Mining Incidents

Black Creek #22: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Costain Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Sayre, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102867

Black Creek #22 has had no fatalities among 6 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Ownership history
  1. Costain Coal Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1993 14 21,789
1992 28 180,662
1991 32 208,773
1990 15 3,814
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Black Creek #22 sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Jefferson County, Alabama · Population 669,744
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,589
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1993 · 3 incidents

May 5, 1993 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A FUEL HOSE. UPON A MEDICAL RESEARCH OF THE EE'S RECORD, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE EE HAD AN EXISTING HERNIA WHEN HE WAS HIRED ACCORDING TO HIS EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL. THE EE WAS TOLD BY THE DOCTOR THAT HE HAD THIS EXISTINGMEDICAL PROBLEM.

March 26, 1993 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS BACKING TO THE EDGE OF A ROCK DUMP WHEN HE FAILED TO STOP CAUSING THE TRUCK TO FLIP OVER & DOWN APPROX A TWENTY FIVE FOOT HIGH DUMP

January 13, 1993 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE WAS REPLACING THE BOLTS IN A SET OF CUTTING EDGES, WHILE PUSHING THE BOLT THREW WITH HIS LEFT HAND HE SPUN THE NUT END WITH AN IMPACT WRENC, CAUSING THE BOLT HEAD TO TURN IN THE PALM OF HI S HAND AND REQUIRED 10 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

1992 · 1 incident

March 11, 1992 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

DIGGING ROCK WITH THE LOADER BUCKET, WHEN A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL STRIKING THE BUCKET WHEN IT WAS APPROX. TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND-THIS EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOST ANYTIME FROM THE JOB UN TIL 3-25-92. THIS MINE WAS IDLED ON 4-1-92 FOR APPONIMATELY 30 TO 60 DAYS.

1990 · 2 incidents

December 6, 1990 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE WALKING BY THE RADIATOR ON THE DRAGLINE A PIECE OF GRIT BLEW IN THE EYE OF THE EMPLOYEE.

December 4, 1990 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DRAGLINE KNOCKING OFF BOLTS WITH WRENCH AND HAMMER BOLT BROKE SMASHED FINGER AGAINST HOUSING