Struck by falling object
Victim was operating front-end loader in coal pit area, when a highwall failure occurred, covering the front-end loader completely.
Little Spring Creek MineCoal
Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · Surface
Controlled by David Michael Jamison; Petri E Koivula
Jasper, Walker County, AL · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 0103444
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2018–2019
- Latest incident
- Jul 2019
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)2019 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
employee was removing a belly pan on a dozer when the chain slipped and fell onto employee's hand and knee
Fall from machine
Employee was dismounting a dozer the employee had been working on, and while dismounting the employee had stepped onto the pusharm step and slipped off between the track and pusharm. It had some oil residue on it, but the non-skid surface and grab irons were in place.