Mining Incidents

Alabama Fuel Products Coal

Controlled by Michael W McClure
8260 Birmingport Road, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103178

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,339
proposed penalties
$1,279
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
2007 Q4 25,506 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 27,951 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 28,628 3 0 104.8
2007 Q1 29,337 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 29,788 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 29,549 1 0 33.8
2006 Q2 31,205 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 33,393 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

8 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 4, 2006 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONDITIONS CONSISTED OF WATER BEING SPRAYED ONTO STEPS BY WATER TRUCK, CREATING SLIGHT AMOUNT OF MUD ON STEP. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING INTO BREAK ROOM TO GET ICE FOR HIS PERSONAL COOLER. AS EE WALKED UP THE STEPS, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED IN SOME MUD.

2004 · 2 incidents

June 3, 2004 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He climbed up in his truck nd leaned over to put his lunch box between the seats and his back popped. He then took a load of coal over to the washer and from there another driver brought him back to the port. An ambulance was called.

June 1, 2004 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED BY A LOADER. WHEN COAL WENT INTO THE TRAILER, THE TRUCK SHOOK. EE STATES THAT HE WAS JARRED, CAUSING HEAD TO STRIKE BACK GLASS OF TRUCK.

2003 · 1 incident

June 30, 2003 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ON EQUIPMENT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP. EE FELL TO GROUND, CAUSING HERNIA IN GROIN AREA.

2002 · 2 incidents

April 30, 2002 AL · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

MECHANIC HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE ALTERNATOR OF UNIT NO. 92. ALL REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE; UNIT WAS RUNNING AND EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO GET A BOLT THAT FELL. HE HAD A PAIR OF GLOVES ON AND WHEN HE REACHED TO GET THE BOLT, HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT INTHE BELT AND IT CUT HIS FINGERS AND THUMB.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 4, 2000 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE PADDLES IN ASPHAULT MIXER. POWER WAS OFF & TAGED OUT. HE ROLLED TUBE OVER TO CHANGE PADDLES & GOT FINGER BETWEEN PADDLE & MIXER & TUBE, MASHING END OF FINGER HE HAD GLOVES ON.