Mining Incidents

Briceton Mine Coal

Controlled by Allegiance Coal LTD
Sumiton, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102648

MSHA record for Briceton Mine (mine ID 0102648). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 8 incidents

December 15, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS ADJUSTING ROLLER BELT ON SCREENING PLANT & ROCK FELL OFF HITTING HIM IN HEAD & CUTTING HIM.

September 12, 1990 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROCK TO MOVE IT OUT OF HIS WAY CAUSING PAIN TO LOWER BACK & LEFT HIP.

August 20, 1990 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL APPLIED BRAKE INSTEAD OF PARKING BRAKES ON POWDER TRUCK. EMPL WALKED IN FRON OF PICKUP TRUCK & POWDER TRUCK ROLLED DOWN HILL & PINNED HIM BETWEEN POWDER TRUCK & PICKUP TRUCK.

July 19, 1990 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS CLEANING SCREENING PLANT WHILE STANDING ON BACK OF LOADER. EMPL STEPPED BACKWARD & STEPPED OFF LOADER FALLING TO GROUND.

July 10, 1990 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS DIGGING ON ROCK & BLADE SLIPPED & THREW HIM AGAINST WINDOW FRAME CUTTING FOREHEAD ABOVE LEFT EYEBROW.

July 10, 1990 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING FROM ROCK TRUCK & FELL FROM CATWALK AROUND TO GROUND. HE DID NOT GET FOOT PROPERLY PLACED IN FIRST STEP.

February 17, 1990 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS SHOVELING GRAVEL FROM TRUCK INTO BORE HOLE IN BLAST PATTERN WHEN FOOT SLIPPED ON MUDDY SURFACES CAUSING HIM TO FALL & CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER PART OF BACK.

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