Mining Incidents

Nickel Plate Mine No 20: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Bowen Albert S
Coalburg, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102231

MSHA record for Nickel Plate Mine No 20 (mine ID 0102231). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Nickel Plate Mine No 20 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

3 on file

1983 · 3 incidents

August 12, 1983 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc · Fall from piled material

MAN WAS WALKING ACROSS MUCK PILE TO HIS DOZER AFTER EATING LUNCH. HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND INJURED HIS BACK AND RIGHT ARM.

March 29, 1983 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SPOIL COLLAPSED UNDER RIGHT REAR WHEEL AND THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER