Mining Incidents

Watkins: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Flat Rock, Jackson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102513

MSHA record for Watkins (mine ID 0102513). 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
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Sand Mountain Minerals Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Watkins sits in Jackson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Jackson County, Alabama · Population 52,839
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,454
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

1983 · 2 incidents

January 8, 1983 AL · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
Sand Mountain Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR USING MOTORGRADER RIPPING COAL THE LEFT DOOR ON CAB SLAMMED SHUT ON LEFT ELBOW EMP FAILED TO SECURE DOOR