Leer South Mine — Accidents

Total: 586 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/06/2026 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE was assisting with retriever operation, when a clevis broke, the retriever lunged and the hydraulic lines caught the EE foot pulling into into a post striking their head.
02/06/2026 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall occurred on the 9HG LW section that measured 45'Lx10'Hx18'W located in the #3 entry between 13 -14 block. There were no injuries and the escape way was rerouted to the LW ta...
01/18/2026 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A door switch malfunctioned on the elevator on the landing side in turn caused a fuse to blow. The blown fuse and loss of power caused the VFD to loose its program. Once the switch and fuse were repai...
01/16/2026 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Injured was working on a valve bank while pan line was pushing, toe of boot was down in the connector for the relay bar to the pan. Pinched metatarsal on boot and pinched EE's big toe.
08/18/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall had occurred at 4 Zone track in the #3 entry 3 to 4 block. No equipment was damaged with no injurie to persons. The area was dangered off with additional support set. The se...
08/04/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost While cribbing track that was lifted with a jack, employee stepped over track to get a crib when the jack fell causing the rail to impact EE's left calf causing small abrasion and a broken fibula.
04/30/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was assisting with final seal prep cleaning the bottom with a shovel when a piece of rock fell from the top and struck their hand against the shovel handle, causing a laceration. Injury was not the...
03/25/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the 6879 CM. EE had the light cover lifted and were working on the trailing cable junction box for permissibility purpose. An EE had turned their head to speak with another EE...
02/27/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None A contractor who was walking across the parking lot from EE's parked car to the mine's training center when EE was struck by the car of an employee. The employee was arriving at work to begin EE's sh...
10/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee sustained injuries while trying to secure a miner cable into a multi-hook hanger that was beyond EE's reach. The employee attempted to jump to place the cable into the hanger but missed. EE's...
10/05/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was assisting in the changing of a ripper head motor on a C/M. EE was hitting a hose connection and inadvertently hit left thumb with a hammer. EE refused treatment, on 10/17/2024 EE decided on EE'...
10/02/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 181d lost While operating a scoop, the injured person needed to adjust self in the seat. EE grabbed the canopy with the right hand and accidentally caught the palm of their hand between the rib and the canopy....
09/26/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Mine Elevator here at Leer South Mine went down due to a faulty brake switch that had a bolt loosen which caused the micro-switch to short out. No individuals were on the elevator at the time of t...
09/14/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting, the injured individual began drilling a hole. After penetrating the first layer, a section of rock loosened and fell down the drill steel. When it hit the drill pot, it broke, causing a...
09/03/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping move a ventilation fan when the clean out portion of the tubing came loose and caused the employee's wrist to bend back causing a fracture of the left wrist.
08/14/2024 MACHINERY ACCIDENT ONLY None The UPS ( Uninterrupted Power Supply ) to the Galloway Fan Motor failed causing loss of power to motor.
08/08/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While dismantling the monorail on the longwall tailpiece, the monorail slipped from the injured person's left hand and struck the tip of their right-hand pinky finger. This resulted in a crushing inju...
08/07/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 220d lost While tramming C/M with the boom angled towards them, injured walked up to the boom to adjust the cable when the miner came towards them pinning them between the boom and the rib, Injured was taken to...
07/18/2024 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None A gas inundation occurred on the TG9 section when the Continuous Miner intersected a planned breach of the well leg. No injuries occurred with no damage to any equipment, escapeways, or ventilation co...
06/23/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 251d lost On 6/23/24, while using channel locks to pull a belt across a belt sled, injured twisted right knee and fell to the ground when the channel locks slipped from the belt. EE finished the shift, the next...
06/05/2024 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A face ignition occurred on the TG9 section in the #1 entry at 26 1/2 block while intersecting the #9 gas well leg. All precautions from the well plan were in place with no injuries, damage to equipme...
05/15/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While placing a pallet of track sand onto the elevator with a motorized dolly, dolly made contact with the elevator door knocking it off track. Elevator was down from 07:15 until 09:00pm.
05/13/2024 OTHER ACCIDENT ONLY None Main mine fan developed a vibration, steadily got worse. Leer South made the determination to shut if off and correct the issue. Inspected and found the bolts for the main fan motor loose, tightened a...
04/05/2024 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling machinery, chain that scoop winch rope was attached to broke, allowing winch rope to fly back striking the employee in the right side of the head.
01/12/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None On 1/12/24 the elevator at Leer South went down with an employee on it. The employee was removed within 1hr & 20min. The elevator was down from 235pm on 1/12/24 until 158pm on 1/13/24. The main ABB dr...
01/06/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost EE was repairing a high stopping that was damaged from an earlier explosives detonation. The stopping started to fall towards EE, and EE reacted by jumping off the ladder. EE landed wrong and EE's rig...
12/14/2023 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Installation of a circuit breaker had began in a power panel with power still energized, Electrician began removing a screw from inside the panel when the screw fell and made contact with a live circu...
12/09/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Main Slope hoist hoisting cable showed enough wear that it was time to replace. Hoist was down until 6:00pm that day.
10/30/2023 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine lost power in turn causing the main mine fan to become inoperable. The current server for the automatic switches on the high voltage capacitor bank malfunctioned. The incident occurred at 9:0...
08/24/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall has been discovered on the King Knob Panel in the #5 entry at #5 block on 8/24/23. No injuries occurred due to this incident with no damage to any equipment, ventilation con...
08/20/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Main Mine Elevator was down due on 8/20/23 due to an inoperative top door lid switch. No employees or individuals were on the elevator at the time of the incident. The elevator was repaired and re...
08/20/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The main mine elevator was inoperative from 6:55AM to 10:30AM on 08/20/2023 due to a main front door switch failure. No employees or individuals were on the elevator at the time of the incident. The e...
08/19/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During inspection of the hoisting rope it was discovered that over lapping had occurred during operation. This was discovered on 08/19/2023 and the hoisting rope was changed out on 08/20/2023.
08/15/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During the time that the main mine elevator was down, while testing the brakeman car it was discovered that there was a faulty wheel speed sensor. The elevator became operational before the brake car...
08/15/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Due to a malfunction of a door switch, 21 men became entrapped on the Main Mine Elevator. ICE elevator services were notified and the switch was repaired with no injuries to anyone involved.
08/10/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered on the Slope Mains Panel in the #4 entry 12-13 block. No injuries occurred with no damage to any equipment, ventilation controls, or escapeways. All approache...
08/03/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered in the West Mains panel on 52 zone in the #8 entry at 27 block. No injuries occurred with no damage to any ventilation controls, equipment or escapeways. The...
07/29/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered on the 6HG section in the #2 entry at 20 blk. No injuries occurred with no damage to any equipment. An action plan has been out into place to clean this area....
07/28/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional fall occurred on the LW face at the #5 blk. from shield 1 - 9. An action plan was put into place to safely finish mining this area. No injuries occurred with no damage to any equipmen...
07/13/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered by a Fireboss in the SW Mains #1 panel in the #3 entry at 23 blk. No injuries occurred with no damage to any equipment, ventilation controls, or escapeways. F...
06/07/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered on the North Mains#1 panel. This fall measured 6'H x 16'W x 50""L. Located in the #1 entry at 31 blk. No injuries occurred as a result with no damage to any e...
04/27/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Main Drive Control for main hoist motor is malfunctioning causing it to shudder at times during operation. This issue does not cause a safety malfunction but mechanism is not operating properly so we...
04/11/2023 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 50d lost, 31d restricted A Miner was dumping Muck Buckets on the Surface. When the bucket was flipping back over after dumping the miner's finger was caught between the bucket bell and bottom bell stop.
03/09/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered in 7 Zone @ 24 blk in the #2 entry. No injuries occurred , with no damage to any ventilation controls, escapeways, or equipment. This fall measured 30L X 20W...
02/08/2023 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Fire coming out of P/C at the mule train of the longwall, immediate response contain the issue to just the P/C.
02/07/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was in the process of dumping a muck bucket when left forearm was caught in the counter weight area and pinched.
02/06/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 106d lost While mucking a miners left hand was caught between the loaded bucket and backhoe. This occurred as the bucket was being lifted and moved. The miner slipped in the mud causing left hand to enter the...
02/02/2023 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 46d lost On February 2, Employee was assisting the unloading of a motor out of a supply car when EE grabbed the rope at the sheave wheel as another employee began operating the winch, 'bumping' the control. Af...
01/24/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 3d restricted Individual was injured trying to move a piece of coal off the back board that measured 56 inches long by 28"" wide which struck EE once it hit the chain. This caused it to flip up hitting EE's face ca...
01/18/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was discovered on 11 Zone panel in the #10 entry at 6 block. This fall measured 8'H X 20""W X 20'L. No injuries occurred with no damage to any equipment, ventilation contro...