Mining Incidents

Cold Springs West Mine Coal

Controlled by Twin Pines LLC
Cold Springs, Cullman County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103361

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
12
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,295
proposed penalties
$1,295
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
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 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

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

October 28, 2009 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Twin Pines Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE had exited cab of 45 ton mobile crane & was walking on deck to outrigger to step down to the ground. He allegedly saw a spot of grease on the motor compartment & bent down to wipe if off. As he raised up he hit his head on the jib section which was folded up alongside of the boom. EE staggered & fell off the mobile crane to the ground below ( six foot fall).

2008 · 1 incident

August 13, 2008 AL · Coal FIRE
Twin Pines Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

When we arrived at the mine for the 1st shift, supervisor's found a D-10 dozer company # 221 had burned during the night. The evening shift had parked the dozer at 2:00 am. There were no signs of foul play.