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Addison Rail Siding: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Timothy L McCoy
Nauvoo, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102658

MSHA record for Addison Rail Siding (mine ID 0102658). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Costain Coal Inc 1985 to 1996
  2. Alabama Land & Mineral Corp 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Addison Rail Siding sits in Walker County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 3.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Walker County, Alabama · Population 64,886
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,509
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

June 15, 1987 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING BOTTOM DROP RAIL CAR DOORS PREPARING TO LOAD.CAR #88-496 HAD A BENT DOOR AND WHEN HE CLOSED LATCH DID NOT HOLD.AS DOOR FELL OPEN,THE BAR USED FOR THIS STRUCK EMPLOYEE ABOV E RIGHT EYE.THI8 CUT A 2" GASH REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.