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Hurricane Creek Pit: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Reid Dolores
Cottondale, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102428

MSHA record for Hurricane Creek Pit (mine ID 0102428). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Basin Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hurricane Creek Pit 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

4 on file

1985 · 1 incident

May 20, 1985 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Basin Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS OPERATING LOADER WHEN IT GAINED SPEED HE KILLED THE ENGINE LOSING CONTROL OF THE STEERING HE JUMPED OFF THE MACHINE.

1984 · 2 incidents

October 13, 1984 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Basin Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL, HE RAISED UP FOR A BREAK AND AFTERWARDS PROCEEDS GRINDING WITHOUT THE PROTECTIVEW COVERINGS.

September 25, 1984 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO START THE ENGINE ON A MASSEY FERGUSON 1100 FARM TRACTOR, HIS RIGHT HAND WAS HIT BY THE FAN ON THE ENGINE.

1983 · 1 incident

August 22, 1983 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basin Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP HAS LOADING SEVERAL 5 GALLON OIL CANS ON A TRUCK BED WHEN HE REACHED OVER TO PICK ONE UP HE STRAINED HIS BAC K