Mining Incidents

Sugar Creek Pit (1 & 2): 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by NACCO Industries Inc
Nectar, Blount County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102478

MSHA record for Sugar Creek Pit (1 & 2) (mine ID 0102478). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sugar Creek Pit (1 & 2) sits in Blount County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Blount County, Alabama · Population 59,292
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,096
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1986 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

I.NAME WAS TRYI3G TO ATTACH A HOSE TO A WATER PUMP THE PUMP WAS ATTACHED TO A WOODEN FLOAT THA FLOAT WAS SLIPPERY WITH MUD AND WATER HE WAS GOING TO STEP ATOP THE WOODEN FLOAT WITH HIS RT LEG BUT SLIPPED AN8 HIT HIS LEG ON THE EDGE OF THE WOODEN FLOAT

February 4, 1986 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MECHANIC WA8 REMOVING OLD OIL FILTER FROM THE MOTOR GRADER AND THE HANDLE ON THE FILTER CAME OFF. THE FILTER STARTED SLIPPING THROUGH HIS FINGERS AND CUT THE FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND BY W IRE WHICH WAS P5RT OF THE HANDLE, THAT WAS LEFT STICKING OUT FROM THE FILTER.

1985 · 5 incidents

October 26, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING FARM TRACTOR WITH BUSH-HOG ATTACHED. WHILE CUTTING REVEGETATED AREA, EMPLOYEE HIT A ROCK WITH THE FRONT WHEEL. THIS CAUSE THE STERRING WHEEL TO JERK IN A DIFFERENT DIRE CTION FROM WHICH EMPLOYEE WAS STERRING WHEN IT DID THIS IT JERKED HIS LEFT (ARM) ELBOW.

August 15, 1985 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PUTTING DRUMS BACK ON THE DRAGLINE THE PORT-A-POWER(HYDRAULIC JACK) ROLLED OFF THE STAND ONTO THE EES SMALLED LEFT TOE.

June 6, 1985 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WELDING ROD TO PRY OUT A BUSHING ON THE DRAGLINE. THE WELDING ROD FLIP BACK GOING INTO THE EMPLOYEE\S LEFT EYE.

May 13, 1985 AL · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REPAIR ON DRAGLINE BY PULLING THE CLUTCH BAND OFF THE FORCE FROM THE PULL BACKWARDS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS ON THE FAIRLEAGUE A PART OF THE DRAGLINE HITTING HIS B ACK

January 11, 1985 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL WITH A HAND SHOVEL TO REMOVE THE DIRT HE BENT OVER AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND

1984 · 1 incident

September 18, 1984 AL · Coal MACHINERY
New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS SPREADING LIME & FERTILIZER BY FARM TRACTOR UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSED FOREIGN PARTICLES TO SETTLE IN EYE.

1983 · 1 incident