Mining Incidents

Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc.Operator

Controlled by Walter Energy Incorporated
MSHA Operator ID: P23253
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
78
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2000–2013

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#727of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

For counsel + compliance teams

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Top causes

  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON34 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS21 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE9 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY7 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)4 non-fatal

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
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.