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Day Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Prospect Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Douglas Terry R
Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102443

MSHA record for Day Mine (mine ID 0102443). 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
  1. Fondren Minerals Inc 1982 to 1985
  2. Prospect Mining Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Day 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

1984 · 1 incident

March 13, 1984 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fondren Minerals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP DIDNT REPORT THIS INJURY TO HIS FOREMAN UNTIL THE 3-15-84 HE WAS HELPING TREAT THE REDMONT POND WITH A CAUSTIC CHEMICAL OF WHICH HE HAD BEEN CAUTIONED ABOUT THE DANGERS OF ITS CONTACT TO T HE SKIN, AND WAS TOLD TO WASH IMMEDIATELY IF ANY OF THE CHEMICAL TOUCHED HIS SKIN