Mining Incidents

Harvey Mine: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Simmons George M
Oneonta, Blount County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102225

MSHA record for Harvey Mine (mine ID 0102225). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Calvert & Marsh Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1983
  2. Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Harvey Mine 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

6 on file

1985 · 1 incident

July 1, 1985 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BY DRAGLINE & A LIFTING EYE HOOK FELL OFF DRAGLINE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD

1984 · 5 incidents

November 12, 1984 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON DRAGLINE, A WELDER WAS USING AN ARC AIR BESIDE HIM, EMPLOYEE GOT BOTH EYES BURNED. I.NAME WAS NOT USING THE ARC AIR, HE WAS DOING MECHANICAL REPAIRS WORKING CLOSE TO T O THE WELDER.

June 6, 1984 AL · Coal drill operator OTHER
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING OIL TO DRILL - WIND BLEW HOOD OF DRILL DOWN ON EMPLOYEE CAUSING CONTUSION LACERATION OF SCALP AND MILD CONCUSSION.

May 26, 1984 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING LOADER LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND FXD RT ARM AND SPRAINED RT WRIST

May 25, 1984 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SHOT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEAR I NAME HAD METAL TAPE MEASURE PULLED OUT TO MEASURE TAPE WAS TURNED LOOSE TO AUTOMATICALLY REWIND CAUGHT I NAME ACROSS CHEEK