Mining Incidents

Tipple No 2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by De Voe Robert F
Sunbright, Morgan County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002009

MSHA record for Tipple No 2 (mine ID 4002009). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Lewis Coal Company 1976 to 1979
  2. Universal Coal Company 1979 to 1980
  3. James Kilby Coal Company 1980 to 1981
  4. Chandler Coal Corp 1981 to 1982
  5. Meta Elkhorn Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tipple No 2 sits in Morgan 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.
Morgan County, Tennessee · Population 21,193
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$57,408
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

1983 · 1 incident

July 28, 1983 TN · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meta Elkhorn Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A LARGE LUMP OF COAL THAT HAD FALLEN OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT TO PUT IT BACK ON THE BELT.