Coal Mine Safety and Health Amended Report of Investigation: Underground Coal Mine. Fatal Fall of Roof Accident (Amended), March 29, 2006 (Victim Died April 10, 2006) No. 4 Mine, Jim Walter Resources, Inc., Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, ID No. 01-01247

摘要

The No. 4 Mine, I.D. 01-01247, is owned and operated by Jim Walter Resources, Inc. The mine is located in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, near the community of Brookwood. The mine provides employment for 454 persons and operates 6 days per week, 3 shifts per day with production on all shifts. The mine produces an average of 9,700 clean tons per day. The miners are represented by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). The mine operates in the Blue Creek coal seam, with a mining height that averages seven feet. At the time of the accident, the mine was operating four mechanized mining units (MMU), three continuous mining machine units and one longwall unit.