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Peacock Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Chamblee Derrell
Leeds, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102782

MSHA record for Peacock Mine (mine ID 0102782). 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
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Nugget Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1989
  2. Nuggett Coal Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Peacock Mine 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

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

October 7, 1989 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Nuggett Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED BACKED UP THE TRUCK TO FUEL THE BACKHOE. HE COMPLETED THE WORK AND WALKED TO THE CAB AND TOOK PTO OUT OF GEAR. BACKHOE OPERATOR WITNESSED INJURED GO BACK TO THE TRUCK CAB TO DRIVE OF F SO HE MOUNTED HOE TO BEGIN OPERATIONS. HE DID NOT DRIVE OFF BUT INSTEAD RETURNED TO BACK OF TRUCK TO LOCK BACK COMPARTMENT. HOE OPERATOR BEGAN OPERATION AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE HOE AND