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All Pits Cordova Clay Pits: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Beaird Gail
Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102518

All Pits Cordova Clay Pits has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Nov 1991
Ownership history
  1. Cordova Clay Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1995 12
1994 9
1993 11
1992 5
1991 2
1988 0
1987 10
1986 7
1985 14
1984 13
1983 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

All Pits Cordova Clay Pits 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

2 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

November 4, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Cordova Clay Company Inc · Struck by flying object

INJURED WALKED UP FROM OUTSIDE AND APPROACHED RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO CHECK TIRE PRESSURE WITH PRESSURE GUAGE TO SEE IF AIR LOSS HAD OCCURED FROM THE AIR UP, AT THE BEGINNING WITH 80 POUNDS OF PRE SSURE. AT THIS TIME THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER WORK OR ANYTHING FROM EIGHTER EMPLOYEE. TIRE ONLY BLEW OUT, WALLS AND BOTTOM, OR TREAT SECTION OF TIRE BLEW OUT ONLY.

November 4, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Cordova Clay Company Inc · Struck by flying object

BOTH WAS IN PROCESS OF WORKING ON THE RT FRONT TIRE OF THIS LOADER LOADER HAD A SLOW LEAK IN RT FRONT TIRE THEY HAD REMOVED TIRE & INSTALLED RINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS TIRE TO TRY & CORRECT T HE AIR LEAK TIRE HAD BEEN PUT BACK ON LOADER & AIR HAS BEEN PUT IN THE TIRE UP TO 80POUNDS THEN I NAME HAD LOADED THREE TRUCKS WITH SHALE AFTER LOADING THE THREE TRUCKS LOADER HAD BEEN STOPPE