Mining Incidents

Vail Mine Coal

Rosebud Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Freeport, Harrison County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304645

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2013–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
348
citations
25
significant & substantial
$71,514
proposed penalties
$62,644
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 29,033 4 0 137.8
2025 Q3 1,874 6 0 3201.7
2025 Q1 29,598 5 1 168.9
2024 Q4 24,653 4 0 162.3
2024 Q2 28,789 8 0 277.9
2024 Q1 31,769 7 0 220.3
2023 Q3 32,395 5 0 154.3
2022 Q4 28,798 4 0 138.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

September 6, 2025 OH · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

Patient was hanging line curtain when EE's feet got tangled in it causing EE to fall. EE fell into the side of a scoop battery causing a laceration and broken nose

May 13, 2025 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by falling object

A piece of draw rock approx. 2' x 54" x 2" thick fell out between bolts striking the miners right shin area possibly breaking EE's tibia

2024 · 2 incidents

July 24, 2024 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall occurred in #4 entry at the #44 crosscut on the "A" Mains. The fall was in the intersection on the #4 entry travel way.

February 21, 2024 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

miner was exiting the Johnson Mantrip when they stood up off of it their right knee twisted and hyperextended.

2023 · 2 incidents

June 27, 2023 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by flying object

Torqueing a flywheel on incline shaker screen at prep plant. work location outdoors. Weather: light rain. Torque wrench slipped out of grip of employee while on flywheel nut while under tension, spinning the wrench with the flywheel, striking employee on left upper cheek. injury result was a laceration with 5 stitches and multiple facial bruising.

February 24, 2023 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

a johnson mantrip with 2 passengers was coming out from 2 section when a johnson mantrip carrying 1 passenger was going into 1 section. the outgoing mantrip came around a turn and was hit in the left front with the incoming mantrip. this caused the passenger to strike EE's right foot causing a right heel fracture

2021 · 1 incident

September 14, 2021 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Lifting a roll of belting onto structure. Was lifting with the belt winding wood and smashed right middle finger between the wood and the metal structure resulting in 7 stitches.

2020 · 1 incident

May 26, 2020 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was bending a 6' resin bolt when a hand slipped off causing the bolt to strike their mouth.

2019 · 2 incidents

January 11, 2019 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Mechanics had removed the canopy extensions from the #2 twin boom. While putting it back together, ee had hand on top of the canopy jack. Another mechanic didn't know this and raised the jack, smashing the miner's left thumb between the jack and the roof of the mine

2015 · 1 incident

April 20, 2015 OH · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The miner was adding belt to the low structure. The tail was pushed before the miner had his rail out causing the low structure to push towards the rib. The miner was kneeling down and the low structure hit his right knee pushing it and his ankle into the rib.

2013 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2013 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was spotting low structure. When he went to throw a piece he struck his right pointer and right middle finger on another piece of structure laying there lacerating his middle finger and smashing the tip of his pointer finger

January 15, 2013 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The miner was walking to get to the section and said he slipped on a rock and twisted and then fell to the ground possibly onto another rock landing directly on his hip