SUFCO — Accidents

Total: 215 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/09/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While cleaning out dust hopper EE removed the guard and was working on unplugging the hopper when EE dropped EE's knife into the hopper. EE had thought that EE had turned off the hydraulic power and h...
11/24/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Employee was helping fix a shuttle car chain. The boom was being lowered and employee saw a shovel. EE reached in to retrieve the shovel and accidentally got EE's other hand pinched by the shuttle c...
11/03/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost While employees were preparing for a belt move they noticed that the belt was not level. While trying to level the belt the belt came off onto the belt structure that the employees were standing on ca...
10/31/2025 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was helping to hook up a trailer that was in a crosscut due to the highness of the truck they had to lift the tongue of the trailer, So while in the process of lifting the tongue on the compa...
10/10/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was removing the CM pot and while trying to pry the pot free the bar slipped and pinched EE's left hand ring finger between the bar and the CLA tip.
09/23/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On September 23rd at approximately 9:00pm, EE was monitoring the LW belt, a 20' flapper was noticed traveling into the take-up. EE shut the belt down and locked out the drives and winch. EE then remov...
08/18/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost On August 18th at approximately 4:00pm employee was advancing a shield over the shearer in a effort to support rock that was falling out from the roof and face. They lowered the shield adjacent to the...
07/16/2025 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None EE was working in the beltline and stated that EE was not feeling good, after sitting down EE collapsed EE's Co-workers checked EE and found no pulse at which time they began CPR, an AED was retrieved...
06/16/2025 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lost the balance of the doors on the forks of the skid steers and got hand caught between the door and headache rack on skid steer causing injury.
06/15/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 164d lost Employee was proceeding to advance TG shields from transition as face was advancing and a chunk of coal fell out and hit in the back causing them to accidentally fall forward causing injury to their l...
06/13/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Employee was changing out gas bottles and put one on a dolly. It started to fall off and employee tried to catch from falling and accidentally caused injury to fingers.
03/15/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was trying to hook the knuckle to the pan. The draw bar needed to be coma longed into place. There was no D ring on the draw bar so ee hooked the coma long around the draw bar and then hooked the b...
02/27/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling a skid out of crosscut EE noticed a bolt that needed to be moved and as EE attempted to move it the skid hit EE's right foot.
01/01/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost EE was roof bolting mesh to the roof as EE was raising the ATRS to the roof EE noticed that the mesh needed to be adjusted. EE lowered the mesh and was adjusting the mesh when it kicked upwards causin...
11/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee was pouring drain cleaner and it came out faster than expected and accidentally splashed on EE's arm and then running down under EE's glove causing injury to arm. Employee did not miss work...
10/07/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was fusing pipe and trying to line up pipe with fuser. The pipe slid forward and accidentally caused employee's finger to get caught between two pipes causing injury
09/25/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was throwing blocks and smashed EE's finger between two blocks causing injury to EE's finger. Note: This employee works a 4-10 (4 days a week) schedule and this MSHA 7000-1 was submitted w...
09/17/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE and co-worker were hanging tubes in #1 entry of the 7 North 3 Left Tailgate, they had hung the tube and IE was holding it up while co-worker was fixing the chains and hook. They switched positions...
06/10/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While EE was running the miner the face was popping and a piece of coal came off the face and hit EE in the mouth causing one of their front teeth to get chipped.
06/08/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was operating a fuel truck underground and accidentally hit a rib causing EE's knee to hit against the dash in the cab causing injury.
05/11/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 96d lost EE was on Shield #6 and was asked to come into the pan line to help move the mesh out of the way of the bolter. When EE went to go into the panline they lost their balance causing them to fall backwar...
05/08/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Two EE's were retrieving their bolting steels from the Kitchen toolbox. One EE opened the lid and was holding it opened as EE moved towards EE, EE moved around EE, due to someone standing up the table...
03/03/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost While conveying a load of rock from the shuttle car into the feeder breaker a rock rolled over the side rail of the conveyor from the shuttle car's throat hitting EE's right hand.
02/22/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost EEs were taking down rib support in 1L7N XC-20. EEs were taking out the X member piece. EE was loosening off the last bolt and when it finally broke loose, EE's body shifted bumping the X piece knocki...
12/29/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost While advancing shields, Shield 159 got hung up, EE went to climb over leg ram to assist Shield 159 on advancement and left sided foot slipped in between the leg ram and spill tray on pan then the pan...
