Mining Incidents

Yeshic: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Costain Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Costain Group PLC
West Blocton, Bibb County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0102868

MSHA record for Yeshic (mine ID 0102868). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1991–1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Ownership history
  1. Costain Coal Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Yeshic sits in Bibb County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 2.1% 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.
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 fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1994 · 1 incident

April 28, 1994 AL · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE BED OF THE GENERATOR TRUCK AT THE FRONT DOOR END INSTEAD OF THE OTHER END WHERE THE LADDER WAS, HE TRIED TO STEP DOWN BY GRABBING HOLD OF THE MIRROR WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL.

1993 · 2 incidents

April 19, 1993 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Costain Coal Inc · Fall from ladders

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A ROCK TRUCK THE OPERATOR SLIPPED & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

March 31, 1993 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING A HOLE LINER WITH A POCKET KNIFE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND STUCK THE BLADE IN HIS LEFT ARM.

1992 · 2 incidents

May 18, 1992 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING A BOX OF PRIMER CORD OPEN TO USE,EMPL CUT LEG.

April 3, 1992 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TRAMMING INTO THE PIT THE LOADER BUCKET STRUCK A ROCK, JARRING THE OPERATOR IN THE CAB.

1991 · 1 incident

May 6, 1991 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE UNLOADING A 120 LB BARREL OF GREASE FROM A PICKUP TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE DROPPED ONE END OF THE BARREL ON HIS LEFT FOOT, BREAKING THE LEFT BIG TOE.