Mining Incidents

Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2005

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. operations in 2005. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2005
0
Total incidents
11
Year
2005

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON7 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY1 incident
  4. 04POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2005

Struck against a moving object

Severe jarring to lower back while pushing rock with motor grader.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving a water truck. The truck turned over. Employee reported bruising to both arms and the middle of his back.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was getting off of drill and slipped, hurting his left knee.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was operating a motor grader

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was fueling equipment and smashed his right middle finger.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was in the process of changing the oil in a rock truck. He cut his finger on the oil filter packaging.

Fall from machine

Employee was servicing equipment (dozer), tripped and fell eight feet.

Fall from machine

Employee slipped off blade arm of dozer and jarred his lower back.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped and fell while walking to troop truck.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking to troop truck, employee slipped and fell, twisting his ankle.

Fall from machine

Employee fell off catwalk of hoe (hurt knee & elbow).

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc.'s numeric MSHA operator ID.