Mining Incidents

Red Bluff PitMetal/Nonmetal

Prattville, Autauga County, AL · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103272
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2003–2021
Latest incident
Aug 2021

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CRANE TO MOVE A GENERATOR THAT WAS POSITIONED ON THE BANK OF A SETTLING POND. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE GENERATOR WITH THE CRANE, THE CRANE TIPPED OVER. THE CAB WAS CRUSHED ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND FATALLY INJURING THE EMPLOYEE.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2021 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking to EE's rock truck and slipped in mud. EE reached to catch self on the truck fender and broke EE's right hand.

2020 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

The employee was looking at a welder and had propped the engine cover open. While looking at the engine the cover fell and fractured the employee's right wrist.

2019 · 1 incident

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting on a boom on a Cat 749 Excavator with a torch. The torch hose blew a hole in the line, caught fire and burned the employee on EE's left forearm.

2016 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

The employee was walking near the shop building and stepped on a loose nail on the ground. They were taken to an emergency clinic where the wound was cleaned, a tetanus shot was administered and given oral antibiotics. They were then released back to full duty on the same day.

2012 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Note: Form 7000-1 is being filed only to record the incident on our property (6/11/12). The dump truck driver (customer) was on our property to obtain a load of aggregate. He is neither an employee or independent contractor. While on our property in his dump truck, the individual apparently had a heart attack which resulted in his death.