Mining Incidents

Riverside Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Energy Supply Inc · Surface
Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Goodsprings, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102620

MSHA record for Riverside Mine (mine ID 0102620). 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
1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Energy Supply Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Riverside Mine 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

1985 · 2 incidents

July 20, 1985 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Supply Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FREEING PIELL MATERIAL FROM AUGER TRAIN & HAND SLIPPED. AUGER BLADE OUT LEFT INDEX FINGER. 4 STITCHES.

May 16, 1985 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Energy Supply Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING NYLON CORD FROM HYDROLIC HOSE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT LOWER ARM.