Davy Branch Mine — Accidents

Total: 24 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/13/2025 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis on 10/13/25 by a B reader
09/29/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing a roof bolt in the corner of 3 left when the top rib rock came out striking them on left arm as they were inserting roof bolt into hole causing laceration requiring 6 sutures, rock measured...
09/12/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping another employee remove the discharge shaft from the shuttle car conveyor reducer while the other employee was using slate bar to hold up the shaft, EE was prying with a bar when...
01/27/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading an argon tank onto a scoop when EE smashed the tip of EE's right index finger against the light housing on the scoop.
10/24/2024 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis on 10-24-24. EE continues to work.
09/04/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee was in process of installing a keeper on the left side tie rod end on a battery four wheeler, as EE reached up to get EE's channelocks , EE made contact with the foot pedal causing the machin...
12/02/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a Milwaukee handheld grinder to cut a seized set screw on a light. While holding the housing with their left hand, EE was using right hand to operate grinder. It kicked back when contacti...
11/28/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall occurred on the #4-A belt; #12 break, in the #4 entry (track entry). The fall measured approximately 40'x50' and 4.5 to 5' in height.
09/19/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated was in the process of cutting a piece of conveyor belt to prep for a move, as EE was cutting away from self EE's right arm came in contact with a frayed belt pin that was in an old spl...
09/14/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee stated: was lifting 1 bundle of roof bolter plates from the side of the bolter to the tray and felt pain in right shoulder. Went to ER, told to follow up with Ortho who placed employee off w...
08/10/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A non-injury roof fall occurred in the #4 to #5 crosscut at break #32 on the 4-A belt line.
02/03/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee stated they were walking to the shuttle car and their foot got stuck in a hole or mud causing them to fall striking left knee on a rock. They finished the shift then went to the Dr on Sat, th...
01/20/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 136d lost Employee stated employee was cleaning the face and was backing up scoop to set over, employee placed left hand on top of the operator door and got the deck into the rib smashing hand between rib and s...
03/23/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EE stated EE and another employee was laying rail at the #4 head drive. The rail was raised up using a forklift they were attempting to pry the rail over when it slipped off the forklift, the slate ba...
02/19/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Employee stated was spraying a stopping with a TC machine The wand clogged up and stopped spraying. As EE turned around to tell scoop operator to turn off machine, something hit EE in the left eye fac...
01/17/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Night shift driver of 036 tractor at Davey Branch Mine was starting the engine on the bed treatment rack. EE's right hand came back and struck the container cage, peeling EE's skin off 3/4 to 1 inch a...
12/30/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing 1 inch bolts out of offside tram gearcase while removing one of the bolts with the impact gun, when the bolt extracted EE's left middle finger was caught between a #12 90 degree JIC fitting c...
10/22/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee took chest x ray on 8-3-21 and was diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis, we was notified of EE's diagnosis on 10/22/21.
10/14/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None We was notified on 10/14/2021 that employee was diagnosed on 6/15/21 with occupational pneumoconiosis by a b reader and chest x rays.
08/25/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was pulling on miner cable felt pain in abdomen, did continue to work from 08/25/21 until 7-25-22 when EE had to have the place repaired due to increased pain in that area.
06/08/2021 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None We were notified on 6/8/2021 that employee was diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis on 10/23/2020 by a b-reader
04/22/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost Employee was using Channel locks to straighten up belt that was being racked up. EE's Channel locks slipped off the belt causing EE to fall backwards into the coal rib hitting EE's head, elbow. The he...
03/18/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hunched down against the wall of pump house, when employee stood up felt lightheaded and fell into the pump that was in front of employee, employee was supervising the ongoing work inside...
01/22/2021 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal #2 shuttle car was traveling back toward #5 entry to turn down towards feeder, and the #3 shuttle car was already traveling this entry when the #2 car came thru the fly pad they contacted the operator...