A fully trained miner was welding in a boom truck when the boom of the truck caught fire. The IE jumped from the bucket and the lanyard burnt in two causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.
Nelms Plant Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2002–2024
- Latest incident
- Jun 2024
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 4,304 | 2 | 0 | 464.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,990 | 4 | 1 | 801.6 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,773 | 3 | 0 | 628.5 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,294 | 4 | 1 | 755.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 4,902 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 4,888 | 1 | 0 | 204.6 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,642 | 3 | 0 | 823.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 7,983 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
8 on file2024 · 1 incident
2019 · 1 incident
While grinding on a steel pipe, a spark bounced off of the front of employees jacket, up under the welding hood, and safety glasses, contacting EE's left eye.
2018 · 1 incident
An open flame was observed on the raw coal stockpile at the preparation plant.
2015 · 1 incident
While working in the outside shop on a mantrip, the employee was removing a speed reducer and it slid off of the axle pinching his Rt. ring finger against the shop floor resulting in a laceration and a fracture to the tip of the finger. The employee was wearing gloves at the time of the accident.
2014 · 1 incident
While standing on a wooden plank above an empty sump repairing a water line, the plank broke causing the employee to fall injuring his left shoulder on impact with the side of the sump.
2013 · 1 incident
While raising one end of a pipe with a come-a-long, the opposite end of the pipe fell striking the employee on the right hand causing a laceration requiring 7 stitches.
2008 · 1 incident
Had hand under metal cutting with torch. When ball released metal dropped and punctured hand (7 stitches) bolt was holding 2 pieces of metal together.
2002 · 1 incident
EE WAS A PASSENGER IN ROCK TRUCK, HE HAD REPLACED HIS ARM OVER THE OPERATIONS SEAT UNAWARE HIS LT. HAND, THUMB WAS IN THE DOOR JAM- THE TRUCK OPERATOR CLOSED THE DOOR, EE'S THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN DOOR/JAM. INATTENTION TO ACTIVITY-MAJOR FACTOR.