Mining Incidents

Briceton Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Allegiance Coal LTD
Sumiton, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102648

MSHA record for Briceton Mine (mine ID 0102648). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
Ownership history
  1. Black Warrior Minerals Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Briceton Mine sits in Walker County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Walker County, Alabama · Population 64,886
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,509
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 8 incidents

December 15, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS ADJUSTING ROLLER BELT ON SCREENING PLANT & ROCK FELL OFF HITTING HIM IN HEAD & CUTTING HIM.

September 12, 1990 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROCK TO MOVE IT OUT OF HIS WAY CAUSING PAIN TO LOWER BACK & LEFT HIP.

August 20, 1990 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL APPLIED BRAKE INSTEAD OF PARKING BRAKES ON POWDER TRUCK. EMPL WALKED IN FRON OF PICKUP TRUCK & POWDER TRUCK ROLLED DOWN HILL & PINNED HIM BETWEEN POWDER TRUCK & PICKUP TRUCK.

July 19, 1990 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS CLEANING SCREENING PLANT WHILE STANDING ON BACK OF LOADER. EMPL STEPPED BACKWARD & STEPPED OFF LOADER FALLING TO GROUND.

July 10, 1990 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING FROM ROCK TRUCK & FELL FROM CATWALK AROUND TO GROUND. HE DID NOT GET FOOT PROPERLY PLACED IN FIRST STEP.

July 10, 1990 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS DIGGING ON ROCK & BLADE SLIPPED & THREW HIM AGAINST WINDOW FRAME CUTTING FOREHEAD ABOVE LEFT EYEBROW.

February 17, 1990 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS SHOVELING GRAVEL FROM TRUCK INTO BORE HOLE IN BLAST PATTERN WHEN FOOT SLIPPED ON MUDDY SURFACES CAUSING HIM TO FALL & CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER PART OF BACK.