Mining Incidents

Fleetwood Mine No 1 Coal

Controlled by Allegiance Coal LTD
Peterson, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103179

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
136
citations
53
significant & substantial
$77,854
proposed penalties
$71,854
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 Q2 3,144 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 13,844 1 0 72.2
2014 Q3 15,612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 14,557 4 0 274.8
2014 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 960 7 3 7291.7
2013 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,440 0 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

11 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

June 15, 2014 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing into a dozer. He felt a pull and snap in his right shoulder but didn't report the injury to the office at that time. The injury got worse and he reported it on 8/12/14 after going to the doctor.

2006 · 1 incident

December 5, 2006 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was dumping rock from his 773B rock truck (#63W1910) when truck overturned landing upside down, causing damage to the rock truck and sending him (via ambulance) to the hospital with a back injury.

2005 · 1 incident

January 3, 2005 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was climbing 3 ft. hill when he lost his balance and fell.

2003 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2003 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WELDING FOR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES. WORKED ENTIRE SHIFT NO PROBLEMS, RIGHT EYE START BURNING ABOUT 2:00 AM NEXT MORNING 10-25-03. STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED EYE BURN.

January 6, 2003 AL · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Accident type, without injuries

HITACHI EXCAVATOR WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN ON COAL SEAM WHEN IT STRUCK A LOADED DRILL HOLE, CAUSING SAID HOLE TO DETONATE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO DOZER NEARBY. NO INJURIES WERE CAUSED TO OPERATORS.

2002 · 3 incidents

November 18, 2002 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF HIS MACHINE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

May 20, 2002 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS OPERATING HIS DOZER PUSHING ROCK. A ROCK WENT OVER EDGE OF BLADE AND GOT CAUGHT IN TILT CYLINDER AND LINES. HE PULLED UP TO TOP OF A HILL AND TRIED TO REMOVE ROCK HIMSELF. IN DOING THI S, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 18, 2002 AL · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HAVING THE ROCK TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING LOADED WITH COAL BY A FRONT END LOADER. A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE LOADER BUCKET AND HIT THE ROCK TRUCK, JARRING THE ROCK TRUCK AND EE CONTACTED THE FOREMAN AND INFORMED HIM THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND THE FOREMAN TOOK EE TO E.R. TO HAVE HIS BACK EXAMINED.

2001 · 1 incident

June 14, 2001 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON THE CHAIN OF A ROTARY DRILL WHEN THE CHAIN UNEXPECTEDLY MOVED, CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND AND ROLLED IT WHICH RESULTD IN THE SMALL FINGER BEING FRACTURED.

2000 · 1 incident

October 4, 2000 AL · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DISCONNECTING THE PUMP HOSE FROM THE WATER TRK AFTER FILLING TRK W/WATER TO SPRAY ROAD. AS HE REMOVED THE HOSE, DUE TO THE WATER HAVING WET EVERYTHING THE HOSE WAS FALLING FROM HIS GRI P.AS HE JERKED HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY OF THE HOSE CONNECTOR HE HIT HIS HAND ON A B3OLT ON THE PRAY BAR WHICH RESULTED IN HIS HAND BEING SLICED BETWEEN THUMB & INDEX FINGER REQUIRING SEVERAL S