Sipsey Pit Coal
King Coal Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Pyro Energy Corp
Walker County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100833
MSHA record for Sipsey Pit (mine ID 0100833). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Bishop Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1975
- King Coal Company Inc 1975 to 1976
- King Coal Company Inc 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Sipsey Pit sits in Walker County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.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 reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.