Mining Incidents

Williamson County Operations: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knox Tillman W
Williamson County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4002795

MSHA record for Williamson County Operations (mine ID 4002795). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Hall & Knox Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Williamson County Operations sits in Williamson County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Williamson County, Tennessee · Population 254,609
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$131,202
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

August 11, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall & Knox Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF HEAVY LINING TO LINE A DRAGLINE SWINGER. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER ABDOMAN.

June 18, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall & Knox Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CUTTING WIRE ROPE OFF DRAGLINE BUCKET IN ORDER TO PUT ON NEW ONE. WHEN CUT WAS COMPLETED ROPE FLEW UP & STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT EYE LID MAKING BURN & CUT.

March 13, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall & Knox Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WATER PUMP INTAKE HOSE FUTHER INTO MINING PIT FOR COLLECTION OF WATER. ROPE INSIDE HOSE BROKE, AND EMPLOYEE FELL SIDEWAYS INTO BATTERY BOX. THIS CAUSED A LARGE BRUISE ON S IDE OF RIGHT HIP AREA.

1989 · 1 incident

May 24, 1989 TN · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall & Knox Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A BATTERY FOR A DRAGLINE OUT OF SHOP TRUCK BED. WHEN HE TURNED TO THE RIGHT TO SET BATTERY INTO DRAGLINE, HE TORE A HERNIA IN THE STOMACH AROUND NAVEL AREA.