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BRC Alabama No. 4 LLC Coal

BRC Alabama No. 4 LLC · Facility
Controlled by Steve Rickmeier
Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103362

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Dec 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
37
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,165
proposed penalties
$5,165
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
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 2,184 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

9 on file

2011 · 3 incidents

December 27, 2011 AL · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Fuels Alabama No.4, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was getting in jon boat, was walking to the rear of the boat to operate the boat motor, employee tried to step on the metal seat to get to the back of boat, when he stepped on the metal seat he slipped, hitting the left side of his torso on the seat/bottom of the boat.

August 19, 2011 AL · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Contact with electrical current

Employee was working to rewire VFD control box for electric booster station pump. Employee reached inside the VFD circuit box to check the wiring and must have hit a bare wire causing an ignition or spark to occur that caused him to have burns to his face/head/neck/arms.

2010 · 1 incident

July 15, 2010 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was assisting with maintenance on a pump, he was trying to clean around the pump to make it more accessible for other EE's working on pump. Pushed shovel to dig and when it stopped against surrounding material, his weight shifted against shovel and lost balance. His body weight shifted, felt pull in his leg. Trouble with leg due to prior injury not related to work.

2009 · 4 incidents

March 19, 2009 AL · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The john boat floor was slippery as water had accumulated in the bottom at one side of the boat.

March 11, 2009 AL · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was examining the air cylinder in the float cell. When he started to come down the ladder, he took a misstep on the ladder which turned his foot sideways causing his knee to pop.

January 15, 2009 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cold weather made the pipe more brittle than normal. Typically the pipe can be cut to a certain point then the pipe can be broken with the equipment to finish the break. Under normal conditions the pipe could have been broken this way. Due to the cold weather making the pipe brittle the amount that was cut was not strong enough to keep from breaking on its own.

January 15, 2009 AL · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cold weather made the pipe more brittle than normal. Typically the pipe can be cut to a certain point then the pipe can be broken with the equipment to finish the break. Under normal conditions the pipe could have been broken this way. Due to the cold weather making the pipe brittle the amount that was cut was not strong enough to keep from breaking on its own.

2008 · 1 incident

October 3, 2008 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working a come-along overhead at the end of his reach.