Mining Incidents

Cresent Valley Mine Coal

Mays Mining, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rodney Mays
Carbon Hill, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103370

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
42
citations
14
significant & substantial
$10,340
proposed penalties
$8,700
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
2019 Q1 13,424 1 0 74.5
2013 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,933 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 9,696 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 11,418 3 2 262.7
2011 Q3 11,853 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,796 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,282 3 1 362.2
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

2011 · 1 incident

April 9, 2011 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was working on the door of a D10 dozer, he removed the door & it slipped pinching his finger, he jerked his hand out from under the door cutting his right pinky finger.

2010 · 1 incident

October 20, 2010 AL · Coal rock driller MACHINERY
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Struck by flying object

The injuried was using a grinder to smooth rough edges of a shaft and several small pieces of metal came off and flew under his safety glasses and got lodged under his right eye lid.