Mining Incidents

Mine #2 Coal

Bremen, Cullman County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103117

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2003–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
108
citations
30
significant & substantial
$106,091
proposed penalties
$106,091
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 2, 2007 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was getting back on dozer to move for a shot. A co-worker was backing beside the dozer. He struck employee, and ran over him with pickup truck. Employee suffered trauma to his head and chest.

Reportable incidents

10 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2007 · 3 incidents

October 5, 2007 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was getting off his dozer; he slipped and as he fell his left leg got caught between the push arm and the track. The employee broke both bones in his lower leg.

January 22, 2007 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating a trackhoe, clearing in advance of the mining. He was working in an area of trees; he moved his machine and a limb broke and came into the cab striking him in the left shoulder.

2006 · 3 incidents

August 1, 2006 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE was fueling his dozer at the end of his shift, when he slipped and fell from the dozer, to the ground.

May 20, 2006 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

The employee was leveling up on the highwall when he backed his dozer over the edge. The dozer went down the 40' wall backwards turning slightly to the right. The dozer appears to have hit on the right track at the back of the machine, then laid over on its side. During this fall the employee's head hit something on the inside of the cab. He had to have 7 stitches.

May 19, 2006 AL · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

PC1800 was digging on a hard place in the pit. The bucket came in contact with an unfired booster and set it off. The bucket was on top of the primer. No damage just a few rocks sprayed in the immediate area. Also a loud bang.

2005 · 1 incident

October 4, 2005 AL · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

He was lifting a piece of steel. He place a chain on the plate and on a loader bucket. When he lifted the plate he reached under the plate to move a cross tie; then the chain slipped off the loader bucket. The plate dropped and caught his right thumb and index finger.

2004 · 2 incidents

July 19, 2004 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS PULLING PIN THAT HOLDS TOOTH (CAT LOADER). PIECE OF METAL WENT IN UPPER RIGHT THIGH - LODGED IN MUSCLE.

May 21, 2004 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Contact with heat

Very hot weather conditions, working put pipe in and dehydrated.

2003 · 1 incident

November 14, 2003 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

1 1/2 CHAIN BROKE - PIECE OF CHAIN HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT WRIST.