Mining Incidents

Alum Cave #17 Coal

B&W Resources Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Lipari Energy
Littcarr, Knott County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519766

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2020–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
158
citations
15
significant & substantial
$54,354
proposed penalties
$48,775
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 Q4 25,049 9 0 359.3
2025 Q2 26,205 6 0 229.0
2025 Q1 23,408 7 0 299.0
2024 Q4 24,735 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 19,057 15 2 787.1
2024 Q1 24,734 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 23,938 13 4 543.1
2022 Q3 23,549 4 0 169.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 8, 2025 KY · Coal welder (non-shop) MACHINERY
B&W Resources Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding cracks in a tube on a 777 Rock Truck when some grease that was in the tube got to hot and shot out of the tube burning our employee

2024 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2024 KY · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B&W Resources Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was operating an Ingersoll Rand drill near the outer edge of EE's drill bench when EE attempted to dismount the drill. As EE stepped off of the drill onto the berm, EE's footing gave way and EE fell. This resulted in a fracture to EE's left arm just above EE's wrist.

January 17, 2024 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

The employee's left shoulder was injured when the left side of the loader bucket on the caterpillar 992G EE was operating caught a large rock. This caused the employee's upper body to twist to the left causing pain in EE's shoulder.

2023 · 2 incidents

July 19, 2023 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B&W Resources Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee injured their back while removing a grease pump from an empty tank.

May 15, 2023 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

A gravel truck hauling sandstone from the mine site ran into the ditch line while attempting to pass an empty coal truck coming on to the mine site. The accident resulted in deep bruising to the Mar-kel truck driver and lost work days.

2022 · 3 incidents

June 21, 2022 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B&W Resources Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was climbing onto a D9T dozer when the employee slipped on the wet track. As employee fell employee stuck right hand out to catch self and cut it on the back of the blade.

March 3, 2022 KY · Coal FIRE
B&W Resources Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

It is believed that an oil inlet line ruptured or separated near the turbo causing the fire.

February 4, 2022 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B&W Resources Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

As the employee dismounted drill, employee slipped on the lower step and dropped to the ground. When this occurred the top step struck employee in the mouth and broke part of the left top front tooth off. The broken piece was found and reattached by employee's dentist later that day.

2021 · 5 incidents

November 29, 2021 KY · Coal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B&W Resources Inc. · Struck by flying object

The employee received a small laceration on the left side of EE's nose. This occurred after a small piece of metal broke loose from a pressing plate that EE was hammering on and struck EE in the nose.

October 8, 2021 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B&W Resources Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee injured EE's back while dismounting a 992G loader. The injury appeared to be a muscle strain on EE's left side. EE refused initial medical attention but later visited EE's primary care physician when the soreness didn't subside. EE was treated and given a full release.

July 9, 2021 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

The employee claims that as EE was being loaded, a rock jarred EE's truck causing an injury to EE's neck.

April 22, 2021 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
B&W Resources Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE experienced back pain as EE mounted a drill, stood up and turned to EE's right. This resulted in sharp pain originating in lower back and traveling down left leg.

March 16, 2021 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
B&W Resources Inc. · Struck against a moving object

While dumping material to reclaim a highwall, a Rock Truck driver got to close to the dozer running the dump and backed into the rear of the cab. This resulted in damage to the dozer's operated cab and caused the dozer operator to strain a muscle in EE's neck.

2020 · 1 incident

June 24, 2020 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B&W Resources Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee injured the small finger on right hand as employee was driving post for a silk curtain near the hollow fill pond. Injury resulted in 4 stitches.