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Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. operator

Controlled by Walter Energy Incorporated
MSHA operator ID: P23253

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
78
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2000–2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
235
citations
76
significant & substantial
$241,181
proposed penalties
$195,381
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2013
2
2012
3
2011
9
2010
2
2009
8
2008
3
2007
9
2006
16
2005
11
2004
6
2003
4
2002
3 (1f)
2000
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 7, 2002 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Tuscaloosa Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

ON OCT.7, 2002, A 31 YEAR OLD MINER WAS FATALLY INJURED BY THE FALL OF A SINGLE ROCK/CLAY MASS FROM LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL LOCATED ABOVE THE HIGHWALL. RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS & WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN HEAVY JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 6AM SHIFT. MINER WAS HAND SHOVELING RAW COAL FROM THE BASE TO SCOOP INTO LOADER. NOT WEARING A HARD HAT.