Maysville Mine — Accidents

Total: 152 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/12/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The EE walked to a roadside berm that had 2 feet wide opening to allow water to exit the roadway into a ditch. While standing at this opening, the ice underneath EE broke, causing EE to lose EE's bala...
12/18/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 12/18/2025 the vertical shaft hoist (primary escapeway) was taken out of service due to not being able to close the surface landing door. No miners were in the mine when this issue was found. It wa...
12/01/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 12/1/2025 MSHA was notified that the vertical shaft hoist was being taken out of service due to intermittent issues. The brake alarm was resolved after adjustment per manufacturer specification. Th...
08/29/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted A Kiln laborer suffered a partial thickness burn to the palm of left hand. This injury happened while they were using a metal pipe to remove hot material from the discharge end of kiln no. 2.
05/12/2025 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted An employee felt pain in their left knee while descending the stairway at the LKD Load-Out. Employee states they missed a step, but no damage was found to the steps.
04/04/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Management was made aware at 5:00 am that the vertical hoist was being taken out of service. MSHA was notified at 5:03 am. It was determined a bolt had come out of the linkage with the bottom landing...
02/13/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted While removing a multi tone screw EE's left leg was stuck when load shifted.
02/03/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 2/3/2025 at 11:20 a.m. the shaft elevator was taken out of service due to having run down over the travel position. A broken wire feeding an electrical switch was determined to be the cause, and no...
10/03/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 10/2/2024 at 9:32 a.m. the shaft elevator was taken out of service due to a door switch failure. The elevator was located at the surface landing with no miners on the car when the switch failure wa...
08/26/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost The EE was loading wooden cribbing blocks weighing approximately 20 pounds when they reported pain in their right shoulder. It was determined the blocks were being lifted in the bed of the service tru...
07/22/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The slope hoist operator reported a slack rope as the operator lowered the hoist car at 1:40 pm on 7/22/2024. The hoist was being used to lower supplies into the mine, with no miners on the car. After...
07/15/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting another employee align a medal pin to be inserted in the stick boom of the rock crusher. When the pin was struck with a sledgehammer, dust entered the employee's eyes that was h...
06/25/2024 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted An employee made management aware on 6/26/2024 that EE received an injury to right knee on 6/25/2024. EE states working on crusher and towards the end of shift EE's knee felt sore.
04/01/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On 4/1/2024 at 3:55 pm the elevator was determined to have a hydraulic brake system failure caused due to overheating. MSHA was contacted at 4:14 pm. There were no miners on the elevator and the mine...
01/17/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 6:20 a.m.the primary escapeway hoist was taken out of service. It was determined residue on the hoist cable was engaging the two-block surface safety switch prematurely. MSHA was called at 6:45 a.m...
01/16/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 4:48 p.m. The primary hoist was taken out of service. It was determined residue on the hoist cable was engaging the two-block safety switch prematurely. MSHA was called at 5:09 p.m. Cable was clean...
01/07/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 12:30 a.m. management was made aware the secondary slope hoist was not operational due to a transformer failure. This transformer is located on the surface. MSHA was notified at 12:49...
01/05/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The primary escapeway hoist was taken out of service at 10:50 a.m. Residue on the hoist cable was engaging the two-block surface safety switch prematurely. MSHA was called at 11:12 a.m.
12/22/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Reportable hearing loss as a result of audiometric testing.
11/13/2023 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None On Monday 11/13/2023 management was made aware that an employee had been put on restricted duties. This employee had been previously released with no restrictions back to full duty on 1/10/2023. No ne...
08/30/2023 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 9d restricted A mechanic states while assisting during the changing of screens at the Wash Plant EE rolled right ankle. As EE was handling screens weighing less than 5 pounds and approximately 12"" x 12"" in size,...
06/22/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1:50 pm on 6/23/2023 the primary escapeway elevator was taken out of service. It was determined an encoder had lost the position of the elevator during a weekly inspection. MSHA was notified, under...
05/17/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 2:45 pm on 5/17/2023 the primary escapeway elevator was taken out of service. It was determined a hydraulic valve had failed causing the brake to lock. MSHA was notified, underground production was...
04/24/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 15d restricted EE reported an injury to left ankle after descending step at the wash plant. As the mechanic approached one of the stairs landings, they turned right putting pressure on left foot already on the landi...
03/23/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 5:05 a.m. management was notified the secondary emergency escape hoist was out of service due to a belt being burnt off the motor's alternator. MSHA was notified around 5:34 a.m. No miners were in...
