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Warco Pit #3: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Apex Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Williams Jerry W
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102671

Warco Pit #3 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Feb 1993
Ownership history
  1. Apex Coal Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1993 6 15,297
1992 41 164,772
1991 28 124,278
1990 37 181,772
1989 20 113,314
1988 10 86,175
1987 19 106,489
1986 17 39,577
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Warco Pit #3 sits in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama · Population 234,036
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$63,947
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

February 18, 1993 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Apex Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK & TURNED OVER

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1987 · 1 incident

September 18, 1987 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Apex Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

2 MEN WERE REMO5ING THE CUTTING EDGES FROM A DOZER WHEN A WRENCH SLIPPED AND CUT THE LEFT INDEX FINGER OF ONE OF THE MEN.