Mining Incidents

Sands Hill Strip #2 Coal

Wellston, Jackson County, OH  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3303336

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
0
significant & substantial
$2,304
proposed penalties
$2,304
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q2 980 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2024 · 1 incident

July 15, 2024 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carbon River Coal, Corp · Fall onto or against objects

A fully trained miner was checking oil on a D-11 Dozer when EE slipped on the track of the dozer and landed on their shoulder. The injury was not the result of any compliance issues nor were any protective guards involved.

2019 · 1 incident

November 18, 2019 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sands Hill Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Truck Driver was dumping a trailer of bypro, Driver dumped on UNLEVEL ground causing the load to shift and turn the truck & trailer on its side. Driver was is in the cab of the semi at the time and was not wearing EE's seat belt. EE then fell into the gear shift causing injury to EE's rib and chest area.

2014 · 1 incident

October 14, 2014 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While installing a ripper tooth pin on a dozer a 1 centimeter metal fragment from a punch cut the operator on the right side of the head. The fragment was removed requiring one suture.

2004 · 1 incident

December 1, 2004 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN GOING UP LADDER TO LOADER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER CALF.

2002 · 1 incident

August 23, 2002 OH · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

CLAMP BROKE THAT HOLDS THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PIPES TOGETHER, PIPE FELL DOWN ON EE CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES, BROKEN NOSE AND JAW, LEFT SHOULDER BLADE, HAND AND ANKLE, BROKEN RIGHT FEMUR BONE.

2001 · 2 incidents

August 11, 2001 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIPPING HARDROCK, HE STARTED TO BACK UP WHEN DOZER TRACK SLIPPED OFF LEFT SIDE OF ROCK AND CAUSED DOZER TO DROP ENOUGH TO JERK EE.

May 30, 2001 OH · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HAULING FROM PIT TO DUMP, A LARGE ROCK ROLLED OFF OF DUMP AND HIT RIGHT SIDE OF TRUCK AND TIRE.

2000 · 1 incident