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Pleasant Grove #20: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Costain Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Townley, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102707

MSHA record for Pleasant Grove #20 (mine ID 0102707). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1988–1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Ownership history
  1. Costain Coal Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pleasant Grove #20 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

9 on file

1993 · 1 incident

November 11, 1993 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS REMOVING AN AIR FILTER TO BE BLOWN OUT WITH AIR HOSE. AS HE TRIED TO TURN AND CLIMB DOWN THE LADDER THE EE SLIPPED WHEN HE GRABBED HOLD OF THE HANDRAIL HE TWISTED AROUND HURTING HIS BACK AND SHOULDER ONLY HAVING HOLD OF THE HANDRAIL UNTIL ONE ARM. THE EE DID NOT MISS ANYTIME TUNTIL FOUR DAYS AFTER HIS HAPPENED.

1991 · 5 incidents

June 19, 1991 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SERVICING A OF EQUIP THE EMP WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN BOTTOM LIP

April 15, 1991 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON DRAGLINE HOLDING SWINGER BAND INPLACE BOLT WAS BEING REPLACED STRAINED HIMSELF

April 6, 1991 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MAINTANING THE PARKING LOT AT THE MINE WHEN HE STARTED DOWN A SMALL EMBANKMENT TO RETRIEVE AN OLD USED AIR FILTER, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL FRACTURING HIS RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE.

February 23, 1991 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL CLIMBING OFF LOADER TO START FUELING HIS MACHINE -BOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN LADDER AND STEP CAUSING FALL AGAINST SIDE OF FUEL TRUCK.

February 7, 1991 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF THE LOADER TO CHECK THE OIL ON HIS MACHINE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LOADER STEP CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE AS HE HIT THE GROUND

1990 · 2 incidents

April 6, 1990 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A PAN, THE OPERATOR WAS TURNED TO HIS RIGHT WATCHING THE BACK OF THE MACHINE DUMP HIS LOAD OF MATERIAL WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL DROPPED INTO A HOLE, JARRING AND BOUNCING THE EMPLOY EE HURTING HIS BACK.

March 6, 1990 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PLACING HOOK ROLLER IN PARTS TRAILER EMPL FINGER WAS SMASHED & CUT AGAINT SET OF METAL STEPS.

1988 · 1 incident

December 17, 1988 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SERVICING DOZER HE STEPED FROM PUSH ARM TO GROUND INTO DOZER TRACK CAUSING HIM TO TWIST AND FRACTURE L. ANKLE.