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Wilson Bend: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Daryn Bookout
Winston County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0101769

MSHA record for Wilson Bend (mine ID 0101769). 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
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Bookout Construction & Mining Corp 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wilson Bend sits in Winston County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Winston County, Alabama · Population 23,637
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$48,032
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

1983 · 1 incident

August 16, 1983 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Bookout Construction & Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE OPERATORS HAD JUST FINISHED FUELING THE MACHINES AND J P BROWN GOT IN THE FUEL TRUCK TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND ACCIDENTLY HIT THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASING IT. THE FUEL TRUCK ROLLED BACK A ND PINNED L E BOREN BETWEEN FUEL TRUCK AND DOZER