Mining Incidents

Howton Mine Coal

Controlled by Mills Charles E
Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102753

MSHA record for Howton Mine (mine ID 0102753). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

July 26, 1989 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF LOADER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED THE LOADER DOOR ON HIS THUMB.

May 20, 1989 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Dunn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING A BULLDOZER WIND BLEW SAND AND GRAVEL IN FACE.PUSHING SAND AND GRAVEL WITH BULLDOZER RECEIVED SAND AND GRAVEL IN LEFT EYE.

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