Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2011

While cleaning coal on a small block of coal, loader slid off hitting the bottom hard which caused employee to hurt his back.

While being loaded by an excavator, a high wall approx. 50 feet away, collapsed sending unconsolidated material into the haul truck. Employee exited his cab and surveyed the situation (while on the truck), when the material began moving, sending the truck over another high wall. The employee jumped off his truck and tumbled down the high wall sustaining multiple injuries.

While EE was operating water truck, employee said brakes would not hold & collided with 100 ton rock truck head on. Damage to water truck with no damage to rock truck. Rock truck driver sustained NO injury.

Employee was checking water level on equipment. He unsecured the cap with his foot & it had no pressure on the cap so he removed the cap from the radiator with his right hand. About the time he raised up, the radiator began to blow hot water out & hit his right arm, face, back & right leg.

Stemming holes when employee struck rock with shovel and strained back.

Employee was climing ladder onto equipment, slipped and fell to ground landing hard on left foot.

Employee reached over in the crusher to pull out a Rock. He felt his Left Shoulder pop which caused his arm to go numb.

It was muddy & icy from excessive rain and when employee went to step across Track, he slipped & fell landing on his right arm.

Employee was digging hopper out on crusher & lost his grip which caused him to fall back against hand rail hitting his lower back. He did not seek medical attention until 3/16/2011.