One Dead After Mine Incident In Jefferson County
One person is dead after a mining accident in Jefferson County over the weekend. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office, around 4:30am Saturday, the Nyrstar East Tennessee Young Mine near New Market reported an underground incident. By shortly after noon, all employees but one were evacuated from the mine and accounted for. One however was missing. The identity of that individual has not been released. Nyrstar says they are cooperating with the Mine Safety and Health Administration in their investigation into that incident.
The mine where this happened is one of three zinc mines that Nyrstar operates in East Tennessee. This is not the first incident at a mine that Nyrstar operates in East Tennessee. Back in 2021, a 26 year old man was killed at an incident at a mine in Knox County. Then in 2022, a 68 year old man was killed at the Immel Mine in Knox County, after a rock fell on him during scaling operations.