Middle Tennessee Mine — Accidents

Total: 263 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/11/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was attempting to remove a wheel hub assembly when they felt a pop in their shoulder.
08/18/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking behind a refuge chamber in a stope to use the restroom when EE tripped on a piece of screen that was laying on the ground. The area was flat in nature and employee slipped on scre...
08/09/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to cut a hydraulic hose with a grinder/cut off tool when tool slipped cutting EE's thumb.
07/09/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Contractor Employee injured left elbow when trying to rotate feed cylinder (still in crate) with pry bar in the mine yard. Contractor Employee was rotating cylinder crate to do a proper hoist with te...
07/05/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was bending over moving tools when they felt a sharp pain in their abdominal area. After further evaluation at ER, determined that employee had a unilateral inguinal hernia.
03/22/2023 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 27d restricted Employee was cutting pin from the skip door when the door fell landing on employee's leg.
03/04/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Blaster was traveling down road in anfo rig when hit a pothole jarring their back. Employee was placed on restrictions for strained back.
12/21/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Buggy was coming down hill at the fuel bay and while attempting to turn sharply into the fuel area, buggy rolled on its side injuring the passenger. Incident did not become reportable until 12/28/2022...
11/10/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted A mechanic was entering the cab of 8172 drill when they lost their footing. When they lost their footing, they grabbed the rail inside of the cab, causing a shoulder strain.
09/29/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was hanging utilities in roadway when a fist size of rock fell out between screen striking employee in hard hat. On follow up appointment with doctor on 10/20/2022, the incident became medica...
07/01/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Grouters were in the process of pumping water into the 1st hole in preparation of cement grouting when the packer being pressurized was ejected from the face resulting in an injury to one of the grout...
04/09/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 304d lost An electrician working in the area of West A feeder belt passed a barricade when walking down the catwalk, and fell through to the ground below. The area had previously been barricaded off due to unst...
03/14/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was walking around cleaning the drill with a pressure sprayer wand, when miner fell, in doing so it caused the wand to rotate back to miner's face. The water stream cut a small laceration above...
01/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was loading anfo into holes on the face when they stepped backwards causing a strain to their L knee.
01/14/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 72d restricted The employee was standing on a railing to unclog a discharge line, when EE lost EE's balance and stepped down hard on EE's left heel causing a fracture to EE's heel.
12/13/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was stepping down off of a bolter onto a set of mobile stairs when left foot slipped out from under employee causing employee to twist Right knee. Employee sustained a sprain to MCL/possible...
08/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 21d restricted The employee picked up a large rock to move it out of the underground road. While tossing the rock, EE dropped the rock on L foot. The rock struck EE's foot just behind the steel toe guard, causing a...
07/02/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The employee was using a fin-hoe to clean out lifter holes after drilling them, when EE felt pain in the lower back/left hip.
06/04/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 261d lost A cover door on an AD-30 was lifted to access the transmission as the employee leant down to inspect the area. The door fell down crushing both hands, breaking right thumb.
05/19/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was carrying empty boxes from the powder magazine when the employee dropped one of the boxes, causing employee to trip over the box. Employee fell on outstretched arm. The employee sustai...
04/06/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 303d lost The employee was walking down a set of steps into the PM rack when EE slipped and fell. The EE caught self with right arm causing an injury to EE's right shoulder.
12/15/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking to the cage to exit the mine when right boot kicked left boot causing them to fall. The EE struck left knee on the ground and sustained trauma with effusion to left knee as a result.
11/20/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Maintenance tech was tracing leaks on hydraulic cooler of Haul truck. Unit was running, tech was looking to pinpoint leak, when working around fan area, the cooler leak opened up. Tech instinctively s...
08/07/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 28d restricted Two utility workers were hanging high-voltage electrical cable in the O3-N roadway. They were using the manbasket of a telehandler to lift the cable while hangers were placed when the employee asked t...
05/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted While preforming clean up in the con-shed, the EE pulled on a piece of plywood to remove it from the shed when EE felt a ""pop"" to the Left lower abdomen/groin. EE was diagnosed with an inguinal hern...
