Description |
1 online resource (27 min.) |
Summary |
On December 8, 1981, Mine 21, one of several underground coal-mines operated by Grundy Mining Company in the unincorporated area between Palmer and Whitwell, Tennessee, exploded and killed thirteen miners. While not on the same scale as the disasters in Fraterville (May 19, 1902, in which 216 miners were killed) or Cross Mountain (December 9, 1911, in which 84 died), Mine 21 was the worst mining disaster in Tennessee since the introduction of modern safety precautions. The Department of Labor would eventually rule that "a cigarette lighter taken into a coal mine in violation of Federal regulations touched off a methane explosion," but "accused the Grundy County Mining Company, the mine's operator, of failure to evacuate workers from a methane-laden shaft, to adequately ventilate the shaft, and to enforce a Federal regulation prohibiting smoking materials in a mine" (New York Times, May 5, 1982). The matter went all the way to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, chaired by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed February 12, 2021) |
Credits |
Cinematography by Jafar Fallahi, Stephen L. Garrett ; edited by Stephen L. Garrett |
Performer |
Featuring: Barbara Myers |
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In English |
Subject |
Mining corporations -- Tennessee -- Grundy County
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Mine explosions -- Tennessee -- Grundy County
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Coal mines and mining -- Tennessee -- Grundy County
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Coal mine accidents -- Tennessee -- Grundy County
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Coal mine accidents.
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Coal mines and mining.
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Mine explosions.
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Mining corporations.
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SUBJECT |
Grundy County (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century
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Tennessee -- Grundy County.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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History.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Garrett, Stephen L., director, producer, director of photography, editor of moving image work
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