Mining Incidents

Hogsick Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Abernant, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103053

MSHA record for Hogsick Mine (mine ID 0103053). 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
1996
Latest incident
Dec 1996
Ownership history
  1. Ats Inc 1995 to 1995
  2. Tuscaloosa Resources Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hogsick 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

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

December 26, 1996 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuscaloosa Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO BED OF PICKUP TRUCK TO GET EAR PLUGS WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.