White Oak Washer Coal

White Oak Mining Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by Fortner James E

Sipsey, Walker County, AL · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0101720

MSHA record for White Oak Washer (mine ID 0101720). 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: 1984
Latest incident: Jan 1984

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 5, 1984 AL · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator ELECTRICAL

Hallmark & Son Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

TUCK WAS TOLD TO CHECK PUMP.HE SHUT OFF PUMP & RAISED IT TO CLEAN OUT. AS HE LOWERED PUMP BACK INTO SUMP, PUMP HUNG ON HIGHWALL. WITH A 992 LOADER THE PUMP WAS PULLED AWAY FROM HIGHWALL & LOWE RED TO SUMP. HE STARTED PUMP. PUMP WAS NOT WORKING HE TOOK BATTERY ELECTRICIAN HAD USED & PUT IT ACROSS F1 & F2 & IT ARCED ACROSS BATTERY TERMINAL BURNING HIS FINGERS THE GENERATOR WAS WOR

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