Marion County Mine — Accidents
Total: 1,320 accidents | Fatalities: 3
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/22/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable on 3 belt at 34 block. Fall primarily occurred in an adjacent crosscut and came over to the off side of the belt walkway. Fall was approximately 22' long, 8'... |
| 07/21/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Loading bags of rock dust onto FCT dust rack between 54 and 55 block #1 entry and felt pain in EE's lower back and burning in left side of lower back. Was not scheduled for work 7/22/25 due to roof fa... |
| 07/19/2025 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | While walking around a mantrip at the mantrip station of St. Leo Mains EE struck EE's lower right leg on the coupler, resulting in a fracture to the tibia. No problems with equipment or compliance iss... |
| 07/18/2025 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | On Miracle Run bottom (3 track) EE was attempting to adjust brakes on a battery motor and felt pain in the left side of EE's chest while attempting to loosen a bolt with channel locks, resulting in an... |
| 07/16/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 52d lost | Disassembling equipment doors at 73 blk 2-3 6W that were laying on scoop bucket. While removing a support leg the long beam shifted and pinched their left ring fingertip between bucket and beam result... |
| 07/11/2025 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | During an examination of the Metz Elevator it was found that the bottom 60 feet of the counterweight rails had deformed from heat expansion. The elevator was immediately taken out of service until the... |
| 07/08/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 99d lost | While trying to uncouple an empty flat car that was off track from motor, they had the other motor pull on the car but it did not uncouple and shifted causing the coupler to swing and pinch left calf... |
| 07/06/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | At 37 1/4 block 4 belt an unplanned rib roll/brow fall occurred approximately 12' long, 5' wide and 10' high that damaged some belt structure, preventing the belt from running for more than 1/2 an hou... |
| 07/03/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | While cleaning rock from the walkway at 3 drive EE was lifting an approximately 50 pound rock onto the belt, struck their shoulder on the waterline and felt pain in their groin from a muscle strain. S... |
| 07/02/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 82d lost | While making preshift examination on 6 West belt, just outby the middrive, the examiner miss stepped on left foot, stepping on its side and rolling the ankle, resulting in a fracture to the left fibul... |
| 07/01/2025 | FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | In St Leo Mains walking from loader to miner after getting a water bottle at #1-#0 crosscut 109 block the rib ""popped"" dislodging a softball sized projectile that struck them in the left side of the... |
| 06/26/2025 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 13d lost | While using a pry bar installing new track ties near 106 block 9 South they felt a tear/pop/pain in the soft tissue of upper left thigh, possible muscle strain. X-rays negative, referred to specialist... |
| 06/23/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | Passing T channel across miner in 7 West (face of #3) and slipped off step on back of miner hitting left arm on rib strap resulting in a laceration that took several sutures to close. No problems with... |
| 06/08/2025 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | Injured was assisting panline bolter operator near headgate of 5W longwall recovery face, attempting to install a bolt wrench in the bolter head when their right foot slipped and went under bolter hea... |
| 06/05/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 12d lost | While installing a roof bolt off of the miner in St Leo Mains (3-2 107 block) the injured miner cut EE's left thumb (distal joint, anterior side) picking up a short T channel roof strap. EE was wearin... |
| 05/23/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Injured taking a K wall panel out of an O-Belly (trash car) located at 100 block St Leo, that was stuck so they pulled harder and felt pain in shoulder. Continued to work until 9/25/25 when they start... |
| 05/20/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Injured was walking through personnel door at 83 block St Leo (track to belt) and shut EE's left hand in the door resulting in an open fracture of the distal phalange to EE's left middle finger and mi... |
| 05/16/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured installing rib bolt with 3' metal rib strap off right side of miner 41 block 1-2 crosscut 7W when the strap rotated from vertical towards horizontal and while trying to catch it, it struck EE'... |
| 05/13/2025 | INUNDATION | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Gas inundation occurred while cutting through SC-6 CBM well on 7 West section #2 entry near 41 block. Horizontal well bore was larger than anticipated and the mine had to acquire larger packers to plu... |
| 05/12/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable 23 block intersection Main West Haulage. Fall approximately 8' high, 15' long and 16'wide. Separation appears to be mostly along clay intrusion lines, area mi... |
| 05/05/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee strained left hip installing a top roller into structure on a 7W belt advance on 5/5/25, did not report injury until 5/8/25 when they went to seek medical attention and missed one day of work... |
| 05/03/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Injured was hooking a chain onto a roll of belt inby 10 belt take up to be moved by the belt winder when another employee accidentally hit the lever of the belt winder causing the chain to tighten and... |
| 04/29/2025 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | The mine received a Self-Insured Employer Decision on 4/29/25 from a medical report dated 3/24/25 identifying a 7.97% permanent partial disability from noise-induced hearing loss. The miner retired on... |
| 04/28/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 232d lost | While pulling fuel buffalo with 24 ton diesel motor through 118 1/4 block 9 south haulage they heard a noise like the buffalo went off track. Without stopping they turned back to look at the buffalo a... |
| 04/19/2025 | FALL OF ROOF OR BACK | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Unplanned roof fall discovered reportable at 5:21 am 36 1/2 block 4 main line belt. Fall separation seemed to occur along the lines of a clay inclusion in an oily shale stratification layer. No proble... |
