Mining Incidents

Tooson Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Apac Alabama Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ashland Inc
Hale County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102503

MSHA record for Tooson Pit (mine ID 0102503). 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
1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Apac Alabama Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tooson Pit sits in Hale County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hale County, Alabama · Population 14,749
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,325
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

1986 · 1 incident

September 23, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apac Alabama Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING3FLOATS UNDER DREDGE PIPE, STRAINED LOWER BACK MUSCLE.