Mining Incidents

Reese's Branch Mine Coal

Parrish, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103342

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2009–2016
Latest incident
Oct 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
102
citations
29
significant & substantial
$21,237
proposed penalties
$20,805
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 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 741 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,807 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q4 9,269 1 1 107.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2016 · 2 incidents

October 25, 2016 AL · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Lake Mining, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Service truck driver stepped out of truck the wrong way and sprained ankle.

August 27, 2016 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Lake Mining, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Watering roads, going up hill the truck stalled out and began to roll backwards, employee turned it into berm to stop it and the loaded water truck overturned.

2015 · 1 incident

February 19, 2015 AL · Coal FIRE
Cedar Lake Mining, Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Service truck had pulled out of the pit area and the head lights went dim. Service operator pulled to the top of the hill to check the problem with the head lights. Once at the top of the hill he was checking the lights and noticed the truck was smoking from the rear of the truck. The truck started to burn on the back.

2011 · 1 incident

July 15, 2011 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Lake Mining, Inc · Struck against a moving object

The driver began backing onto the drill bench when he felt the brakes go soft. He reacted by turning the steering wheel of the truck abruptly to the left causing the truck to turn onto its side.

2009 · 1 incident

January 20, 2009 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Lake Mining, Inc · Struck against stationary object

The blaster helper was driving Kenworth Truck up steep grade at mine site. The back wheels started to spin & bounce, causing drive shaft to break. Due to weight of material on truck, truck started sliding back down the steep grade. Blaster helper jumped from truck & sprained his left ankle. Which will result in the blaster helper being off work for 3 scheduled work days.