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Alpine Pilot Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Cyprus Mines Corp · Facility
Talladega County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102514

MSHA record for Alpine Pilot Plant (mine ID 0102514). 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
1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
Ownership history
  1. Cyprus Mines Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Alpine Pilot Plant sits in Talladega County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Talladega County, Alabama · Population 81,170
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$56,249
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

1988 · 1 incident

April 8, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Cyprus Mines Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE WAS EXPOSED TO SULFUR DIOXIDE GAS WHILE WALKING PAST A PURGING TANK OF SO2 HE BEGAN COUGHING WATGERY EYES & THROAT IRRITATION HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CO.DOC.TEST OF BLOOD SHOW ED NEGATIVE GIVEN A PRESCRIPTIONTO HELP THE NOST IRRITATION & RETURNED TO WORK HIS NEXT SCH.SHIFT