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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

Natural Bridge Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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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.
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)
1995 9 24,657
1994 6 39,860
1993 6 37,326
1992 4 19,519
1991 11 46,931
1990 14 76,434
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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