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Mccollum Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Ellis Minerals Llc · Surface
Controlled by A J Taft
Jasper, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103091

Mccollum Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1997.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
Ownership history
  1. Ellis Minerals Llc 1997 to 1999
  2. Ellis Minerals Llc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1999 0
1998 2 12,195
1997 5 33,177
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mccollum 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

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

August 5, 1997 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ellis Minerals Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS EXITING LOADER WHEN HE TRIPPED CAUSING HIS BODY WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO HIS LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER. WHEN HIS WEIGHT SHIFTED TO LEFT ARM, PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER.