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Flatcreek Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Laguna Resources Inc · Surface
Jasper Walker, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103093

MSHA record for Flatcreek Mine (mine ID 0103093). 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
1998
Latest incident
May 1998
Ownership history
  1. Laguna Resources Inc 1997 to 1997
  2. Laguna Resources Inc 1997 to 1999
  3. Laguna Resources Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Flatcreek Mine sits in Walker County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Walker County, Alabama · Population 64,886
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,509
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

1998 · 1 incident

May 7, 1998 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Laguna Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING A D9L DOZER CLEARING AN OLD REFUSE PILE, WHEN A TREE LIMB FELL ON THE DOZER, WHILE OUT REMOVING THE LIMB A TRACKHOE KNOCKED DOWN A TREE & IT FELL TOWARD THE DOZER. THE EE SAW THE TREE & BENT DOWN, BUT PART OF THE TREE FELL ON HIM PUTTING ENOUGHT PRESSURE ON, THAT HIS LEFT FOOT WAS FRACTURED. EE FINISHED THE SHIFT & WENT TO THE ER THAT EVENING.