Mining Incidents

Bull City Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Hill Charles E
Bull City, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102645

MSHA record for Bull City Mine (mine ID 0102645). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Mc Clarty Construction & Equipment Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bull City Mine sits in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama · Population 234,036
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$63,947
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

June 28, 1988 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TEETH ON THE LOADER BUCKET. HE WAS HITTING TOOTH WITH HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM. THE METAL CUT ARM. IT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.