West Blocton #1 Coal
B W S Technology Inc
· Facility
Controlled by
Hurst Thomas H
MSHA Mine ID: 0102570
West Blocton #1 has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Pickens Coal Inc 1984 to 1988
- B W S Technology Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1987 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
West Blocton #1 sits in Bibb County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 2.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Bibb County, Alabama · Population 22,152
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,215
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.