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Sewell Misc Shops & Outside Repr: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Sewell Coal Company · Facility
Controlled by Pittston Company
Nettie, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603224

MSHA record for Sewell Misc Shops & Outside Repr (mine ID 4603224). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Sewell Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sewell Misc Shops & Outside Repr sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 1 incident

September 1, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Sewell Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMPENSATION AW5RD FOR HEARING LOSS

1985 · 2 incidents

May 2, 1985 WV · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sewell Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING MACHINE BIT IN END MILLING MACHINE HIS HAND HIT END & WAS CUT REQUIRING STITCHES

April 18, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sewell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING BATTERY TERMINAL WITH A KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.