Accident type, without injuries
The #3 clean Coal belt line caught fire from the take up to the head drive. The fire could not be extinguished within 30 minutes.
Wellmore Coal CorporationMining Incidents in 2023
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Wellmore Coal Corporation operations in 2023. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2023
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Year
- 2023
Top incident classifications
- 01FIRE1 incident
- 02ELECTRICAL1 incident
All incidents in 2023
Flash burns (electric)
An electrician was troubleshooting and checking connections on the #1 Magnetic Separator circuit breaker. A screwdriver EE was using came in contact with energized leads causing an arc that resulted in first degree burns to EE's neck and right hand and second degree burns to EE's left hand.