Bailey Mine — Accidents

Total: 1,512 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/14/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist operator was coming out of the shaft with an empty hook and came to an abrupt stop which triggered the slack rope switch. This caused a backlash in the load line cable causing the derailment of...
02/14/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost Employee was installing rib bolts off of the miner when a piece of the rib fell and struck them on the right forearm causing a laceration. Employee received stitches to close the laceration and was ta...
02/13/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was using a chisel and hammer to free a dog bone connecting two pieces of panline. The hammer glanced off the head of the chisel, and struck the employee in the left thumb. Injury was not the...
01/17/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple Hoist car was inoperable for an extended period of time due to a communication fault between the surface computer and the underground computer. An additional processor switch was added w...
01/16/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The Dry Ride elevator inadvertently stopped while transporting an employee into the mine. This employee was stuck on the elevator for an extended period of time until maintenance personal could reset...
12/18/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple slope hoist car was taken out of service for an extended period of time due to a damaged hoist car wheel phalange. The phalange looked to be broken due to excessive wear over time. The...
12/13/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee tripped on uneven bottom and fell to the ground catching self with left hand on a sharp rock. This caused a laceration on EE's left hand requiring sutures to close. Employee did not miss sc...
12/10/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple elevator was out of service for an extended period of time due to a faulty breaker. This breaker is for the backup battery that controls the charger for the dynamic breaks. After chargin...
11/30/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Employee was carrying and spotting J-Crib bags in the intake, when EE lost their balance and struck the right knee off of the ground. This incident did not involve any aspect of compliance with rules...
11/28/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple portal elevator was out of service for an extended period of time. The elevator was not operating at normal speeds and was taken out of service to troubleshoot. The VFD Drive PC was cha...
11/27/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple elevator was out of service for an extended period of time due to a faulty leveling switch on the upper landing. The switch was replaced, and the elevator was tested and was put back in...
10/11/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 190d lost Employee was carrying 2 pumpable crib bags over their right shoulder and felt a pop and pain in their shoulder. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
10/09/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 178d lost Injured employee was involved in a minor haulage incident that resulted in strains and sprains. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.
09/12/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the 6 South area of the mine at 104 x-cut between the #7 to 8 entry. The fall measured approx. 40 ft long by 16 ft wide 7-10 ft high. It is believed that horizon...
09/05/2023 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An Unplanned event occurred on the 12L belt in which a broken belt roller caused a piece of the conveyor belt to wrap around it causing significant friction. This caused an area of the belt to melt i...
08/29/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 239d lost While walking to re-hook a chain onto a track rail that was being removed from 11L longwall, the employee tripped and fell onto the track rail. EE's knee landed on the on the track rail. Employee wor...
08/11/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping complete a belt splice and was trimming off some belt edges. EE was on EE's knees on the left side of the belt cutting off an edge with a belt knife. The knife accidentally slip...
08/10/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a tilt out bolt off of the miner when a piece of rock fell and pinched EE's left index finger between the rock and the rib door that EE had their hand on. X-rays revealed a sm...
08/05/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the #1 entry of 6 South between 108 and 109 x-cut. Adverse geological conditions in the form of a ""cutter"" due to horizontal stress, ran up the left rib causi...
07/31/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 113d lost Employee was removing an obstruction from the walkway when employee felt a pain in left shoulder. Employee continued to work all required shifts until being taken off of work to repair a damaged rota...
07/20/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a piece of metal from a machine. The last two bolts holding the metal to the machine broke and the metal fell onto the employee's right thumb causing a laceration.
07/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was placing a riser on a catch basin and felt a pop in shoulder
07/10/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a rock out of the way of the miner cable, when the rock rolled onto right ring finger causing a laceration. Employee received 5 stitches to close the laceration. Employee did not...
06/22/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred in the #1 entry of 6 south @116 crosscut. The fall occurred due to adverse geological roof condition in the form of a stress cutter running up the left side of the...
06/19/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employees were welding plastic pipe when the jaw of the pipe welder broke at the hydraulic cylinder. As the employees were attempting to remove the pipe from the jaws to remove and repair the damaged...
