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Tennessee Zinc Company LLC controller

MSHA controller ID: 0061709

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 76
Mines on record: 5
Years on record: 2006–2009

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

364

citations

106

significant & substantial

$218,863

proposed penalties

$151,292

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 22 non-fatal
HOISTING 11 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 8 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
OTHER 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2009

2008

2007

27 (1f)

2006

Operators under this controller

Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC 76

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

July 29, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Nyrstar Tennessee Mines, Strawberry Plains LLC · Fall down raise, shaft or manway

Employee was working approximately 550' down in elevator shaft, working off top of elevator. Beam came loose that was thought to be secured. Employee fell from top of elevator to bottom of shaft, resulting in his death.