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Dogtown: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Osborn Nicky
Brookside, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102992

Dogtown has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Ownership history
  1. Osborn Coal Enterprises Inc 1993 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)
1995 36 117,208
1994 17 77,949
1993 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Dogtown sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Jefferson County, Alabama · Population 669,744
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,589
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

May 26, 1995 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Osborn Coal Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACKED DOZER OVER ROCK APPARENTLY & INJURED HIS BACK.