Mining Incidents

Mine No 6: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Abston William A
Graysville, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102809

MSHA record for Mine No 6 (mine ID 0102809). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1992–1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
Ownership history
  1. Jim Walter Resources Inc 1989 to 1992
  2. Abston Construction Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 6 sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Jefferson County, Alabama · Population 669,744
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,589
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

January 22, 1993 AL · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE HAD BEEN DRILLING, HE WENT TO PUT THE FEET DOWN ON THE DRILL. THEY DID NOT COME DOWN TOGETHER. THE DRILL WAS UNBALANCED AND TURNED OVER WITH HIM IN IT, RESULTING IN HIS INJURIES.

January 20, 1993 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE HAD BEEN DOING REPAIRS ON THE BED OF ROCK TRUCK IN THE CAB, CRANKED IT UP. THE BED WOULD NOT COME DOWN. HE PULLED THE LEVER AND MOVED THE TRUCK, THE BED THEN COME DOWN REAL HARD.

1992 · 4 incidents

September 8, 1992 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKING ON DRIVERSHAFT OF TEREX ROCK TRUCK STRAINED OR BUMPED SHOULDER

April 24, 1992 AL · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abston Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WORKING IN OUR SHOP PICKED UP A PIECE OF PIPE THEN SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS NECK CAUSED HIM PAIN

April 15, 1992 AL · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Abston Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE HAD CLIMBED DOWN FROM TRUCK TO USE THE BATHROOM, WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING BACK UP, HE THINKS HE BUMPED HIS HEAD, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL.