Aces Branch Mine #9 — Accidents

Total: 14 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/27/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None B & W Resources Inc. believes an electrical short in the electric fuel hose reel caused the fire. The fuel hose reel compartment was severely damaged.
06/28/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost The employee strained EE's lower back while pulling an oil hose from the oil truck.
03/19/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating a John Deere 700 dozer when the machine over traveled the work area and overturned. The employee was wearing a seatbelt and only sustained bruising. EE was examined immediat...
09/25/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Employees left ring finger was pinched when the small, oil soaked hydraulic jack EE was holding slipped and fell to the bumper.
02/17/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was tightening a hydraulic hose. The wrench slipped hitting the employee over the left eye. Injury resulted in 7 stitches.
08/20/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Truck driver was going down a hill and went into ditch and hit rock causing truck to tip on the right side
08/14/2018 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A Caterpillar D10R Dozer caught on fire between 3:50pm (the time that the machine was parked) and 5:47pm (the notification of fire to company officials)
10/07/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a sledge hammer to assist in the installation of a ball stud on a Caterpillar 777D truck.
09/07/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 121d lost There was no accident, the employee was suffering from a bulging disc in which employee had previously had surgery for years ago. The condition was worsening and while working on the job that day empl...
03/06/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The employee was cleaning loose material away from the highwall in the #8 coal pit when the bucket on the loader hit a rock. This caused the loader to abruptly swivel hard to the right sending a jolt...
09/19/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee reinjured a previous back injury that resulted in 4 bulging disks in the employee's back.
08/16/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost The employee has been placed on light duty.
09/14/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting edge off loader and it fell landing on left foot.
06/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Getting vacuum cleaner out of back of mechanic truck. Slipped on bed of truck striking right side of ribs.