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Liberty Hill Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Gorgas, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100793

MSHA record for Liberty Hill Mine (mine ID 0100793). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Mar 1990
Ownership history
  1. A J Taft Coal Company Inc 1950 to 2008
  2. Taft Coal Sales and Associates, Inc 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Liberty Hill Mine sits in Walker County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Walker County, Alabama · Population 64,886
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,509
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

March 12, 1990 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
A J Taft Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM DOZER, PLACED FOOT ON ROCK ROCK ROLLED, EMPLOYEE KNEE WAS HOISTED. SENT TO DOCTOR X-RAYED, RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY. WORKED THROUGH 3/16/90. RETURNED TO DOCTOR-REFERRED TO ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON-SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 3-26-90.

1987 · 1 incident