Mining Incidents

Natural Bridge Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Carbon Tech Mining Corp · Surface
Controlled by Mc Coy Timothy D
Haleyville, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102850

MSHA record for Natural Bridge Mine (mine ID 0102850). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Nov 1991
Ownership history
  1. Imac Energy Inc 1990 to 1991
  2. Carbon Tech Mining Corp 1991 to 1994
  3. Carbon Tech Mining Corp 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Natural Bridge 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

1991 · 1 incident

November 16, 1991 AL · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Carbon Tech Mining Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR HAD COMPLETED DRILLING A HOLE ON STABLE, LEVEL GROUND. OPERATOR DID NOT APPLY PARKING BRAKE PRIOR TO SETTING UP ON HOLE. OPERATOR LOWERED MAST AND LIFTED JACKS AND WALKED ABOUT 20' A WAY FROM DRILL TO TALK TO FELLOW WORKER. BOTH MEN NOTICED DRILL ROLLING TOWARD HIGHWALL AND DRILL OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO STOP MACHINE FROM ROLLING OFF HIGHWALL AND IN PROCESS SLIPPED OFF HIGHWA