05/06/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on a freshly graded road in 29S-6A, up to the face, when left heel slipped in the gravel causing employee to lose balance. While attempting to catch self, employee hyperextended L...
12/30/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Hanging and bolting full line of 6"" HDPE pipe on roof. Pipe resting on pipe roller shifted and fell on miner's left index finger causing miner to receive medical attention and 7 stitches on left ind...
12/05/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was closing the door to the panning station when EE's Left index finger was caught between the door latch and the door frame causing a laceration that required #6 sutures to close the wound.
10/19/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was driving haul truck in the 261 area when they accidentally engaged the E-stop on the truck causing the truck to come to an abrupt stop. As the truck stopped suddenly, the cinching style la...
09/18/2019 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was helping to change a haul truck tire in the drift when the truck shifted on the cribbing. As the truck shifted, the employee turned to get out of its path and in the commotion was knocked...
08/30/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At approximately 4:30 pm August 30th, 2019; A piece of steel was being cut out of the chute with a sheave rope attached to control the downward motion when the piece was cut free. When the piece came...
08/27/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employees were unscrewing a bowl from the crusher mainframe. Employees were using bars to unscrew the bowl. The injured employee's bar slipped, causing the employee's right hand to come in contact wit...
08/22/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Miner was in the process of scaling down the loose ground on the rib, as EE moved to avoid falling materials EE twisted left knee.
08/08/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laceration to left hand palm. Cutting an avocado during coffee with a razorblade knife.
06/21/2019 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 167d restricted Fixed maint EE was pulling a cutting-torch cart across uneven terrain when their Right shoulder ""popped"" and began hurting.
06/13/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 51d restricted Employee was helping transport pipe from trailer to the rig floor. EE was assisting with one end of the pipe while the other end was being lifted with the elevator. EE's left thumb was caught betwee...
05/18/2019 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was helping blaster load face. Employee was unaccustomed to the additional heat and physical exertion required for the job. Did not maintain proper hydration. The employee started sweating he...
04/30/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE went to grab and remove last lug nut of LHD tire when the load shifted and the wheel pinched finger between the lug nut and wheel.
04/05/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee sustained an avulsion injury and crush injury to EE's Right 5th finger while attempting to remove a bolt from the anfo tank on the blasting rig, when the bolt slipped smashing the employees R...
02/23/2019 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE caught between fuel truck's open door & telehandler when telehandler backed up towards fuel truck. EE pinned at their rib area and was released as the telehandler operator pulled forward. EE taken...
02/10/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 3d restricted Employee was using a scaling bar to dislodge a rock from the #56 chute when the rock fell against the scaling bar crushing right 5th finger between the scaling bar and the back. The employee's finger...
11/19/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost At Approximately 2:10 A.M. a miner was loading roof bolts into the back of a tractor. The stack began to fall against the miner's legs pushing miner to the ground and on the way down miner struck fac...
11/02/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Low back strain-R side-occurred while pulling/jerking on pallet jack lodged under pallet, felt a sharp pulling in lower back. Not immediately reported, thought they could work through it. To medical f...
10/11/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted 10/11/2018, an operator tripped and suffered a fracture to left ankle. The operator was working in the 261-17 area nipping steel with another operator. They were walking a piece of screen through the...
08/30/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was scaling heading when employee got out of claw, employee noticed when employee raised arm employee had shoulder pain. Employee did not know of anything employee did that would have hurt it...
08/15/2018 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None On 8/15/2018, ignition of anfo in 229/21 area tore down utilities, damaged glass on blasting rig, and sent 3 miners to the ER to be evaluated. The miners were released to return to work without restri...
04/09/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted EE was drilling some metal when the drill hung up causing metal to spin and wrap around bit. Metal lacerated EE's left index finger.
03/27/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was walking back to the rig when they tripped on a rock, causing them to fall, and land on their right arm, c/o R shoulder pain.
03/24/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting a chain, footing slipped causing hand to slide down the handle of the bolt cutters into the closing stop as they closed. The tip of L ring finger was crushed in the closing stop. The bo...
01/10/2018 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stepping off belt structure underground and backed down onto a piece of rebar that was attached to torch cart. Rebar punctured buttocks app 1 inch from anus.