01/09/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 8:15 p.m. the main slope hoist stopped working due to an electrical issue. MSHA was notified at 8:40 p.m. No miners were in the mine during the time hoist was out of service. Repairs...
01/04/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 8:45 a.m. management was notified the secondary emergency escape hoist was out of service due to electrical issues. MSHA was notified around 9:15 p.m. and the mine was evacuated using the primary e...
12/28/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 7:03 a.m. management was notified that the wheel brakes on the mobile crane used for the secondary hoist were not working properly, and it was taken out of service. Evacuation of the mine was start...
11/02/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 3:49 p.m. on 11/2/2022 management was notified that the boom extension at the secondary hoist was not working properly, and it was being taken out of service. Evacuation of the mine was started and...
11/01/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 10:50 a.m. on 11/1/22 management was notified that the door on the emergency capsule was not operating properly, and it was being taken out of service. The mine was evacuated and MSHA was notified...
10/20/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 3:42 p.m. management was notified that there was a mechanical issue with the secondary escape hoist motor and was being taken out of service. The motor was getting too much fuel. MSHA was notified...
09/24/2022 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost At approximately 2:45 p.m. an underground powder loader was injured. EE was reaching in the passenger side of a parked side-by-side utility vehicle when a pick of loose material fell from the rib it w...
08/04/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 3:00 p.m. management was notified that there was a mechanical issue with the emergency brake on the secondary emergency escape hoist and it was being taken out of service. MSHA was notified at 3:27...
06/28/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1:00 p.m. management was notified that the engine for the secondary emergency escape hoist was out of service due to mechanical issues. MSHA was notified at 1:25 p.m. and the mine was evacuated usi...
06/16/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 2:30 p.m. management was notified that the engine for the secondary emergency escape hoist was out of service due to mechanical issues. MSHA was notified at 2:59 p.m. and the mine was evacuated usi...
03/31/2022 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 12:25 p.m. management was made aware the secondary emergency hoist was out of service due to a boom function loss. The mine evacuation started at 12:26 p.m., MSHA notified by phone at 12:39 p.m. (C...
01/13/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted An employee was walking at ground level and stepped in a 6 inch x 6 inch hole with left foot. This caused EE's right leg to slide out from under EE putting pressure on the left leg. When EE was trying...
12/13/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 12:45 p.m., management was notified that the key for the secondary escape hoist had been lost. Production was stopped and all miners were transported to the surface by the primary slope hoist man c...
06/15/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:33 AM, the secondary escape way was taken out of service due to damage to the computer screen plug located on the boom truck. Production in the mine was stopped and all miners were transported sa...
06/02/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Due to mechanical reasons, the main shaft hoist has been taken out of service at the Maysville Operation I.D. # 1507101. No miners were injured and no miners were underground when the hoist was taken...
01/28/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were empting the Vac truck. The affected employee was inspecting the hopper when some material came out and splashed material in eye.
12/17/2020 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Reportable hearing loss as a result of yearly audiometric testing.
06/24/2020 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 9d lost An employee was operating a 772 haul truck underground when EE said they felt ill. EE radioed in to the day shift supervisor EE did not feel well and was told to park the truck where EE was at two nor...
08/13/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None MSHA was notified at app. 7:27 a.m. that the elevator was out of service. The cause was determined to be a key switch input wire. MSHA was again notified at app. 8:41 a.m. that the elevator had been r...
01/09/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Due to a failed door switch the Elevator was reported down to MSHA around 8:00 p.m. on the above date. The switch was replaced and the Elevator was released to run at 1:00 a.m. on 1/10/2019.
01/01/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Due to rainy weather, gravel was washed into the safety brake system of the hoist causing a mechanical failure around 3:30 a.m. on 1-1-2019. MSHA was notified at this time. The safeties were cleaned t...
12/29/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had exited underground office going next door to the break room to start the day shift crew. Shortly after leaving the office the employee was found by another employee lying on the floor in...
06/27/2018 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The Hoist was giving a Main Brake Hold Alarm. Due to oil sample,the oil in the Main Brake Thrustor was changed. The oil level was checked in the Thrustor and discovered that it was low. After adding...
01/31/2018 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee experienced pain in right knee while stepping up on a platform. Restricted Duty.
10/21/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator cable slipped on drum causing damage to cable. Cable had to be removed from service and elevator load tested.