Mining Incidents

Birmingport Plant Coal

Birmingport, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103146

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$434
proposed penalties
$434
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,261 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,070 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,379 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,077 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,693 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 3 incidents

April 3, 2000 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Birmingham Syn Fuel Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 3/8" HELPER CHAIN CONNECTED TO A 1 1/2 TON RATED COME-ALONG HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THE POINT AUGER OF THE EXTENDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IT. THE 3/8" HELPER CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK THE WORKER IN THE LEFT ELBOW.

April 3, 2000 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Birmingham Syn Fuel Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 3/8" HELPER CHAIN CONNECTED TO A 1 1/2 TON RATED COME-ALONG HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THE POINT AUGER OF THE EXTENDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IT. THE 3/8" HELPER CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK THE WORKER IN THE RIGHT KNEE.