11/02/2023 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost EE was setting a circuit breaker on 5 West belt drive, when EE set the breaker the breaker arc flashed causing burns to the back of EE's hands and legs. While getting away from the flash EE reaggravat...
08/04/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While EE was performing routine maintenance on the traction planetary on CM-111 EE felt a pop in EE's elbow on EE's right arm.
07/31/2023 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was walking and tripped over a piece of coal. When EE stood up, EE hit EE's head on a vent tube causing injury.
07/27/2023 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was setting mesh on the ATRS setting up for the next row of bolts. While doing so, the left rib popped sending a piece of coal through the air and hitting EE in the upper lip left side causing a la...
07/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost While EE was helping to install a high voltage nip into the power center on the longwall, they were holding the nip and when the other EE repositioned to plug in the nip EE felt a pain in their right...
06/14/2023 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 103d lost Rb-11 was installing rib mesh in XC-3 coming from the 1 Left 7 North Tailgate section in the set up room about 50' into the cross cut. The miner was attempting to hold the rib mesh in place during the...
04/25/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE finished drilling outside hole and top steel got stuck. EE used 4' steel to try to get it out. EE was holding down the mat with their elbow to connect the two steels together to pull the stuck one...
01/12/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was hanging vent tube and coal rolled out from behind mesh striking them on the leg. They did not start to miss work until 1/30/2023.
10/09/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While EE was bolting on the right side of the bolter, they were drilling the outside 7' hole and while doing so they dropped the drill box causing the wrench to fall out. They lowered the box and lean...
09/18/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting in 7 North Mains #1 entry the employee was adjusting the mesh on the ATRS EE's right arm got caught on the mat which caused it to tear EE's rain jacket and long sleeve shirt causing a la...
08/11/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost While installing a 7' roof bolt in the first row of the graveyard shift, the operator dropped the bit insert on the ground. The operator got off the bolter and grabbed the bit then got back on the roo...
06/27/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost EE had placed a crib under a shield to be able to unload it from the cookie sheet on the 650, EE placed the crib under the shield it needed to be repositioned, so EE used left foot to push the crib in...
04/28/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was hanging a string cutter on 4 East #2 belt. The string cutter consisted of metal tubing. The EE first inserted the off-walkway side into the bracket and was holding the walkway side in place wit...
02/23/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost EE went to adjust the sampler brake. EE disengaged the sampler brake and then lifted the cover so EE could pull on the sampler drive belt to get it into position. EE tried to move the sampler forward...
10/10/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost EE was helping set shields, they spun the shield and it needed to be pumped up, so they stopped and set the milk to the shield, EE had right hand resting on the shield. When they set the milk to the s...
10/06/2021 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EE was loading a roll of belt onto the loader and after fastening the chain, EE stepped off the loader and stepped on a piece of coal and rolled ankle. On October 18, 2021 EE visited a doctor and was...
09/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was doing a pre-op and cleaning the equipment, there were (2) five-gallon buckets of oil on the loader. EE grabbed one of the buckets to take it off the loader and when EE stepped off the loader th...
07/20/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 95d lost, 2d restricted Miner claimed miner went to find the crew members in the section & when miner turned a corner slipped in the mud & twisted left knee which caused miner to drop to knees, after that miner's co-workers...
06/03/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost EE was using a rake to clean up the accumulations that were under the North Mains #1 Belt, the belt was approximately a foot and half off the ground. As EE put the rake under the belt the rake handle...
05/07/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost EE was unloading belt supplies from BB-203 at XC-7 in 6 North while unloading the supplies another EE was in BB-219 moving the truck out of the haulage way, while backing up BB-219 the rear fender cau...
04/14/2021 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While EE was walking in the 1 Right Pines East #2 return entry to help spot the 650. While walking the EE looked at EE's watch to see what time it was as EE looked up EE walked into the end of a pod l...
01/24/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on removing the wipe and hanger brackets on 5 West belt. While removing the come along from the wipe it became jammed and wouldn't release. EE took a screwdriver and while prying on the...
12/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost While finishing a splice on Pines East #2 belt, EE was folding the 60"" belt back over to line it up to put a pin in. EE was pushing the belt alone when the belt was caught on the bottom of the struct...
12/12/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was throwing mesh on bolter and felt pain in shoulder
11/22/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While working on the roof bolter, Employee needed some more parts and went to the maintenance skid while walking through a water hole at XC-5 in 1 Right Pines East #2, Employee slipped and felt a sudd...