Mining Incidents

Uchee Creek Plant: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Russell County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0101096

MSHA record for Uchee Creek Plant (mine ID 0101096). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Consolidated Gravel & Pipe Company 1950 to 1987
  2. Blue Circle Aggregates Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Uchee Creek Plant sits in Russell 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.
Russell County, Alabama · Population 58,858
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$50,046
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

May 20, 1985 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidated Gravel & Pipe Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING DRAIN PIPE LEFT WRIST WAS CUT ON PIECE OF WIRE SCREEN.

April 26, 1985 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidated Gravel & Pipe Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTING CONVEYOR BELT ARM GOT CAUGHT, CUT AND BROKEN.

1984 · 3 incidents

July 31, 1984 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidated Gravel & Pipe Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE FIXING PIPE ON DREDGE LOST BALANCE HIT PIPE WITH HAND & FELL ON DREDG.

1983 · 1 incident

December 1, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Consolidated Gravel & Pipe Company · Struck by flying object

OPERATING TRACTOR BULLDOZER AND FOREIGN OBJECT STRUCK IN LEFT TEMPLE.