Mining Incidents

Coalmont Pit: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Mitchell Phil
Helena, Shelby County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102545

MSHA record for Coalmont Pit (mine ID 0102545). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. International Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Coalmont Pit sits in Shelby County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Shelby County, Alabama · Population 226,955
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$93,543
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 4 incidents

May 15, 1984 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
International Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

INJ WAS DISMOUNTING 2400 DRAGLINE WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN INJ STEPPED FROM TRACK OF DRAGLINE TO GROUND HE TURNED HIS ANKLE CAUSING THE ACCIDENT

March 10, 1984 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
International Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS USING A GRINDER WHEN HE BRUSHED HIS LEG WITH GRINGER

February 17, 1984 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
International Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS REMOVING GLASS FROM FROZEN WINDSHIELD AND CUT HAND