Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
UNKNOWN,BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES,HEART ATTACK.
Dime Preparation Plant: 6 reportable incidents Coal
Alabama Land & Mineral Corp
· Facility
Controlled by
Costain Group PLC
Phil Campbell,
Franklin County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102161
MSHA record for Dime Preparation Plant (mine ID 0102161). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- May 1988
Ownership history
- Dime Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1984
- Alabama Land & Mineral Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Dime Preparation Plant sits in Franklin County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.Franklin County, Alabama · Population 31,978
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$51,493
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1988 · 1 incident
1984 · 1 incident
March 23, 1984
AL · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dime Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHEN PUTTING PULL PIN INTO TONGUE OF WATER WAGON IT SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS FINGER
1983 · 4 incidents
September 8, 1983
AL · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dime Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE INJURED STEPPED ON THE LID TO THE FUEL TANK OFHIS LOADER AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE
June 13, 1983
AL · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dime Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHEN PICKING UP A WINDOW AND FRAME HE DIFFUSED A VERTEBRAE IN THE LOWER LUMBAR REGION
May 12, 1983
AL · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dime Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHEN STEPPING OFF OF THE LOADER THE INJURED SLIPPED A DISC IN HIS BACK.
April 14, 1983
AL · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dime Coal Company Inc · Fall down stairs
WHILE WALKING UP SOME STAIRSS IN THE PLANT, THE INJURED FELL STRIKING HIS HAND.