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Wolf Mountain: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Townley, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102438

MSHA record for Wolf Mountain (mine ID 0102438). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Mc Collum Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1984
  2. Mc Collum Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wolf Mountain 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

3 on file

1984 · 1 incident

September 28, 1984 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Collum Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CUTTING EDGE FOR A DOZER OBJECT TO HEAVY HURTING BACK

1983 · 2 incidents

May 26, 1983 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mc Collum Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED WAS LOOSENING ON BOLT ON THE 2400 DRAGLINE WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND ON A SHARP CORNER.

May 25, 1983 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Collum Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS HELPING PLACE A SWING SHAFT AND A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON FELL STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE