Mining Incidents

Hurricane Creek Pit Coal

Controlled by Reid Dolores
Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102428

MSHA record for Hurricane Creek Pit (mine ID 0102428). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1985 · 1 incident

May 20, 1985 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS OPERATING LOADER WHEN IT GAINED SPEED HE KILLED THE ENGINE LOSING CONTROL OF THE STEERING HE JUMPED OFF THE MACHINE.

1984 · 2 incidents

October 13, 1984 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basin Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL, HE RAISED UP FOR A BREAK AND AFTERWARDS PROCEEDS GRINDING WITHOUT THE PROTECTIVEW COVERINGS.

September 25, 1984 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO START THE ENGINE ON A MASSEY FERGUSON 1100 FARM TRACTOR, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS HIT BY THE FAN ON THE ENGINE.

1983 · 1 incident

August 22, 1983 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP HAS LOADING SEVERAL 5 GALLON OIL CANS ON A TRUCK BED WHEN HE REACHED OVER TO PICK ONE UP HE STRAINED HIS BAC K

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The full compliance file on Hurricane Creek Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.