Mining Incidents

Ground Hog Mine Coal

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

MSHA record for Ground Hog Mine (mine ID 0102772). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1989–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1993 · 1 incident

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.

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