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Pinhook Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Allegiance Coal LTD
Sumiton, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102907

Pinhook Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Black Warrior Minerals Inc 1991 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)
1994 37 159,313
1993 51 224,827
1992 36 59,337
1991 15 39,308
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Pinhook 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

2 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

May 19, 1994 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BRINGING A LOAD OF OVERBURDEN OUT OF THE PIT AREA TO A NEW DUMPING SITE AS HE WAS BACKING UP TO OFF LOAD HE BACKED THE LEFT READ WHEELS UP ON A SLIGHT BANK SINCE THE TRUCK WAS LAODED AT THIS TIME IT OVERTURNED ONTO THE RT SIDE HE WASJOSTLED AROUND INSIDE THE CAB AS IT OVERTURNED INJURING HIS RT ARM & BUMPING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE CAB

February 10, 1994 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OFF D9L DOZER IT WAS RAINING & VERY MUDDY WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE TRACK OF THE DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM HIS LEFT LEG IN THE CALF AREA ST RUCK THE ANGLE BRACE ON THE RT PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER