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Wellmore Coal CorporationMining Incidents in 2022

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Wellmore Coal Corporation operations in 2022. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2022
1
Total incidents
2
Year
2022

Top incident classifications

  1. 01OTHER1 incident
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2022

The Black Diamond Company
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

The sub-contractor was found unconscious in EE's vehicle by EE's co-worker. The car was locked, co-worker attempted to wake EE. Co-worker called 911, then got mine superintendent, who came to the scene, broke the window, removed EE from EE's car, and started CPR. EE was then pronounced deceased at the hospital.

The Black Diamond Company
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee had climbed up the ladder to check the feeder at the #1 hopper. While climbing back down the ladder, coal was loaded in to the hopper which caused the safety wire rope slack to tighten toward the handrail. The wire rope pinched employee's right ring finger against the handrail.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Wellmore Coal Corporation's numeric MSHA operator ID.