Mining Incidents

Hazard Job #6 Coal

B & W Resources Inc · Surface
Controlled by Lipari Energy
Hazard, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518777

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2006–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
136
citations
63
significant & substantial
$25,277
proposed penalties
$23,723
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 1,664 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q3 5,350 1 0 186.9
2016 Q1 4,851 7 2 1443.0
2015 Q4 9,368 4 1 427.0
2015 Q2 10,850 24 14 2212.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 22, 2017 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & W Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

Truck driver was moving a fuel hose by kicking it and suffered a broken right foot.

2016 · 1 incident

April 7, 2016 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & W Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee chose to travel through a work area where welding was taking place as opposed to around the area. The employee tripped over welding leads causing injuries to EE's right side.

2015 · 2 incidents

October 6, 2015 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator FIRE
B & W Resources Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was performing maintenance operations on the superior highwall miner. As he began tighten bolts on the hydraulic filter his Hitachi Impact caught fire causing 2nd degree burns to his hands.

September 2, 2015 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
B & W Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

The employee was injured during routine haulage operations while he was operating a caterpillar 40 ton articulating truck. The employee suffered from a cervical strain that occurred when the first bucket of material was loaded onto his truck.

2006 · 4 incidents

December 14, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
B&W Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

As employee stepped down from the bumper of his mechanic's truck (a distance of approximately 24"), he stepped on a rock causing his left knee to give. He drove himself to the hospital where he was diagnosed as having possible ligament damage.

November 14, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B&W Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

While taking the rear-end out of a Cat 992D loader, a wrench slipped causing ee to cut his left hand. He drove himself to Hazard ARH where he received 2 stitches. He then returned to the job and continued to work.

April 14, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B&W Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was hooking a boom cable to a dozer fender when he caught his left ring finger in the cable as a result EE had to have 4 stitches to his finger.

February 22, 2006 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B&W Resources Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was dismounting Mack-600 powder truck, slipping on last step falling to concrete pad, bruising right ankle.