Mining Incidents

Hicks Mine Coal

Controlled by Simmons George M
Oneonta, Blount County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102224

MSHA record for Hicks Mine (mine ID 0102224). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 1, 1985 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

LOADER OPERATOR WAS GOING DOWN THE HAUL ROAD THE FAN BLADES BROKE AND CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO LOOK BACK AND THE LOADER RAN OFF THE EMBANKMENT INTO CUT FULL OF WATER EMPLOYEE WAS DROWNED

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1985 · 5 incidents

September 9, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING WATER IN DOZER RADIATOR; TOOK CAP OFF RADIATOR AND WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT WATER FROM RADIATOR. SCALDED FACE AND BODY.

August 9, 1985 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPL WORKING ON REAR END OF SERVICE TRUCK.TRUCK WAS ON 2 JACKS AND BLOCKED UP.TRUCK FELL OFF JACK AND BLOCKS HITTING EMPL IN BACK.

February 28, 1985 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING NEW DUMP CABLE ON DRAGLINE,CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF SOCKET & STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH.

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