Marion County Mine — Accidents
Total: 1,320 accidents | Fatalities: 3
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/18/2026 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Injured was carrying tools past 2 parked mantrips in 8W belt spur. While walking between mantrips EE stepped on an uneven surface causing EE to fall. Injured started missing work on 2-18-26. No proble... |
| 02/16/2026 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Injured was walking away after throwing switch at Sugar Run slope back switch when EE slipped on the rail, falling onto the point rail. Injured started missing work on 2-19-26. No problems with equipm... |
| 01/22/2026 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Injured was rib pinning in sump at St Leo Mains at 129 block, while walking around the bolter, EE stepped in a hole and twisted EE's left knee. Injured started missing work on 1/27/2026. no problems w... |
| 01/18/2026 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Employee was on crew changing rollers, and EE's hand was pinned between a roller and a locked out belt while replacing a roller in a cradle. Accident was not the result of a training or compliance iss... |
| 01/06/2026 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 26d lost | Injured picked up approximately 15-pound rock off of catwalk to the Sugar Run Metso Pump and felt pain in lower right abdomen. Initially treated for appendicitis, but no evidence of this was found at... |
| 01/03/2026 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured installing rib bolt while cutting turn 3-2 at 115 block 9 North when a piece of the rock brow fell out and struck EE's left shin resulting in a laceration that required 9 sutures to close. No... |
| 01/02/2026 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee pulling a power car in 7 West 3 left 3 block intersection by hooking a chain up between the power car and a scoop. They had scoop back up to take slack out of the chain and it failed immediat... |
| 12/27/2025 | ENTRAPMENT | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | At approximately 8:03am the bracket holding the top counter weight wheel failed and a piece of the bracket fell and damaged a sensor on the bottom of the sugar run elevator causing 3 miners to become... |
| 12/18/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Injured employee was picking up a slope chain and placing it on the slope car when they felt a pain in their back. It did not involve any equipment or compliance issues. It also did not involve job s... |
| 12/09/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Injured was hanging a run through curtain up in #2 entry of St Leo Mains 131-132 block, standing on the third rung of a 4' ladder leaning off the ladder to install a nail through the curtain when EE f... |
| 12/06/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Injured picked up a lump of coal off the mine floor near 150 shield (6W) to throw into pan, but EE was closer to the pan than EE thought and struck EE's hand on the edge of the pan, pinching right rin... |
| 12/03/2025 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | While guiding roof bolt sections (#6 bolter Sugar Run Rehab) together (with bolt head in chuck) the drill head rose slightly when the other drill removed up pressure causing their left ring finger to... |
| 12/02/2025 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 54d lost | While walking near the mantrip station in St Leo Mains the injured felt pain in EE's right knee (did not trip/slip/misstep, no walkway obstruction). Reported injury and started missing work on 12/4/25... |
| 11/19/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | D35 traveling toward Metz with clearance and collided with D84 (traveling towards St Leo without clearance) at 0 block 9 South causing injured to be thrown into the cab of the mantrip passenger compar... |
| 11/19/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | D35 traveling toward Metz with clearance and collided with D84 (traveling towards St Leo without clearance) at 0 block 9 South causing injured to be thrown into the cab of the mantrip passenger compar... |
| 11/15/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 28d lost | Injured was uncoupling a supply car incorrectly at the slope chute track and got EE's finger caught between the release lever and the coupler shank causing a crushing injury to EE's left middle finger... |
| 11/14/2025 | ENTRAPMENT | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | At approximately 2:39 pm the governor rope for came off of the tail sheave and lodged in the governor wheel of the Sugar Run elevator causing one miner to become entrapped on the elevator approximatel... |
| 11/13/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | While removing fire suppression from the scoop charger during a power move in St Leo Mains (121 blk 2-3) the clamp slipped and when EE went to catch it EE ran EE's gloved hand down the edge of a roof... |
| 11/12/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Injured was rolling a shuttle car tire from the scoop bucket to the side of the shuttle car to install the tire and felt pain in EE's right shoulder (7 West 1 left entry, 0 to 1 block). No problems wi... |
| 11/09/2025 | FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While drilling hole for cable bolt in St Leo #3 126-128 block the steel got stuck in top, miscounted how many steels were in roof (removed 2 of 3 steels) and last steel fell out striking back of left... |
| 11/07/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Injured was changing winch rope on duckbill scoop in 7W (75 blk 1-2 crosscut). They had their left hand resting on the mast of the scoop and threw the winch hook onto their own left thumb, causing an... |
| 11/04/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Injured removed 70"" roller and set it along the rib near the St Leo mantrip station, when the roller fell over and struck their right middle finger pinching it between the roller and a flat car resul... |
| 10/31/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable on 3 belt just outby the 3 block intersection at approximately 6:46 am on 10/31/2025. Fall occurred in an adjacent brow left from a previous roof fall that oc... |
| 10/31/2025 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | DC drive failed on the Metz elevator which interfered with its use for more than 30 minutes. No miners were on the elevator at the time of the fault. Drive replaced and elevator returned to service by... |
