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Poplar Springs Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Imac Energy Inc · Surface
Double Springs, Winston County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102582

MSHA record for Poplar Springs Mine No 1 (mine ID 0102582). 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
1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Imac Energy Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Poplar Springs Mine No 1 sits in Winston County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Winston County, Alabama · Population 23,637
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$48,032
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

1984 · 1 incident

September 22, 1984 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Imac Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OPERATOR HURRIEDLY STOPPED OFF OF MACHINE BEFORE GRASPING HADRAILS AND FOOT SLIPPED AND RING ON LEFT RING FINGER CAUGHT ON HEAD OF BOLT AND DEGLOVED LEFT RING FINGER OPERTOR LANDED ON HIS FEET AND BAD IS OTHER INJURIES THE LEFT FINGER WAS REMOVED IN SURGERY THE OPERATOR WAS IMMEDICATLYU ADM. FIRST AID AND CARRIED TO HOSPTIAL WITHIN A MINUTES.