HE FAILE TO COORDAINATE PROPERLY MASHING THE FORE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.
1984 · 1 incident
July 2, 1984
TN · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Thomas Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
FINISHED DRILLING COAL AT FACE OF #2 ENTRY AND THREW DRILL UPON PINNER HANDLE HIT TOP AND FELL OFF PINNER .END OFHANDLE STRUCK LEFT CHEEK CUTTING SMALL LACERATION REQ 3 STITCHES.