Mining Incidents

Sewell No 1: 16 reportable incidents Coal

Marson Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Harry C Marson IV
Pickens, Randolph County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605219

MSHA record for Sewell No 1 (mine ID 4605219). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Marson Coal Company Inc 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sewell No 1 sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Randolph County, West Virginia · Population 27,782
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,057
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 29, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marson Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE POUNDING ON A PIECE OF CHAIN, A SILVER OF METAL ENTERED EYE.

1985 · 3 incidents

March 26, 1985 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Marson Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE TRAVELING UNDER LOW CEILING, EMPLOYEE LIFTED UP HIS HEAD, STRIKING A CROSSBAR.

February 16, 1985 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Marson Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE BATTERY TRACTOR BUMPER AND THE MINE ROOF.

1984 · 9 incidents

September 21, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Marson Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN BRIDGE CARRIER AND PAN LINE.SPRAINED ANKLE.

August 15, 1984 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss OTHER
Marson Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

COAL DIRT WAS BLOWN IN EYE.

August 14, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Marson Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HIT A WOODEN WEDGE

May 25, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Marson Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

SMASHED INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

1983 · 3 incidents

September 13, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Marson Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON CHAIN HEAD,PLIERS CAME IN CONTACT WITH COUPLER AND JERKED BACK INTO EMPL HAND.CONTUSION-RIGHT HAND.