CRUSHED PELVIS AND RIBS AND BROKEN RIGHT LEG DUE TO ROCK FALLING FROM HIGHWALL AFTER EE GOT OFF DOZEN TO CHECK COAL SEAM.
Bull City: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for Bull City (mine ID 0102650). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1987–1991
- Latest incident
- Jul 1991
- C & H Mining Company Inc 1985 to present
Bull City sits in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.9% of county employment.
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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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
16 on file (excluding fatalities above)1991 · 5 incidents
STEPPED IN SOFT DIRT AND TWISTED KNEE.
EE WAS BACKING UP AND THOUGHT HE AND THE LOADER WERE GOING TO COLLIDE HE PANICKED AND THREW THE BOBCAT IN FORWARD. THE MACHINE REARED UP AND THREW HIM AGAINST THE SAFETY BAR THAT GOES AROUND Y OUR BODY IN BOBCAT.
BRUISED AND ABRASED LEFT FOOT CAUSED BY PULLING ROCK GUARD OUT OF TRUCK AND TRIPPED AND FELL AND GAURD FELL ON FOOT.
BURNED EYES FROM A WELDING TORCH
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING POWERTRAIN FILTER OFF D-V DOZER, RATCHET SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL.
1990 · 4 incidents
EE WAS COMING DOWN DRILL MAST WHEN OTHER EE LIFTED HEAD MOTOR UP CAUSING ROLLER TO COME DOWN ON FOOT.
EMPL WALKING TO BATHROOM,SLIPPED AND FELL HIT HEAD ON ROCK.
HANDLING WATER PUMP AND SETTING UP HOSE.
MECHANIC WAS WELDING ON SCRAPER AND THE GLARE FROM THE TORCH BURNED EYES.
1989 · 3 incidents
LOOSENING POWDER IN TRUCK HURT BACK
GROUND WAS UNLEVEL WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF POWDER TRUCK.
CABLE ON BOOM ON POWDER TRUCK BROKE.
1988 · 2 incidents
DRILL DOOR JAMMES & CRUSHED EMPL FINGER.
EMPLOYEE LEAVING GUARD SHACK STEPPED ONTO STEPS AND STEPS SLIPPED FOOT WENT OFF SIDE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON SIDE OF FOOT FULLWEIGHT
1987 · 2 incidents
EMP WAS PRYING 4ITH A BAR AND IT SLIPPED AND PULLED THE TENDON OUT OF HIS FINGER TIP ON HIS RIGHT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING PUMP WATER OUT OF THE PIT, DUE TO RAIN AND HURT HIS BACK.