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Tennessee Coal Company operator

Controlled by Williams Companies Inc

MSHA operator ID: P23185

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 328
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1988–1998

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 181 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 21 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 44 non-fatal
MACHINERY 29 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 20 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 16 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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34 (1f)

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11 (1f)

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

August 24, 1995 TN · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Tennessee Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED LUNCH. HE TOOK A COUPLE STEPS TOWARD HIS MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER WHEN A FALL OF ROOF CAUSED FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.

May 12, 1993 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Tennessee Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE LOOKING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WHEN HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LOCOMOTIVE AND MINE ROOF.

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