06/12/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 129d lost While traveling in a mantrip out of the mine, one mantrip inadvertently struck another mantrip that was traveling in the opposite direction. This incident occurred on the 2 east track at 12 x-cut. T...
06/12/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 307d lost While traveling out of the mine as a passenger, the mantrip EE was traveling in inadvertently struck another mantrip that was traveling in the opposite direction. This incident occurred on the 2 east...
06/12/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 179d lost Employee was a passenger in a mantrip that was traveling out of the mine after EE's shift. This mantrip struck another mantrip that was traveling in the opposite direction at 12 x-cut on the 2-east h...
06/12/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking thru a crosscut, tripped and accidentally struck hand against a plate of a cable bolt that was on the ground causing injury to hand.
06/06/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While shipping old ram jacks off of the longwall face, the ram jack came out of the pan line and struck the injured employee causing EE to fall. As a result, EE received a laceration to left leg that...
06/02/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple hoist car was out of service for an extended period of time due to a fault on the systems PLC card. The PLC card was eventually changed to correct the fault.
05/27/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee struck in face by a Shive Puller while trying to remove shive from a Raw Coal Screen on 4th floor plant 2B.
05/15/2023 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking beside the loading machine, the employees hand struck a Pie pan rib support causing a laceration on left index finger knuckle. Employee received 4 sutures to close laceration. Employee...
05/05/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While dropping the hoist car into the mine, damage occurred to the hoist car axle that caused the car to de-rail. The hoist car was taken out of service while the slope track was examined for derailm...
04/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Employee was helping spool out hoses to the bolters on the longwall. There was a lift of cable bolts along the way and the hose got caught on one of the cable bolts. The employee went to release the...
03/30/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was working on the surface area of an underground mine when employee tripped over a 2"" hose and fell. This incident did not involve any aspect of compliance with rules and regulations; mine...
03/29/2023 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting on the side of the miner a small piece of rib scaled off of the rib and struck the employee on the left index finger on 3/29. Employee continued to work all required shifts, EE continue...
02/24/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 327d lost While pre-shifting 11L miner section, a piece of rock fell from between two roof straps and struck the employee on the back/head and left leg. Employee was initially treated and released with no restr...
02/24/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While hoisting a mining machine out of the mine, the slope track became damaged which took the CA slope hoist out of service for an extended period of time. There was no damage to the hoist or any ot...
02/24/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple elevator was out of service for an extended period of time due to two blown fused in the elevator control panel. It is unknown what caused the fuses to blow, Fuse 11 and fuse 12 was rep...
02/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Removing a rear ram pin from shield when pin came out, the relay bar moved pinching right index finger between the relay bar and dog box resulting in laceration and needing 6 stitches
01/31/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 340d lost Employee has been experiencing shoulder pain for multiple years. The pain has been credited to repetitive over exertion as a roof bolter. Employee began feeling severe pain on 1/31 after preforming no...
01/13/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bolting on the 6 South Left Miner. While installing a 12-foot cable bolt, the expander became stuck. The cable bolt bent and pinched EE's right index finger between the bolt and the bol...
12/29/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was cleaning rock out of the cable trough on the longwall panline/ A piece of rock fell from between the shields and struck their left hand. Employee went to the hospital after the shift an...
12/27/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While preforming the required exams of the Crabapple Hoist rope, an area of the rope showed signs of deformation. The Hoist was taken out of service for the cable to be re-terminated.
12/25/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Crabapple Hoist car derailed as a result of ice build up on the slope track. The car was hoisted up the slope which caused damage to the Contactor Panel. The car was taken out of service to repa...
12/23/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost Employee tripped and fell while walking past the loadcenter in 2K section. Employee used right arm to catch self and felt a pain in right elbow. Employee was diagnosed with a fractured Distal Humor...
12/05/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 193d lost Employee was lifting a Barrel Claw to attach it to a 55 gal drum of oil to unload the barrel from a supply car when they felt a pain in left shoulder. Employee continued to work all scheduled shift u...
12/04/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was operating a locomotive and struck a broken rail which caused EE to d-rail. When EE came to a sudden stop EE struck EE's mouth on the inside of the operator's compartment causing a lacera...
11/22/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost While walking outby from the face past the loading machine, employee tripped on the cables and fell to the ground, landing on right knee and shoulder.