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Kepler Sewell Mine Coal

Pineville, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609287

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Jul 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
21
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,506
proposed penalties
$3,506
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
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 2 0
2009 Q2 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

3 on file

2013 · 3 incidents

July 17, 2013 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was running #3 shuttle car ran over ledge in bottom turning right handed toward feeder. His head jerked back and rammed head into canopy. Has pain in neck and down right side of body.

March 15, 2013 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee & co-worker were pulling the cable of a s-car when employee felt a tightening in his back. He finished the shift and didn't stop work until 3-18-13.

January 25, 2013 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baylor Mining, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Traveling the face area, ice between 3 & 4 entry slight grade covered with ice. Employee went through fly pad slipped on ice landing on his back on his SCSR.