Mining Incidents

BRC Alabama No. 3 LLC Coal

Controlled by Steve Rickmeier
Adger, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103278

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2004–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
38
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,512
proposed penalties
$3,512
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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q3 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

6 on file

2008 · 3 incidents

July 2, 2008 AL · Coal IMPOUNDMENT
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Accident type, without injuries

Slurry is entering the streambed at 3 locations approximately 1/4 mile downstream of the dam. The flow rate is estimated to be 600 to 800 gallons a minute. The flow is contained and being pumped back into slurry impoundment #5. MSHA has done a full investigation of the accident and has released the impoundment for work to resume as normal.

February 3, 2008 AL · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Contact with cold

Dredge capsized from a collapse of material causing the ejection of the operator and an employee took off his clothes, put on a life preserver and went into the water to help rescue and expedite the removal of the injured operator from the water that left this man hypothermic.

February 3, 2008 AL · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dredging was in place at the #4 pond 150 to 200 feet from the upstream side of the dam when the material along with part of the dam structure collasped into the pond capsizing the dredge causing facial and head injuries to the operator. The operator was removed from the pond by rescue from employees. He and another employee also were hypothermic.

2004 · 3 incidents

July 28, 2004 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle North America Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS CHANGING THE MOTOR SHEAVE ON THE VIBRATOR. HE WAS PULLING ON THE SHEAVE TO REMOVE IT. WHEN THE SHEAVE PULLED FREE, THE INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE. THE SHEAVE FELL, MASHING THE INJURED'S FINGERS AGAINST THE MOTOR MOUNT. THE BACK OF HIS HAND WAS LACERATED NEAR THE BASE OF THE LITTLE & RING FINGERS.

March 26, 2004 AL · Coal FIRE
Eagle North America Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Workers were preparing to move an abandoned fuel tank. The tank had been previously drained and flushed. The workers were preparing lifting using a torch. Stray sparks from the torch ignited pine saw in the area. The fire spread quickly due to windy and dry conditions.

January 26, 2004 AL · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eagle North America Inc · Fall onto or against objects

THE INJURED WAS DESCENDING A LADDER. HIS LEG BECAME TANGLED IN THE LANYARD OF HIS SAFETY HARNES, CAUSING HIM TO MISS THE NEXT RUNG OF THE LADDER. THE INJURED FELL FROM THE LADDER AND STRUCK HIS FACE ON THE CMF CENTRIFUGE BELOW. THE INJURED RECEIVED LACERATIONS TO THE INSIDE OF HIS LOWER LIP. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY COMPANY VEHICLE TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED & RELEASED.