Mining Incidents

Barbour County Mines: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Barbour County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100959

Barbour County Mines has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. Harbison-Walker Refractories U S 1950 to 1992
  2. Harbison-Walker Refractories Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1995 12
1994 16
1993 15
1992 14
1991 13
1990 15
1989 14
1988 10
1987 6
1986 3
1985 21
1984 23
1983 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Barbour County Mines sits in Barbour County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Barbour County, Alabama · Population 24,757
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$44,290
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1995 · 1 incident

March 6, 1995 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF SMALL DOZER AND TURNED LEFT ANKLE ON UNEVEN GROUND. X-RAYS REVEALED FRACTURE OF TIP OF LEFT FIBULA.

1991 · 1 incident

March 12, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Harbison-Walker Refractories U S · Rubbed or abraded

COMPLAINEDOF SORENESS IN RIGHT KNEE AND SOME SWELLING. EMPLOYEE SAID THAT IT HAD GRADUALLY BEEN GETTING WORSE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AND HAD 9CC OF FLUID REMOVED. DOCTOR SUGGESTED THAT HT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED FROMC RAWLING ON KNEES WHILE PERFORMING MECHANIC DUTIES.

1990 · 1 incident

October 18, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Harbison-Walker Refractories U S · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BRAKING DOWN DRILL RIG TO MOVE DRILL. MUD TUB IS PULLED ONTO RIG WITH DRILL WINCH CONTROLLED BY CLUTCH AND HAND BRAKE. HAND BRAKE SLIPPED CAUSING MUD TUB TO FALL ON EMPLOYEE, CAUS ING LACERATION TO HEAD.

1984 · 1 incident