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Alston Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Abston William A
Peterson, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102781

MSHA record for Alston Mine (mine ID 0102781). 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
1990–1992
Latest incident
Mar 1992
Ownership history
  1. Best Coal Inc 1988 to 1990
  2. Abston Construction Company Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Alston Mine sits in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama · Population 234,036
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$63,947
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

1992 · 1 incident

March 9, 1992 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE ARE MOVING EQUIPMENT TO ANOTHER LOCATION EE WAS RUNNING AN AIRWRENCH THE WRENCH SLIPPED SPRUNG HIS LEFT HAND DIRT WENT IN HIS EYE AND SCRATCHED IT.

1991 · 4 incidents

September 19, 1991 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER WAS TRYING TO ASSIST CAT TRUCK TO DUMP-PICKED UP REAR END OF CAT,SLIPPED FROM LOADER DROPPED.

1990 · 2 incidents

November 7, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFITING PIECE OF STEEL WHEN HE STRAINED BACK.

August 13, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Best Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS TRYING TO PRY SPRING FROM BRAKE PRYBAR SLIPPED HIT EYE.