Mining Incidents

Access Energy Coal

Bluegrass Resources · Underground
Deane, Letcher County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519532

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2012–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
640
citations
157
significant & substantial
$262,062
proposed penalties
$138,919
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
2025 Q2 2,520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 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

15 on file

2018 · 4 incidents

July 17, 2018 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deane Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was working on a Joy 14-9 continuous miner with the top lid opened when the lid fell down on middle finger on the right hand. This action fractured the tip of the middle finger on right hand. Employee took self to the doctor after the shift and returned to work the next day with no time lost.

April 26, 2018 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Deane Mining LLC · Rubbed or abraded

Crawling, not lifting properly. *Employee did not notify mine management of any injury.

April 26, 2018 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Deane Mining LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hearing loss. *Employee did not notify any person from mine management of any injury.

April 26, 2018 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Deane Mining LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Not wearing respirator, not following ventilation plans. *Employee did not notify mine management of any injury.

2014 · 4 incidents

August 29, 2014 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deane Mining LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was installing a section of 6 inch water line. He reached across belt structure to pick the water line up and felt pain in his groin and abdomen area.

August 28, 2014 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Deane Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Workman was standing on the #7 head drive pulling on motor leads when he lost his footing and fell into a H beam on the head drive. He strained his right shoulder and lower back.

June 15, 2014 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deane Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was shoveling the #2 overland belt when he struck his hand against a metal trough. The metal sliced through the glove he was wearing and lacerated his right little finer. Two stitches were required to close the wound.

January 23, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deane Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee was making up roof bolts and plates to bolt a cut when he slipped and his arm struck a roof bolt causing a laceration that required 7 stitches to close the wound.

2013 · 4 incidents

May 29, 2013 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Deane Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was applying rockdust in the #8 Head Drive Area when the waterline ruptured and a piece of the plastic struck him in the left side of the head causing a laceration that required stitches. On 6/11/13 we received information in the form of a work excuse taking ee off work beginning 6/10/13.

February 27, 2013 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deane Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was hanging cable around the tailpiece when the waterline blew apart at the head drive. The waterline pushed forward and the water manifold at the tailpiece struck EE in the back and fractured a rib.

February 11, 2013 KY · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deane Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

He was dragging ventilation curtain from #6 entry to the #5 entry and as he turned the corner of the #5 entry he came in contact with a roof bolt plate.

January 14, 2013 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Deane Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

During retreat mining we had a pillar fall occur that extended from the area where pillars had been mined in the normal cycle of retreat mining and extended outby where the continuous miner was cutting coal out of a pillar while performing retreat mining.

2012 · 3 incidents

September 22, 2012 KY · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Deane Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trouble shooting a hydraulic problem in the valve chest on the continuous miner. A valve stuck and the bumper on the miner sat down on his left foot. Employee sustained 3 fractured toes and a laceration requiring stitches.

August 15, 2012 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Deane Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was helping lift the arm on a head drive when the arm swung around and his finger was caught in a pinch point. EE sustained a laceration requiring stitches.

May 4, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deane Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a slate bar to move the track when the bar slipped and came back hitting him in the side of the face causing a fracture of the zeugmatic arch.