Mining Incidents

Howton Mine Coal

Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103260

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2004–2009
Latest incident
Apr 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
55
citations
18
significant & substantial
$9,432
proposed penalties
$9,432
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
2009 Q3 7,318 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,653 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 19,804 1 0 50.5
2008 Q3 25,221 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 19,608 5 0 255.0
2008 Q1 3,920 3 2 765.3
2007 Q4 18,772 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,920 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

16 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

April 23, 2009 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was helping set a pump, while pulling on the rope to get the suction hose in place, he slipped and fell and landed on his right wrist.

January 21, 2009 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was working with other truck drivers and pulling on hose. Caused him to complain about his back hurting.

2008 · 2 incidents

March 19, 2008 AL · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was getting out of Service Truck & got his foot hung between the Cab & step. He fell & twisted left knee in the process.

February 1, 2008 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee called foreman stating he had been jarred real good while being loaded and wanted to get down & walk around for a minute or two. 15 to 20 minutes later he called foreman stating his neck & back were hurting worse and wanted to go to the doctor.

2007 · 3 incidents

October 2, 2007 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping another employee change oil in screen plate & got a piece of coal in his left eye.

June 21, 2007 AL · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking, slipped & fell in gravel on hillside, causing pain to hip, lower back & left elbow.

March 19, 2007 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

While pushing overburden benching down to milldale, employee inadvertently trammed off aprox. 30' edge.

2006 · 5 incidents

September 26, 2006 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping to move a pump. Stepped backwards and tripped, hurting back.

July 12, 2006 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stepping onto rock truck when he felt a sudden pain to his left calf leg area.

July 6, 2006 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee backed into a truck causing jolt to neck.

February 2, 2006 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee got out of truck and started walking to back of truck. He tripped over a small pile of dirt and fell, landing on a hard object hurting his left knee.

2005 · 3 incidents

2004 · 1 incident