Mining Incidents

Big Branch #34 Coal

B&W Resources Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Lipari Energy
Stopover, Pike County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519906

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2022–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
76
citations
22
significant & substantial
$38,120
proposed penalties
$35,960
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 23,201 5 3 215.5
2025 Q3 22,186 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 26,312 12 5 456.1
2024 Q3 29,170 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 19,337 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 18,467 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 16,026 5 2 312.0
2022 Q2 8,171 2 1 244.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2026 · 1 incident

March 30, 2026 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B&W Resources Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a wishbone pin in a 777 when they felt a sharp pain in left shoulder. They stated it felt better as the day went on but throughout the night it started hurting and burning more.

2024 · 1 incident

September 10, 2024 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
B&W Resources Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was feeling tightness in the chest and was dizzy. EE was flown to the Medical Center for possible heart attack. It was determined by EE's personal physician that EE had a slight myocardial infraction. EE started missing work on 09/11/2024.

2023 · 1 incident

July 31, 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

Caterpillar 777F Truck driver claims EE's lower back was injured after a large rock rolled out of the caterpillar 992 loader bucket and jarred EE's truck.

2022 · 1 incident

August 3, 2022 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
B&W Resources Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was injured when a contract employee walked up from behind them, wrapped their arms around them and then squeezed them. The employee said they immediately felt like something was wrong. At the end of the shift they went to the doctor to be examined. Employee was diagnosed with a broken rib.