Mining Incidents

Creek Pit 5: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Abston William A
Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100336

MSHA record for Creek Pit 5 (mine ID 0100336). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1985–1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. Abston Construction Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Creek Pit 5 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

11 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

April 16, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING TIRE ON POWDER TRUCK AND SMASHED FINGER.

1989 · 6 incidents

November 24, 1989 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED GOT STUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE PUSHED HIM OUT HURT NECK WHEN OTHER VEHICLE PUSHED OUT

September 27, 1989 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A TRACK IN BULL DOZER HE WAS HOLDING LARGE PIN WHILE AN ASSISTANT W NAME WAS POUNDIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HAND AND PIN TO STRIKE JAW

August 31, 1989 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

BURNT EYES FORM REFLECTIONS FORM ARC WELDING WHILE HELPING WELDER

April 13, 1989 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINEL WITH PAIN IN NECK. HE IS A DOZEN OPERATOR AND MOTION OF MACHINE CAUSED PAIN TO GET WORSE. HE WENT TO DR. CALLED AND ADVISED SURGURY WAS NEEDED.

1986 · 2 incidents

February 21, 1986 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HO3STING A LARGE CYLINDER AND THE CHAIN SLIPPED CAUSING THE CYLINDER TO SMASH DOWN ON HIS HAND.

January 3, 1986 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS ST9PPING OFF OF MACHINE TO SERVICE IT AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

1985 · 1 incident

August 28, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Abston Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF A T@RACTOR AND SLIPPED, HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND JAMMED HIS FINGER INTO HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE HADTO UNDERGO SURGERY TO SET FINGER.