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Montevallo Underground: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Allied Lime Company · Underground
Controlled by Lhoist Group
Shelby County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100396

MSHA record for Montevallo Underground (mine ID 0100396). 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
1987–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Allied Products Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Allied Lime Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Montevallo Underground sits in Shelby County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Shelby County, Alabama · Population 226,955
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$93,543
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

1988 · 5 incidents

August 31, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Allied Products Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS IN BASKET OF BOOM TRUCK LOADING SHOT. LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM MINE FACE STRIKING INJURED ON SIDE OF HEAD SHOULDER & ARM.

July 12, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Allied Products Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS STANDING ON LOOSE MATERIAL AT WATERS EDGE WHEN MATERIAL SLIP OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE GRABBED A BOULDER TO HOLD HIMSELF. ANOTHER BOULDER ROLLED DOWN STRIKING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO BOULDERS.

May 4, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver MACHINERY
Allied Products Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING CATERPILLAR SHOVEL AND WAS DUMPING A BUCKET OF STONE INTO A TRUCK A ROCK FELL CAME THROUGH WINDSHIELD RESULTING IN CUT ON LEFT LEG.

February 1, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Allied Products Company · Fall from machine

INJURED ATTEMPT9D TO CLIMB ONTO CAT 235 SHOVEL IN #6 MINE. HE CAUGHT THE GRAB IRON WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND STEPPED UP ON THE SHOVEL TRACK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE RELEASED THE GRAB IRON AS HE FELL. HE LANDED3FACE DOWN WHICH KNOCKED THE BREATH OUT OF HIM AND INJURED HIS KNEE.

January 21, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Allied Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS USI3G HAMMER TYPE BANDING TOOL. WAS PLACING BAND ON 6" WATER LINE. BAND WAS TIGHT AND WHEN EMPLOYEE HIT CRIMPER, BAND BROKE AND HIT HIM ON KNUCKLE.

1987 · 1 incident

October 23, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Allied Products Company · Fall from machine

3 IN SUBMERSIBL9 PUMP WAS PLACED ON OPERATORS PLATFORM OF CRANE TRUCK INJURED WAS STANDING ON OPERTORS PLATFORM TO HOLD THE PUMP WHILE TRUCK DRIVER DROVE THE TRUCK THE HOSE WAS TO BE DRAGGED A LONG MINE FLOOR3THE HOSE HUNG ON A ROCK PULLING THE P UMP OFF THE PLATFORM AND ALSO KNOCKED INJURED OFF THE PLATFORM