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Stovall-Files: 1 recorded fatality Coal

R C Enterprises · Surface
Controlled by Rand S Clark
Carbon Hill, Fayette County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102748

MSHA record for Stovall-Files (mine ID 0102748). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Sep 1993
Ownership history
  1. Costain Coal Inc 1987 to 1992
  2. R C Enterprises 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Stovall-Files sits in Fayette County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Fayette County, Alabama · Population 16,173
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$50,733
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 22, 1993 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
R C Enterprises · Struck against a moving object

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN ABANDONED SURFACE MINE WHERE LAND RECLAMATION WAS BEING PERFORMED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE D9N DOZER OPERATOR LOST CONTROL OF THE MACHINE AND ROLLED OVER (1 1/2 TIMES) THE SLOPED EMBANKMENT (APPROX. 60 FT) WHERE HE HAD BEEN PUSHING DIRT OVER A 35 FT HIGHWALL. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND PINNED UNDER THE ROLL O