Mining Incidents

Pit 29/Triple L Pit #2: 10 reportable incidents Coal

Triple L Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bowen Albert S
Northport, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102568

MSHA record for Pit 29/Triple L Pit #2 (mine ID 0102568). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1985–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Triple L Inc 1984 to 1987
  2. Triple L Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pit 29/Triple L Pit #2 sits in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama · Population 234,036
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$63,947
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1987 · 4 incidents

December 7, 1987 AL · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triple L Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TYING WIRE 7ABLE TOGETHER IN FIGURE 8 KNOT CABLE PULLED OUT O F KNOT, SNAPPED AROUND AND HIT LEFT WRIST.

July 1, 1987 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triple L Inc · Fall from machine

AS MAN WAS GETT3NG ON LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUISNG HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

April 30, 1987 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triple L Inc · Fall onto or against objects

OPERATOR WAS GE7TING OFF HIS LOADER, SLIPPED AND FELL, STRADDLING A BAR RESULTING IN SEVERE BRUISES AND MUSCLE PULLS.

March 13, 1987 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triple L Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER STATED HE3STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PUTTING BELLY PAN ON A D9 DOZER HE REPORTED THIS ON 031787

1986 · 3 incidents

December 10, 1986 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triple L Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS GE7TING OFF DOZER.HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS KNEES.

August 16, 1986 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triple L Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR OF DRA1LINE LEFT CAB TO CHECK FUSE BOX - SLIPPED ON STEPS INJURING HIS BACK

January 28, 1986 AL · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Triple L Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WHILE CHANGING 8RILL STEEL THE CABLE AND BREAK OUT WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING OPERATOR IN THE JAW

1985 · 3 incidents

December 5, 1985 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Triple L Inc · Struck by flying object

REMOVING TOOTH 0ROM LOADER BUCKET USING SLEDGEHAMMER.SMALL PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN LEFT EYE.

October 28, 1985 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triple L Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON ROD FROM HOIST JACK WHILE BENDING DOWN ROD PULLED OUT FAST AND JERKED HIM DOWN HURTING HIS BACK

October 26, 1985 AL · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triple L Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TRIED TO PICK UP TOOTH FROM DRAGLINE BUCKET STRAINED BACK AND STOMACH