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Williamsport Washer: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Walker James H
Maury County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4000885

MSHA record for Williamsport Washer (mine ID 4000885). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. M C West Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. G T Construction Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Williamsport Washer sits in Maury County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Maury County, Tennessee · Population 104,855
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,162
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

February 20, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
G T Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS PERFORMING NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING A BEARING RACE FROM A SHAFT A PRY BAR WAS USED TO RELEASE THE BEARING I NAME WAS PULLING THE PRY BAR TOWARD HIM WHEN THE ANCHORED END OF THE BAR SLIPPED & RELEASED CAUSING THE BAR TO H IT HIM IN THE EYE THE JOB REQUIRED NO TRAINING & MINIMAL SKILLS PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR LESSONED THE SEVERITY OF THE BLOW

1986 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

January 3, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
G T Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

MR. CATES WAS OPERATING A LOADER, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE DIED, THE BRAKES FAILED, THE LOADER WAS ROLLING DOWN THE HILL AND MR. CATES JUMPED FROM THE LOADER AND HIT THE GROUND. FRACTURED RIGHT LEG IN TWO PLACES-BROKEN LEFT HEEL.