Mining Incidents

T & L Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Allegiance Coal LTD
Sumiton, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102952

MSHA record for T & L Mine (mine ID 0102952). 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
1994
Latest incident
Nov 1994
Ownership history
  1. Black Warrior Minerals Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

T & L Mine sits in Walker County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
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 fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

November 4, 1994 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE RIGHT SUSPENSION CYL FROM A ROCK TRUCK. HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO KNOCK THE INSIDE ROD LOOSE & HAD DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO COME OUT. HE HAD ATTACHED A PAIR OF C OME-A-LONGS TO THE CYL & DECIDED THEY WERE NOT HOOKED CORRECTLY. HE WAS REHOOKING THEM IN ORDER TO PICK UP THE CYL TO REMOVE IT WHEN THE INSIDE ROD TURNED LOOSE, FELL HIT TOE OF BOOT, ONLY TH