Mining Incidents

Pratt No. 1 MineCoal

Graysville, Jefferson County, AL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103101
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2020
Latest incident
Jan 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A fire was discovered at the North Pratt Bathhouse area in a location of old offices that were locked off to the miners.

2016 · 1 incident

Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Miner was on the catwalk at the spirals, which is on the second floor of the plant. EE was checking each spiral, when EE made it to the last one, EE stepped off the end of the catwalk and caught self with hand, cutting the skin between EE's thumb and finger. The height of the fall was approximately 18-24 inches.

2015 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Hanging a chute to a rotary breaker and finger got mashed between chute and breaker.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED UNDER THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT AS THEY WERE BEING LOWERED TO REATTACH THE ROPE USED TO PULL WIRE.

2000 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY FELL OFF HYDROSEEDER WHILE FILLING TANK WITH WATER; HE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID BY CO-WORKERS AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO CARRAWAY MEDICAL CENTER. HE HAD A HEAD INJURY & CRACKED VERTEBRAE.