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.