Mining Incidents

Turkey Creek Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Mitchell William H
Northport, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0101816

MSHA record for Turkey Creek Mine (mine ID 0101816). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Mitchell & Neely Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Turkey Creek Mine sits in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama · Population 234,036
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$63,947
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

April 28, 1986 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mitchell & Neely Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WATER ON ROAD R2CK IN ROAD TRUCK WHEEL HIT ROCK CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN RAPIDLY

1983 · 1 incident

October 31, 1983 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mitchell & Neely Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR INATTENTION - EQUIPMENT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION - ADEQUATE BRAKES AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT WEE WORKING