Contract Augering Services Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
BENT OVER KELLY BAR PICKED UP KELLY BAR BLOCK AND PULLED BACK.
Sipsey Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal
M S & R Equipment Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Michael T Costello
Sipsey,
Walker County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102891
MSHA record for Sipsey Mine (mine ID 0102891). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Sipsey Mine.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1991
- Latest incident
- Mar 1991
Ownership history
- Contract Augering Services Inc 1991 to 1993
- Mc Wane Inc 1993 to 1993
- M S & R Equipment Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Sipsey 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.