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Blue Springs Pit: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by NACCO Industries Inc
Blountsville, Blount County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102654

MSHA record for Blue Springs Pit (mine ID 0102654). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Blue Springs Pit sits in Blount County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Blount County, Alabama · Population 59,292
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,096
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

September 28, 1988 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED TO EXCHANGE THE CUTTING EDGE ON THE LOADER. HE CUT THE MIDDLE OUT FIRST WITH A TORCH AND LEFT THE TWO ENDS. AFTER CUTTING THE ENDS LOOSE WHICH SHOULD HAVE MADE THE CUTTING EDGE DROP, BUT IT DID NOT. THE EMPLOYEE TOOK A METAL BAR AND TRIED TO PRIZE IT ON OFF THE EDGE BROKE LOOSE AND FELL.

February 16, 1988 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING OFF THE CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE PLACED HIS RT FOOT ON THE DIRT GROUND HE TURNED HIS FOOT OVER TO THE OUTSIDE THIS CAUSED A SPRAIN TO THE TOP AND RT SIDE OF THE RT FOOT