| 10/29/2025 | ENTRAPMENT | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | 10 miners entrapped on Metz Elevator until 8:38 pm when a VFD failed on the elevator. The miners were exiting the mine and were still approximately 700' down the shaft. No problems with equipment or c... |
| 10/24/2025 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Lowering empty trash car down Sugar Run Slope that de-railed around the 1492 mark, allowing rope slack to build up and coil behind the brake car. When tension was re-applied the rope caught on itself... |
| 10/22/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable at 21 block 3 belt. Fall approximately 14' wide, 14' long and 5' high. 21 block overcast was damaged and compromised from the roof fall. No problems with equi... |
| 10/09/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured operating fletcher center bolter in motor barn rehab area between #3 and #4 seal installing a bolt in a bacon strap and had left hand resting on drill mast. As mast went up it pinched the tip... |
| 09/17/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | While applying a chain around a recently coupled supply car to a motor when the motor on the other side of the trip tried to uncouple, but the couplers got stuck and ended up pulling the supply cars a... |
| 09/11/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Injured standing in first crosscut outby 8 west equipment doors near the end of loose take up rails while a scoop was unloading a double stack of take up sections on top of the loose rails. Duckbill d... |
| 09/11/2025 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | The Miracle Run elevator faulted around 3:40 pm, faults reset and then tested when it faulted again with slightly different results. Through investigation, in cooperation with Schindler elevator servi... |
| 09/10/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 120d lost | Injured was bolting off side of miner in St Leo 113 blk 3-2 with new section of roof mesh, not bolted to top yet, on the miner when a piece of coal (3'x3'x5"") dislodged, slid down the screen, bounced... |
| 09/01/2025 | ENTRAPMENT | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Module on the back of the touch screen/display went bad which blew a control fuse and caused rope grippers to engage, entrapping 1 miner on the Sugar Run Elevator until 9:25 pm. No problems with compl... |
| 08/29/2025 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured was cutting a zip tie off an oil soaked hydraulic hose in the Metz Motor Barn washdown bay when EE's left hand holding the hose slipped off and EE struck EE's left index finger on the razor kn... |
| 08/26/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Injured bent over to pick up a powder bag with 4 16 oz. bottles of water in it and felt pain in EE's lower back from a muscle strain/sprain. No problems with equipment or compliance issues, training o... |
| 08/25/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 24d lost | Injured operating 15 man personnel carrier down 9 South haulage between 90 and 120 block. Foot came off deadman switch, causing vehicle to go into neutral, injured looked down to switch vehicle back i... |
| 08/24/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable on 4 belt at 40 block at approximately 12:30 am on 08/24/25. Fall primarily occurred on the offside walkway at the intersection. Fall was approximately 20' lo... |
| 08/22/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable on 8 belt at the 26 block intersection. Fall approximately 35' long, 30' wide and 9' high, area mined near June 1978. No problems with equipment or compliance... |
| 08/21/2025 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | The mine received a Self-Insured Employer Decision on 08/21/25 from a medical report dated 08/18/25. The report identifies a 3.3% permanent partial disability (hearing loss) possibly from occupational... |
| 08/21/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Having trouble fixing an air tugger, EE was on the platform and coworker just looked at them and had eye contact. Coworker turned to keep working with third person and they heard a noise and EE was on... |
| 08/19/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable between #3 and #4 seal of 1 South Seal set (approx. 20' long, 16' wide, 6' high). No injuries, entrapments, and ventilation not disrupted. All seals along sea... |
| 08/14/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Injured was picking up a rock that was caught in the grizzly bars of the loading machine at 42 block for the Harvey rehab project when EE felt pain in EE's left arm/shoulder and neck. Started missing... |
| 08/11/2025 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 94d lost | Injured was roof bolting on the 36 1/2 block main west roof fall with an air drill when some head coal around an adjacent roof bolt fell out and allowed a bowling ball sized rock to slide out and stri... |
| 08/09/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable on Main West Haulage at 36 1/2 block at approximately 8:45 pm. Fall approximately 20' long, 16' wide and 10' high. Area mined near July of 1967. No problems w... |
| 08/08/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Building block wall between track and return entries between #3 and #4 seals of motor barn seal set and felt pain in upper chest area while lifting a block above EE's head and twisting. No problems wi... |
| 08/04/2025 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | While trying to loosen a stuck dust hose fitting with a pair of channel locks on the twin boom bolter in St Leo Mains at 105 block they felt pain in lower back. No problems with equipment or complianc... |
| 08/04/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 8d lost | Injured was de-trashing the 7W section in the #2 entry at 56 block and while attempting to pull a piece of curtain out that was stuck in the mud EE felt pain in EE's lower back. No problems with equip... |
| 07/30/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable on 1 North Haulage at 14 block at approximately 5:37 am. Fall primarily occurred in an adjacent crosscut and came out into the track haulage entry, continuing... |
| 07/24/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable at 72 block intersection of 10 belt. Fall occurred primarily across the southern portion of a 6 way intersection. Fall was approximately 16' long, 12' wide an... |
| 07/23/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable midway in between #1 and #2 seal of the Motor Barn Seal Set air course. Fall approximately 50' long, 16' wide, and 6' high. Both sides of the fall can be exam... |