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Gibbs Chapel Pit: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Reid Dolores
Snead, Blount County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102362

MSHA record for Gibbs Chapel Pit (mine ID 0102362). 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
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Basin Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gibbs Chapel Pit sits in Blount County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Blount County, Alabama · Population 59,292
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,096
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

1983 · 1 incident

August 23, 1983 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TYING A WIRE CABLE AROUND THE HOOK ON THE BACK OF A 992 LOADER AND THE END OF THE CABLE CAME LOOSE AND SWUNG AROUND AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE SIDE