Mining Incidents

Alabama Pits: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by C R Campbell Sr
Escambia County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102884

MSHA record for Alabama Pits (mine ID 0102884). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1991–1993
Latest incident
Dec 1993
Ownership history
  1. South Alabama Materials Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Alabama Pits sits in Escambia County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Escambia County, Alabama · Population 36,695
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$44,447
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

December 15, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
South Alabama Materials Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS RAKING SCREENS ON SET UP AND WHEN HE STARTED DOWN HE MISSED THE STEP AND FELL ABOUT 8 FEET TO THE GROUND.

May 7, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
South Alabama Materials Inc · Fall from ladders

WAS CLIMBING INTO SAND TROUGH USING HAMMER, PULLING OUT NAILS, WAS TAKING DOWN SAND TROUGH WHILE STANDING IN IT. WHEN HE PULLED THE NAILS OUT OF THE BOARD HE WAS STANDING ON FELL, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ABOUT 4 OR 5 FEET, HE WAS TOLD NOT TO DO THIS BUT DID IT ANYWAY, CAUSING HIS INJURY.

1992 · 4 incidents

August 31, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Alabama Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF HYDRAULIC OIL AND WHEN THE DRUM STARTED TO FALL, I WAS HOLDING THE OTHER END AND I GOT THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE DRUM.

August 20, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
South Alabama Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER.

1991 · 1 incident

March 5, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
South Alabama Materials Inc · Fall from machine

ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB DOWN OFF OF DOZER MISSED STEP & SLIPPED FALLING TO GROUND CAUSING PAIN IN RT SIDE OF BACK ACCIDENT OCCURED 03-05-91 REPORTED 03-06-91 WENT TO DOC 03-07-91 DOC ORDERED TO TAK E OFF WORK THROUGH 03-14-91 AT LEAST