Mining Incidents

Washington County-TN controller

MSHA controller ID: M01946

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2001–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
18
significant & substantial
$6,754
proposed penalties
$6,246
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2003
4
2002
2 (1f)
2001
3

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
August 20, 2002 TN · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Washington County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD JUST EXITED HIS DUMP TRUCK AFTER BACKING IT UNDER THE BINS. HE WAS STANDING, LOOKING UP, TALKING TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS STANDING ABOVE HIM. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BACKING INTO THE ADJOINING STALL, HIS TRUCKBED STRUCK EE IN THE BACK, KNOCKING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT, THEN THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS RAN OVER HIS BODY. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER TRUCK GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND RAN TO CALL 911.