Mining Incidents

Pratt No. 1 Mine Coal

North Pratt Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Jimmie R Ryan
Graysville, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103102

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
393
citations
124
significant & substantial
$107,983
proposed penalties
$17,594
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
2015 Q4 818 2 2 2445.0
2015 Q3 15,455 4 1 258.8
2015 Q1 14,067 3 0 213.3
2014 Q4 1,528 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 80 13 8 162500.0
2005 Q2 4,189 24 7 5729.3
2005 Q1 0 17 7
2004 Q3 0 37 18
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 12, 2005 AL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sunrise Coal Co., LLC · Struck by falling object

Intersection roof fall in above roof suport in the #4 entry/belt entry in the last open crosscut causing death of a bridge operator.

Reportable incidents

14 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2015 · 2 incidents

October 16, 2015 AL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
North Pratt Mining, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

At 5:50 am on 10/16/2015 while checking the water level we found a roof fall in #2 entry (return) at 72 break. The fall was 30' long by 20' wide and 36" thick. There was 36" roof bolts and they came down with the fall. This is an untraveled area.

April 14, 2015 AL · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner POWERED HAULAGE
North Pratt Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Scoop operator was hauling supplies to the section and the roof bolter cable got hung on the canopy of the scoop, operator tried to move the cable and his finger got smashed between the canopy of the scoop and the cable.

2014 · 1 incident

2004 · 5 incidents

August 5, 2004 AL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sunrise Coal Co., LLC · Struck by falling object

About 10" draw rock fell back to last row of bolts. Rock fell on operator's leg.

August 3, 2004 AL · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Sunrise Coal Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured person was helping remove rock from haulage chain. Injured person turned back to haulage to place rock on rib. #1 bridge operator trammed forward and ran system track on side of foot.

August 2, 2004 AL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Sunrise Coal Co., LLC · Struck by powered moving object

HAULAGE SYSTEM WAS MOVING BACKWARDS FROM THE FACE WHEN THE BRIDGE OPERATOR WAS INJURED AS BRIDGE IN FRONT OF HIM FORCED FRAME OF BRIDGE INTO LEG.

March 26, 2004 AL · Coal electrician helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunrise Coal Co., LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While installinga 165 hp ripper motor in the joy miner the roof plate that was supporting a chain broke allowing the motor to swing out striking the lower leg of the victim causing a fracture of the lower left leg.

2003 · 4 incidents

November 6, 2003 AL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) NO VALUE FOUND
A2M, LLC · No Value Found

EE REPORTED THAT HE STRAINED HIS NECK WHILE LOADING WOOD PLANKS INTO SCOOP BUCKET.

October 31, 2003 AL · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A2M, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ROCK DUSTING BELT LINE, ROCK DUST GOT INTO EE'S EYE. IT BOUNCED OFF RIB & WENT IN HIS LT. EYE.

October 14, 2003 AL · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator NO VALUE FOUND
A2M, LLC · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN S & S 488 SCOOP TO REPOSITION IT. HIS SUPERVISOR HEARD THE SCOOP POWER UP THEN SHUT DOWN. HE CALLED TO THE EMPLOYEE & WHEN HE DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER, HE WENT TO THE SCOOP AND FOUND EMPLOYEE PINCHED BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF

May 27, 2003 AL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A2M, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

AT 32 X CUT IN RETURN ROOF FELL ABOUT 6'HIGH, 20'LONG & 20'WIDE. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS CAUGHT. MOVED STOPPING LINE OVER & BREAKERED IT OFF. WE ARE NOT GOING TO CLEAN ROOF FAL L UP. (AIR IS TRAVELING IN RIGHT DIRECTION.)

2002 · 1 incident

September 3, 2002 AL · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A2M, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING BELT TOGETHER, CHAIN BROKE AND HIT HIM ON THE HAND.

2000 · 1 incident

May 13, 2000 AL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Fossil Ridge Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE OFF SIDE OF THE RRII TWIN BOOM FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER, WHEN INJURED ATTEMPTED TO DRILL THE HOLE FOR THE #1 BOLT, A SHARP PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF, AROUND THE DRILL STEEL AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE RIGHT FOREARM, CREATING A LACERATION.