Mining Incidents

Bankhead Mine Coal

Russell Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Russell Vester H
Gorgas, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100341

MSHA record for Bankhead Mine (mine ID 0100341). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
52
Years on record
1983–1995
Latest incident
Oct 1995
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
13
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 13 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

52 on file

1995 · 1 incident

October 21, 1995 AL · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Russell Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRAVELING ON A DOWNGRADE, THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO DOWNSHIFT. WHEN DOING THIS THE TRUCK ENGINE DIED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE CONTROL. THE TRUCK THEN RAN INTO A DITCH AND ROLLER OVER 1/4 TURN AND STOPPED.

1993 · 2 incidents

December 21, 1993 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Russell Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

A ROCK BEING LOADED INTO THE ROCK TRUCK HIT THE BED OF THE TRUCK JARRING THE EMPLOYEE CAUSING INJURY TO THE NECK & SHOULDER

October 14, 1993 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Russell Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK. A ROCK BEING LOADED HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. THE JAR THREW THE EMPLOYEE OUT OF HIS SEAT.

1991 · 3 incidents

October 21, 1991 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Russell Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO START SHIFT ON HIS ROCK TRUCK. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

October 2, 1991 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Russell Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL HELPING MOVE POWER CABLE.SLIPPED & FELL.

September 25, 1991 AL · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Russell Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO A PUMP CONTROL ROOM TO START A PUMP.HE SLIPPED AND FRACURED HIS RIGHT LEG.

1990 · 1 incident

June 8, 1990 AL · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Russell Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT.DROPPED THE SPLICING TOOL ON RIGHT FOOT.TOOL HIT BIG TOE BEHIND STEEL CAP ON HIS SHOE.

1989 · 4 incidents

September 15, 1989 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Russell Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF COAL TRUCK AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.

September 14, 1989 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Russell Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

A TIRE BLEW OUT ON A ROCK TRUCK CAUSING A ROCK TO FLY AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD.

1988 · 3 incidents

September 11, 1988 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Russell Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING FOOD WITH POCKET KNIFE WHILE ON LUNCH BREAK. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

August 1, 1988 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Russell Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ELECTRICIAN PUT NEW WIRE ROPE ON THE CABLE TOWER HE STEPPED UP ON THE TIRE AROUND THE BASE OF THE CABLE TOWER AND TURNED HIS RIGHT KNEE

January 26, 1988 AL · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Russell Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING AN ELECTRIC CABLE HE SLIPPED AND FELL HE FRACTURE A RIB ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

1987 · 6 incidents

October 27, 1987 AL · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Russell Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS PICKING3UP A JIG SCREEN AT THE WASHER AND STRAINED HIS BACK

October 27, 1987 AL · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Russell Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS MOVING 8RAGLINE CABLE AND CU T LEFT MIDDLE FINGER

June 20, 1987 AL · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Russell Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING WEDGE ON SHOVEL BUCKET THE WEDGE BRACKET CAME OFF HITTING EMPLOYEE ON HIS RT LEG CAUSING LACERATION

April 27, 1987 AL · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Russell Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LE7TING 2100 POWER CABLE OFF HIGHWALL. SLACK CAME OUT AND A LOOP OF CABLE HIT HTE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT.

April 25, 1987 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Russell Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO MOVE 7800 POWER CABLE.HE STEPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING.HE FELL BACK AND CAUGHT HIMSELF ON HIS LEFT HAND.HE FRACTURED A BONE IN THE LEFT WRIST.

March 11, 1987 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Russell Coal Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND STEPPED IN A SMALL HOLE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE

1986 · 4 incidents

November 17, 1986 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Russell Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS CROSSIN1 OVER HOOD OF A ROCK TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL 10' TO 12' TO THE GROUND. HE HIT ON HIS BACK

September 4, 1986 AL · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Russell Coal Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING AROUND THE WASHER HE WALKED ACROSS A PIECE OF DRAIN GATING AND IT GAVE IN WITH HIM

May 29, 1986 AL · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Russell Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING A ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER HE HIT THE ROCK A GLANCING BLOW CAUSING THE HAMMER TO HIT HIM IN THE LEG

April 3, 1986 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Russell Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE STOPPED LOAD9D ROCK TRUCK A & GOT OUT LEAVING THE TRUCK IN GEAR & DID NOT SET ANY BRAKE. HE WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT REMAINING ON T HE CATWALK ONT HE TRUCK. ANOTHER TRUCK ROCK TRUCK B PU LLED UP IN FRON7 OF ROCK TRUCK A. ROCK TRUCK A WAS ROLLING & PINNED EE OF ROCK TRUCK A BETWEEN THE BED OF B & WINDSHIELD OF A.

