Kinlock Coals Inc · Struck by falling object
SWING BRAKE DRUM WAS BEING PUT BACK INTO PLACE ON 2400 DRAGLINE-AS IT WAS BEING LIFTED OVER THE DRAG DRUM IT ROLLED OVER ONTO THE INJUREDS LEFT HAND.
Cold Springs: 1 reportable incident Coal
Kinlock Coals Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Costain Group PLC
Bremen,
Cullman County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102076
MSHA record for Cold Springs (mine ID 0102076). 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
- 1984
- Latest incident
- Mar 1984
Ownership history
- Kinlock Coals Inc 1979 to 1984
- Kinlock Coals Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Cold Springs sits in Cullman County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Cullman County, Alabama · Population 89,463
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,916
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.