Mining Incidents

Oakman Mine #2: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Pickens Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Powell Joe E
Oakman, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102536

MSHA record for Oakman Mine #2 (mine ID 0102536). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Tommy Stimpson Excavating Inc 1983 to 1985
  2. Pickens Coal Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Oakman Mine #2 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

6 on file

1985 · 5 incidents

May 20, 1985 AL · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor MACHINERY
Tommy Stimpson Excavating Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A GAS TANK. WHILE HE WAS CHECKING FOR LEAKS BYINTRODUCING COMPRESSED MATERIALS INTO TANK LEAKS WERE NOTICED FROM SOAP BUBBLES. AIR WAS THEN FORCED INTO TANK TO DILUTE AIR WAS THEN FORCED INTO TANK TO DILUTE THE GAS INSIDE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO BARZE THE LEAKS THE TANK EXPLODED BREAKING HIS LEFT ARM.

May 4, 1985 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tommy Stimpson Excavating Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE MINE AND STEPPED IN A HOLE,TWISTING HIS ANKLE,FRACTURING HIS RIGHT FOOT.

April 12, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tommy Stimpson Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A CATERPILLAR D-10 DOZER AND AS HE STEPPED FROM THE TRACKS TO THE PUSH ARM HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX 4 FT AND BREAKING HIS RT ANKLE

March 27, 1985 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tommy Stimpson Excavating Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WAS UNLOADING AN UNDERGROUND CONTINUOUS MINER FROM A LOWBOY TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

February 19, 1985 AL · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tommy Stimpson Excavating Inc · Fall from machine

WAS CLEANING BELT ON CONVEYOR TO WASHER WHEN BELT SLIPPED CAUSING CALL TO GROUND & TWISTING KNEE CAUSING TORN LIGAMENTS & CARTILIDGE IN KNEE.

1984 · 1 incident