| 04/19/2025 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Major wind storm in area caused a temporary power interruption while the Sugar Run Elevator was in motion causing an unintended motion fault which engaged the rope grippers and drum brakes, entrapping... |
| 04/08/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 24d lost | While operating golf cart going into 60# off 1 North haulage the injured struck hard hat off a wooden roof plank, causing pain in neck, upper back and shoulders. No problems with equipment or complian... |
| 04/08/2025 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | IE lifted the boom of a microtraxx machine. While IE reached in with right arm to check the boom pin, IE leaned on the remote box with chest, engaged the boom down function and lowered the boom onto I... |
| 04/04/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | None | Injured was picking up and carrying 5-6 16' cable bolts (with help) in the 3 North rehab supply area and felt sharp pain in groin. Diagnosed with inguinal hernia. No problems with compliance issues, e... |
| 03/26/2025 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was walking the slope belt catwalk performing a preshift examination and twisted right knee, resulting in a sprain/strain type injury. No problems with equipment or compliance issues, trainin... |
| 03/07/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While holding a rib strap in vertical position to install into the rib (7W #3 face, 18-19 block) the oily strap slid down causing a laceration to the distal end of left index and middle fingers, index... |
| 03/05/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 83d lost | Injured performing electrical inspection of 43 bolter (9 north mains 103 block 3-4 crosscut) and felt pain and a bulge when picking up trailing cable. Diagnosed with hernia and scheduled for surgery.... |
| 02/25/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 101d lost, 20d restricted | Injured was on 3rd rung of ladder in the 13 block intersection #2 entry of 7 west, leaning over trying to hook the end of a chain tape measure onto a surveying spad when the employee fell off the ladd... |
| 01/29/2025 | DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | The mine received a Self-Insured Employer Decision on 01/29/2025 from a medical report dated 11/05/2024. The report identifies a 10% permanent partial disability from occupational pneumoconiosis. Empl... |
| 01/17/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 91d lost | Injured walking down 6 belt at 135 block using a leaf blower to turn over the rock dust and rolled right ankle (same ankle EE twisted a month ago) resulting in a strain/sprain type injury. No problems... |
| 01/11/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While taking belt out of 5 West storage unit and lapping it onto an Irwin flat car the injured stepped off of the car, placing EE's hand on the coupler, when a lap of belt was descending towards the c... |
| 01/02/2025 | INUNDATION | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | At approximately 7:08 am 1/2/25 the 6 West Continuous Miner intersected the water infused center leg of SC4 CBM gas well. Methane concentrations temporarily went over +2.5%, but were down to 0.3% by t... |
| 12/27/2024 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Injured was supplying the twin boom bolter with bolt supplies in 9 North 5-6 near the face of 6. When EE stepped off the bolter, EE stepped on a rock on the mine floor and rolled EE's ankle, resulting... |
| 12/13/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 132d lost | Injured passenger in mantrip that collided with parked diesel dusters at 47 block St Leo. Some material fell out of the top and got into the mantrip operators eyes and when EE got their vision clear,... |
| 12/10/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 177d lost | Injured felt pain in right shoulder while sliding slider tube forward (face of #2 in 6W) and then felt pain in upper back around shoulder when lifting new tube up into place. Diagnosed with repetitive... |
| 11/15/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While installing a bacon strap, Harvey Run Rehab area at 42 block, to secure screen, and pushing strap into place when the strap got caught in the screen stopping the strap, causing EE's hand to slide... |
| 11/07/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | While cleaning loose coal out of a ventilation tube by the coal pile behind the miner in 9 north mains (#2 entry) a lump of coal rolled down and struck their left knee resulting in a contusion. No pro... |
| 11/05/2024 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | The mine received a Self-Insured Employer Decision on 11/05/24 from a medical report dated 10/17/2024. The report identifies a 3.01% permanent partial disability from noise induced hearing loss. The e... |
| 11/05/2024 | HOISTING | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | At approximately 9:30 pm a yellow waterline hanging off the belt catwalk wrapped around the slope hoist car electric control box causing damage to the control box and taking the slope car offline. No... |
| 11/02/2024 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 61d lost | Using dozer to level haul road to Harvey 2, when EE climbed out of dozer EE stepped on a rock causing an unexpected rotational force to EE's left ankle, resulting in a strain/sprain. Started missing w... |
| 10/28/2024 | DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | The mine received a Self-insured Employer Decision on 10/28/2024 from a medical report dated 08/08/2024. The report identifies a 15% permanent partial disability from Occupational Pneumoconiosis. Empl... |
| 10/28/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 5d lost | Driving #9 Shuttle Car around turn at 98 blk #6 and kept turning into 5-6 crosscut, striking operator compartment against rib and dislodging a rib bolt strap into operator compartment striking EE's up... |
| 10/24/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | While descending ladder in 6W #2 entry after hanging high line during a power move the injured stepped off the ladder into a minor depression in the mine floor, rolling right ankle and resulting in a... |
| 10/07/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 11d lost | Driving mantrip down St Leo haulage when EE encountered a rope hanger at 40 blk St Leo Haulage that had an S hook hanging on it which caught the hood of EE's sweatshirt tearing the hood and causing pa... |
| 10/02/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was carrying old belt structure off the beltline. EE's hand was caught between a piece of the structure and a pipe when EE set it down. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance i... |