Mining Incidents

Flint River Mine: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roberts Bill
Madison County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102840

MSHA record for Flint River Mine (mine ID 0102840). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. Flint River Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Flint River Mine sits in Madison County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Madison County, Alabama · Population 397,135
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$83,528
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

October 11, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flint River Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING SCREEN TO INSTALL AND PULLED STOMACH MUSLCE ALSO PINCHED RIGHT FINGER ON PIPING.

1990 · 7 incidents

August 30, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Flint River Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING GRAVEL OUT FROM SCREEN AND SLICED FINGER ON PULLEY.

August 14, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Flint River Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPER LOADER, PANEL STUCK, LOADER WENT OFF BANK, IN POND LACER ON L FOREARM 4 STITCHES

July 26, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flint River Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING FOOT VALVE ON THE DREDGE WHEN THE VALVE SLIPPED & SMASHED HIS INDEX FINGER

June 20, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flint River Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO START A PIECE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON GUARD RAIL CAUSING A DEEP LACERATION.