Mining Incidents

Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2007

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2007
0
Total incidents
9
Year
2007

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY2 incidents
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2007

Fall from machine

Employee was climbing off motor grader & his foot slipped off step. He complained of back pain, but did not want to go to doctor at that time.

Struck against a moving object

While pushing coal with Back Hoe, employee jarred his back, causing pain to radiate up to his neck.

Struck against a moving object

While pushing overburden benching down to milldale, employee inadvertently trammed off aprox. 30' edge.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While repairing the light on his hard hat, the utility knife the employee was using slipped causing deep laceration to his left middle finger.

Fall onto or against objects

While employee was providing service to Backhoe equipment, when he was climbing off, he slipped causing a contusion to his right knee.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping another employee change oil in screen plate & got a piece of coal in his left eye.

Contact with hot objects or substances

While replacing bolts in Air Compressor, employee grabbed hot exhaust, burning his left hand.

Struck by falling object

While loading pump hose into loader bucket, a rock fell on his right foot.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking, slipped & fell in gravel on hillside, causing pain to hip, lower back & left 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.