Mulga Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
PUSHING JEEP TO PUT DRIVE BELT BACK ON -STRAINED BACK.
Mulga Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mulga Mine (mine ID 0100330). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- May 1983
Ownership history
- Mulga Coal Company 1950 to 1982
- Mulga Coal Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mulga Mine sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
10 on file1983 · 10 incidents
May 19, 1983
AL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mulga Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HITTING A RACE ON C.M. GATHERING ARM WITH PUNCH AND HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF STEEL SHEARED OFF RACE AND IMBEDDED IN KNUCKLE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
May 11, 1983
AL · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object
INJ WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS AND PLACED HIS HAND ON NEXT TIMBER HE INTENDED TO UNLOAD WHEN HE TUGGED ON THE TIMBER ANOTHER TIMBER DISLODGED AND FRACTURED RT RING FINGER
April 13, 1983
AL · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS LIFTING A TIMBER FROM A PILE AND IT SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP AND DROPPED ON HIS THUMB, FRACTURING THE THUMB.
Mulga Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LOADING TIMBERS INTO SHUTTLE CAR .BENT OVER TO LIFT TIMBER AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN BACK.DIAG.-RUPTURED DISC.HAD BEEN HAVING BACK PROBLEMS AND WAS WEARING A SUPPORT.
March 2, 1983
AL · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Mulga Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING ON A WRECKED COAL CAR WHEN CAR ROLLED BACK, CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR & A T-BOARD CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE CUT.
February 15, 1983
AL · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS GETTING DON FROM A LADDER AFTER AHNGING A PIECE OF CURTAIN WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
Mulga Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM HAD HISTORY OF HEAR ILLNESS AND REPORTEDLY HADS BEEN UPSET OVER AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AWAY FROM WORK THE PREVIOUS DAY
January 12, 1983
AL · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mulga Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS HELPING REPAIRMAN TAKE COVER OFF THE TOP OF MINER WHEN HE HAD IT SLIP OUT OF HIS HAND CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE MASHED BY THE COVER AGAINST THE MINER
January 10, 1983
AL · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mulga Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED STATED HE WAS IN PROCESS OF PERFORMING TRACK WORK HE STATED HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A SHOVEL BEHIND A MAN WHICH WAS USING A PICK AS HE BENT OVER HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PICK