EMPL TRYING TO RESECURE AIR COMPRESSOR GUARD WHEN PART FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HAND.
Star Branch Mine: 11 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Star Branch Mine (mine ID 0102449). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Dec 1984
- Dixie Fuels Inc 1982 to 1985
- Erin Mining & Minerals Inc 1985 to present
Star Branch Mine sits in Fayette County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
11 on file1984 · 6 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS IN ROCK TRUCK WAITING TO BE LOADED WAS RESTING ELBOW ON WINDOW ROCK DROPPED FROM TRUCK HITTING ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER. DOZER SLIPPED DOWN BANK JARRING EMPLOYEES HEAD AGAINST CAB CAGE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF DRILL DUE TO HYDRAULIC OIL ON BOOT SOLE.
EE WAS OPERATING ROCK TRUCK BACKED UP ON SPOIL TO DUMP ROCK SPOIL SHIFTED & GAVE WAY UNDER TRUCK CAUSING TRUCK TO TURN OVER.
EMP WAS HOLDING PIN ON DOZER AND DROPPED PIN ON FINGER DUE TO COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS
1983 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF ROCK TRUCK AND CAUGHT FOOT IN BUMPER
WHILE BLADING ROAD WITH BULLDOZER, EMPLOYEE STUNG BY WASPS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CORE DRILLING ROLLER WAS NOT STABLIZED & SLID BACK AGAINST EMPLOYEES LEG.
ROCK TRUCK DIED OUT: LOST STEERAING: HIT 570 LOADER
MAN WAS REPLACING FUEL PUMP ON TANK OF SERVICE TRUCK PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED ON PIPE CAUSING HIM TO FALL