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Pit #35: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Timothy L McCoy
Brilliant, Marion County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102792

MSHA record for Pit #35 (mine ID 0102792). 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
1996
Latest incident
Jul 1996
Ownership history
  1. Rock City Coal & Equipment Inc 1989 to 1996
  2. Alabama Land & Mineral Corp 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pit #35 sits in Marion County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Marion County, Alabama · Population 29,190
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$50,714
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

1996 · 1 incident

July 31, 1996 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS REACHING AND STEPPING UPON THE BOTTOMS TEP OF THE LADDER ON A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A STRAINING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK.