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White Oak Washer: 1 reportable incident 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
Ownership history
  1. Hallmark & Son Coal Company 1977 to 1988
  2. White Oak Mining Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

White Oak Washer sits in Walker County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Walker County, Alabama · Population 64,886
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,509
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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