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St Vernon Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

St Vernon Inc · Underground
Controlled by West David W
Bradford, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0102641

MSHA record for St Vernon Mine #1 (mine ID 0102641). 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
1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. St Vernon Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

St Vernon Mine #1 sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
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

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

October 10, 1985 AL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
St Vernon Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER INTO POSITION TO PLACE BOLT IN TO ROOF WAS SITTING ON RUNNING BEAR & DRAGGING FOOT ALONGSIDE.GOT FOOT UNDERNEATH RUNNING BOARD,BREAKING TOES.