Sewell Mine B — Accidents
Total: 34 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/21/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 70d lost | Employee was lying on employee's side changing a torque shaft on the continuous miner when a large rock slid off the miner and pinned employee between rock and frame of the miner. |
| 09/12/2024 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 19d lost | Employee was on EE's knees operating the continuous miner when a piece of draw rock measuring 2'x2'x2"" fell striking employee on EE's left foot |
| 10/02/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 30d lost | When employee released the brake on the rail mantrip, the mantrip began to roll forward. Employee panicked and jumped off. EE slipped and struck EE's left shoulder on rib/brow. |
| 01/19/2023 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 360d lost | Employee was operating a shuttle car. While being loaded, a rock fowled in the discharge end of the continuous miner conveyor chain. When the rock came loose, it was thrown toward employee, striking t... |
| 10/14/2021 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 2d restricted | Employee was operating a shuttle car when a piece of rock was thrown from the continuous miner boom and struck employee on face and forehead. |
| 01/23/2021 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A roof fall measuring approximately 55 inches high, 20 feet wide and 40 feet long, fell in crosscut between no. 4 and no. 5 entry near spad no. 2001. (The fall has been dangered off and will not be cl... |
| 12/16/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was loading roof bolt supplies onto the roof bolter when a co-worker threw a bundle of roof bolt plates and caught employee's finger between the plates and the roof bolter. |
| 06/18/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 30d lost | Employee stated that while walking in the No. 4 entry, EE slipped and fell causing EE to strike EE's shoulder on a rock. Employee did not return to work after scheduled 2 week vacation. |
| 09/04/2019 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A roof fall occurred while mining the No. 1 lift off the right wing of the No. 6 Pillar block on the mains section. The material caught the continuous miner on the left side and caused the continuous... |
| 05/24/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 170d lost | Employee was shoveling coal onto the belt conveyor when EE felt a pain in EE's left shoulder. |
| 05/06/2019 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was operating a shuttle car and was being loaded by the continuous miner when a piece of rock being discharged by the miner struck the employee on EE's lip. |
| 08/10/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 140d lost | Employee was removing a roof bolter tire from the rim and while striking the rim with a sledge hammer, the hammer came back and struck employee on employee's left arm. |
| 04/26/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was unloading timbers and one of the timbers fell on employee's foot. |
| 10/07/2016 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a cut off saw when the salo disk/blade broke, a piece of the fragment from the blade struck the employee on the finger. |
| 05/12/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | Employee was using a hammer to remove a bearing from a shaft, when EE struck the bearing, a piece of metal flew back and struck EE on the left eye (Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time). |
| 05/09/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | Employee was shoveling the belt when felt a muscle pull in upper back. |
| 10/26/2015 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 41d lost | Employee was tramming the roof bolter past a parked shuttle car. The bolter slid and caught employee's leg between the bolter and the shuttle car bumper. |
| 11/19/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 118d lost | While moving a scoop battery charger to a new location, employee was loading cable in scoop bucket, when he was moving away from the scoop, he slipped and his foot went under the scoop bucket as the s... |
| 10/27/2014 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 136d lost | Employee was operating a roof bolting machine when he got his hand caught between the drill head and the drill steel. |
| 10/13/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was hanging the continuous miner cable when he felt something start burning in his lower back. |
| 07/23/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 204d lost | Employee was opening airlock door to allow a scoop to travel through when the supply car being pulled by the scoop struck the door causing it to strike employees leg. |
| 03/27/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 45d lost | A co-worker was setting a 7 foot timber, when he loss control of the timber it fell on the left foot of this employee. |
| 10/21/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 48d lost | EE stated that while working on conveyor belt in the track entry, he slipped in the mud and fell on the track. |
| 09/10/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While working on track, the EE dropped a rail and the rail kicked back and struck the EE on the left foot. |
| 05/29/2013 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was operating a scoop when a small piece of draw rock fell form the roof/rib and struck employee on the upper back. |
| 02/12/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 52d lost | Employee was shoveling under the belt conveyor when he felt something pull in his shoulder. |
| 02/04/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 220d lost | While unloading cinder blocks from scoop bucket, employee dropped one of the blocks on his right knee. |
| 03/19/2012 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | EE was installing line curtain using a Poco Stick. The Poco Stick slid backwards and dislodged a piece of draw rock that fell and struck EE on the forehead and eye. |
| 12/01/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | A 10' timber fell over and struck the employee in the lower back. |
| 12/29/2010 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | EE stated that while working near the #3 belt head he slipped on a piece of belt and twisted his ankle. |
| 12/01/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was driving inserts into the bit lugs on the continuous miner when a piece of the hammer he was using broke off - flew back and struck employee on the lip. |
| 09/07/2010 | FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | EE stated that a piece of the rib rolled off and struck him on the foot. |
| 08/25/2010 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 102d lost | EE was preparing to cross over the pinner cable when the cable flew up and struck him on the right side of his neck. |
| 08/24/2010 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 15d lost | Employee was operating the continuous miner when a piece of draw rock fell striking employee on head and shoulder. |