Mining Incidents

Black Warrior Mine No 1 Coal

Controlled by Allegiance Coal LTD
Morris, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103437

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2013–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
115
citations
43
significant & substantial
$56,426
proposed penalties
$56,426
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
2024 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 504 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 23,089 4 0 173.2
2023 Q1 55,572 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 56,618 2 0 35.3
2022 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 88,420 4 0 45.2
2021 Q4 35,609 1 1 28.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2023 · 1 incident

March 3, 2023 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was removing pin from cylinder on 214 rock truck. EE left pin hanging in the eye to reposition self to finish removing and during this process the pin fell sticking EE on right middle finger.

2022 · 1 incident

March 22, 2022 AL · Coal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was buckling two suction hoses together. EE was using a 12 inch crescent wrench as leverage. It slipped off the buckle and hit EE in the right side of EE's forehead.

2021 · 3 incidents

September 16, 2021 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was changing out a turbo on a Hitachi Excavator. The ratchet (hand held tool) EE was using broke causing the hand to strike the turbo flange lacerating the pinky finger.

April 12, 2021 AL · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was descending from a bulldozer while servicing it. EE's foot slipped and EE's leg got caught between the pusharm and track. EE fell over and fractured a tibia in their right leg.

January 19, 2021 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Field Technician was stemming loaded bore holes with a hand shovel and experienced low back pain. Diagnosis is a ruptured disc

2020 · 1 incident

2019 · 4 incidents

October 30, 2019 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down form a rock truck. They slipped and fell.

September 10, 2019 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 operating a rock truck. A large rock was loaded onto the truck. The rock rolled from the loader bucket to the truck bed shaking the cab causing the employee to hit the cab framework.

July 25, 2019 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lead Blaster was loading wet bags in bore holes directly from pump truck and experienced pain in lower back.

2018 · 3 incidents

October 22, 2018 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped getting off a loader. EE had contusion of the right knee.

June 27, 2018 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 operating a rock truck in which rocks were being loaded. A large rock was dropped by the loader onto the truck and it caused a jolt. The employee's back was hurt as a result of the impact.

January 12, 2018 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was passenger in straight truck that tipped over on its side due to poor and muddy road conditions resulting in employee bruising left shoulder and a contusion to forehead.

2017 · 2 incidents

September 19, 2017 AL · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was line boring/machining a hole with line boring equipment when EE somehow got arm and hand caught in the boring machine causing a fracture to the left arm and ring finger.

March 30, 2017 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was climbing down from dozer. The wind blew the employee down. EE fell on the push arm and was pinned for a few minutes.

2014 · 1 incident

February 8, 2014 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing into a rock truck. He felt a pull on his left leg. He injured his Achilles heel and may require surgery.

2013 · 1 incident