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Pocahontas: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Cupps Brian
Carbon Hill, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102972

MSHA record for Pocahontas (mine ID 0102972). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
3
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 3 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Carbon Hill Coal Company Of Alabama Inc 1992 to 1996
  2. R C Enterprises 1994 to 1995
  3. Coalbro Inc 1995 to 1995
  4. Egypt Contracting Company Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pocahontas 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

1996 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1996 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Egypt Contracting Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS ASSISTING MECHINACIN REPAIRING WHEN HIS HARD HAD FELL OFF. AS HE CLIMBED DOWN MACHINE TO RETRIEVE HARD HAT, HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE REARVIEW MIRROR

September 24, 1996 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Egypt Contracting Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING TOP OF COAL WITH HAND SHOVEL WHEN 980 F OPERATOR WAS BREAKING COAL NEAR HIM. WHEN 980F OPERATOR MOVED OVER TO BREAK ADJOINING COAL HE STRUCK EE WITH BUCKET OF LOADER AS HE MOVE D OVER TO LINE UP SIGHTED BY BUCKET OF LOADER.