Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Contact with heat
The employee was installing metal sheeting on the prep plant roof when he became ill from the heat - mild heat exhaustion was eventually diagnosed.
BRC Alabama No. 5 LLC Coal
BRC Alabama No. 5 LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Steve Rickmeier
Brookwood,
Tuscaloosa County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103365
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2008
- Latest incident
- Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,023
proposed penalties
$2,023
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 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 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
5 on file2008 · 5 incidents
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE was sitting on structural steel, reached down below the floor level to lift a chain hoist.
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was walking/running across the construction site of a preparation plant - when he twisted his left knee on uneven ground/mud.
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Accident type, without injuries
A fire developed on the upper most elevation of the preparation plant being constructed in Brookwood, AL for Covol Engineered Fuels. It is assumed that slag from a cutting torch unknowingly fell inside a polyethylene pipe, allowing it to smolder and eventually catch fire from the inside of the pipe(s). MSHA's 800 number was called - report # 1-52227611.
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Contact with hot objects or substances
Employee was working under overhead personnel - hot slag/sparks fell through grating floors - striking employee in the right ear.