Mining Incidents

Owls Nest Job #8 Coal

B & W Resources Inc · Surface
Controlled by Lipari Energy
Hyden, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519008

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
294
citations
151
significant & substantial
$146,682
proposed penalties
$33,798
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
2015 Q1 1,791 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,319 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 9,034 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,155 1 1 122.6
2014 Q1 7,211 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 11,099 4 3 360.4
2013 Q3 9,591 2 2 208.5
2012 Q4 12,496 21 12 1680.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 23, 2011 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
B & W Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

Questionable incident - Employee was operating a D10R dozer and ran over what appears to be a primer or large bolter causing the dozer to bounce straining back, neck, & shoulder. Employee continued to work. Lost time began 09-06-11 possibly related to this incident.

2010 · 2 incidents

June 23, 2010 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
B & W Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

While EE was prying at a rock with his loader bucket, the bucket slipped, causing a quick jerk to EE's back. Diagnosis is pending.

March 27, 2010 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
B & W Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

At end of shift, while tramming Cat. 992K to parking lot, EE drove through a dip in the road, causing a quick jerk to his back. Diagnosis is pending an MRI.

2009 · 1 incident

October 5, 2009 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
B & W Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was pushing in a shot when he backed into a rock causing a quick jerk to his lower back. EE is off work pending the results of an MRI.

2008 · 1 incident

May 16, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
B & W Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was pushing rock with a Cat. D11 dozer when the blade of the dozer slipped on a rock, causing a quick jerk to the operator. Employee complained of lower back pain. He drove himself to the Mary Breckingridge Hospital in Hyden, Ky where an MRI is pending.