Mining Incidents

Ground Hog Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hill Charles E
Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102772

Ground Hog Mine has had no fatalities among 8 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1989–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. Mc Clarty Construction & Equipment Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1993 18 42,101
1992 21 75,055
1991 23 81,938
1990 26 101,052
1989 21 100,421
1988 18 25,728
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Ground Hog 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

8 on file

1993 · 1 incident

Show 7 earlier incidents

1991 · 2 incidents

March 16, 1991 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mc Clarty Construction & Equipment Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER. WHEN HE WAS BACKING UP, DOZER HIT ROCK. THE JAR FROM HITTING THE ROCK CAUSED A VERTEBRE TO SLIP IN IN NECK.

1990 · 3 incidents

July 24, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mc Clarty Construction & Equipment Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH WRENCH ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL. THE END OF EMPLOYEES MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS MASHED.

June 29, 1990 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Clarty Construction & Equipment Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HYDRAULIC HOSE FROM DUMP CYCLINDER ON FRONT END LOADER ABD SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST BUCKET.EMPLOYEE HAS BRUISED BACK AND SIDE ALSO HAS MUSCLE INJURIES.

1989 · 2 incidents

February 15, 1989 AL · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Mc Clarty Construction & Equipment Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL CHANGING STEEL ON DRILL TO FINISH DRILLING HOLE WHILE CHANGING STEEL SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND STEEL.IT CRUSHED LAST JOINT OF FINGER.