Mining Incidents

Short Creek 8750 Coal

Controlled by Drummond Company Inc
Short Creek, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0100742

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,333
proposed penalties
$1,333
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2008 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was sitting on a pipe that was suspended with chain falls. He was cleaning some of his tools. The pipe shifted when someone else hit it and smashed his foot between the pipe and the floor.

September 9, 2008 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Drummond Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE had been pulling on a chain fall for several days and on this day, he started to complain about his arm hurting and going numb. We found out later that he had a pre-existing arm injury we were unaware of.

2006 · 2 incidents

March 10, 2006 AL · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Rock fell from overhead belt, bouncing off the floor of backhoe the employee was operating (canopy is in place and in good working order). Rock bruised right ankle.

February 10, 2006 AL · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Drummond Company, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee stepped on a lump of coal causing him to trip over a pipe and fall to the ground. He tried to catch himself with his left hand, causing injury to the left wrist.

2005 · 3 incidents

August 24, 2005 AL · Coal superintendent FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

This is to report medical treatment only. While attempting to fasten a regulator door on the #1 run of mine feeder, the employees right ring finger was struck by a rock that fell from the top of the hopper to the feeder. This resulted in a laceration requiring (4) sutures and a frature of the distal phalange of the 3rd finger, right hand.

May 15, 2005 AL · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Drummond Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was kneeling on a beam, welding - he twisted and felt pain in his lower back.

January 14, 2005 AL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drummond Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing a piece of chutework, the chute became lodged in the hole from which it was being removed from the plant, the ee pryed the chute to free it. Due to the forces of the rigging the chute sank into the ee's left foot when it was freed.