1985 · 9 incidents

December 20, 1985 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Russell Coal Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE HAD WHAT APPEARS TO HE AT THIS TIME A HEART ATTACK CAUSING IMMEDIATE DEATH.THE ROCK TRUCK THEN WENT OFF THE HAUL ROAD CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE T TRUCK AND NO FU7HER BODILY INJURY TO THE EMPLOYEE.

November 14, 1985 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP TO DUMP AND THE BERM & OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE DUMP KICKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM

November 12, 1985 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL HITTING THE GROUND CAUSING MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO HIS BACK ARMS AND RIB AREA

October 18, 1985 AL · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL DROPPED CO5E BOTTLE ON GROUND AND BOTTLE BURST CAUSING PIECE OF GLASS TO FLY UP AND HIT EMPL FOREHEAD.

September 4, 1985 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL GETTING OUT OF POWDER TRUCK,FOOT SLIPPED ON STEP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

August 2, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF PUSH ARM OF DOZER AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

June 20, 1985 AL · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

ACCIDENT INVOLVED A 1985 FOR D F150 PICKUP AND A 1984 TANDUM DUMP TRUCK. PICKUP WAS TRAVELING SOUTH AND THE DUMP TRUCK WAS TRAVELING NORTH. THE VEHICLES MET ON A CURVE. THE VEHICLES GOT TOGHER THER ON DRIVER\S SIDE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH. THE PICKUP DRIVER\S INJURIES WERE MINOR. THE DUMP TRUCK DRIVER HAD NO INJURIES.

April 26, 1985 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BOX OF BOOSTERS ON THE TRUCK BED AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.

April 4, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING HIS DOZER WHEN THE HOSE TWISTED HIS LEFT WRIST

1984 · 6 incidents

September 28, 1984 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP WAS WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOST HE SLIPPED IN LOOSE GRAVEL AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE

June 2, 1984 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE HOIST CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE BROKE. THE BROKEN CABLE HIT OPERATOR\S CAB KNOCKING OUT GLASS IN WINDSHIELD AND CAUSING INJURY TO EMPLOYEE.

April 30, 1984 AL · Coal welder (shop) OTHER
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GOUGE TO ARC OUT A CRACK WHEN THE WIND BLEW SOME METAL IN HIS EYE

April 6, 1984 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS TRUCK ND FELL FROM THE FENDER OF THE TRUCK TO THE GROUND

1983 · 13 incidents

October 14, 1983 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE WELDER REPAIR HOLE IN DUMP BIN

July 27, 1983 AL · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A DRILL STEEL FROM ANOTHER STEEL USING BREAKER CABLE THE BREAKER CABLE WAS IN PLACE AND AS PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TH E CABLE AND THE DRILL STEEL

July 25, 1983 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A HILL ON THE HAULROAD WHEN THE TRUCK LEFT THE ROAD, RAN INTO A DITCH AND OVERTURNED.

May 23, 1983 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMP WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON POWDER TRUCK LADDER BROKE CAUSING EMP TO FALL AND LADDER FELL ON H IS FOOT

February 28, 1983 AL · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LADDER AND RUNNING CONDUIT PIPE WHEN HE SLIPPED TO AVOID FALLING HE GRABBED ANOTHER PIECE OF CONDUIT THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSTALLED EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN H IS LOWER ABDOMEN

February 28, 1983 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING HOSE FROM SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON HOSE REEL LACERATING HIS HEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.

February 3, 1983 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING DOZER AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON DOZER INJURING HIS LEFT LEG. (BRUISE)

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