Floyd Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON THE INSIDE CORE OF A BROKEN DRAG CABLE CORE BROKE ALLOWING EMPLOYEE FALL BACK STRIKING A FAIR LEED SHIEVE THEN TO THE GROUND HITTING HIS HEAD
Sayre #8: 6 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Sayre #8 (mine ID 0102583). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1985–1987
- Latest incident
- Jul 1987
Ownership history
- Floyd Mining Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Sayre #8 sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Jefferson County, Alabama · Population 669,744
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,589
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file1987 · 2 incidents
June 4, 1987
AL · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
FIRE
Floyd Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A FRONT-END LOADER HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURED CATCHING ON FIRE, EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM MACHINE.
1986 · 2 incidents
Floyd Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING REMOVE THE BELLY PAN ON A FRONT LOADER. PAN SLIPPED CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN PAN AND ANOTHER METAL OBJECT.
April 10, 1986
AL · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Floyd Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMP BACKED TRUC5 INTO POSITION TO DUMP SOFT FOOTING TRUCK OVERTURNED EMP WAS WEARING SEAT BELT
1985 · 2 incidents
April 10, 1985
AL · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Floyd Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS GETGTING ON REAR OF A TRUCK SLIPPED & FELL HURTING HIS BACK EMPLOYEE DIDNT REPORT THAT THIS ACCIDENT WAS JOB RELATED UNTIL 042485 LOST TIME STARTED 041085
March 11, 1985
AL · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Floyd Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK AS HE APPROACHED DUMP SITE HE STUCK HIS HEAD OUTSIDE OF CAB & A PIECE OF METAL FELL OFF BED OF TRUCK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.SMALL CUT TO THE HAND WHI WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.