Mining Incidents

Calvert Mine Coal

NAES Corporation · Surface
Calvert, Robertson County, TX  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4103428

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
349
citations
46
significant & substantial
$119,189
proposed penalties
$91,297
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 59,977 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 50,847 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,475 3 0 354.0
2024 Q3 44,166 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 42,134 8 1 189.9
2023 Q4 8,581 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 33,079 10 0 302.3
2023 Q2 32,966 0 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

18 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 14, 2025 TX · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
NAES Corporation · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee went to an offsite doctor complaining of discomfort in the left knee and was scheduled for a knee procedure April 14, 2025 on EE's regularly scheduled 7-days off rotation. The EE returned to work April 18, 2025 on regular assigned activities.

2024 · 1 incident

February 22, 2024 TX · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
NAES Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

A passenger vehicle with a 54 old driver was traveling north on Williamsville Road and at the point of the haul road crossing the vehicle struck a loaded haul truck at the left front steer tire slightly deflecting toward the left side of the road: resulting in damage to the vehicle and minor injuries to the driver.

2023 · 1 incident

November 29, 2023 TX · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panamint Power dba Walnut Creek Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee, wearing appropriate PPE, received unidentified foreign debris in the right eye. Following treatment at a local medical center, a prescription medication was given to prevent infection.

2019 · 1 incident

February 1, 2019 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kiewit Mining Group · Fall from machine

Employee was washing boom off, lost track of where EE was standing and slipped and fell striking the right side of EE's head. Employee appeared to bleed from the nose and the onsite safety supervisor took precautionary measures and called ambulance.

2015 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2015 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Fall from ladders

Employee was using a step ladder to tighten the top lug nuts on a 3600RSI. As he was moving the ladder his left foot went thru the ladder, missed the bottom rung & he fell to the ground on his right side, catching his body weight on his right wrist.

June 3, 2015 TX · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Fall from machine

Employee was dismounting from a Haul Truck (CAT 785), employee missed grabbing the handrail, lost balance and foot slipped from the access ladder and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground.

2010 · 2 incidents

December 27, 2010 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was working normally when he bent down to pick up a tool and felt pain in his lower back. Diagnosed as possible lumbago.

June 28, 2010 TX · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting in rolling rack segments into place using pipe. Employee was moving the rear pipe to the front when his right ring finger tip was caught under the pipe smashing the right ring finger. Employee required 7 stitches and has a fracture of the finger above knuckle.

2007 · 1 incident

January 16, 2007 TX · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee was attaching a battery compartment door on a Cat 525 log skidder when the door fell slightly and pinched the employee's right index finger causing lacerations requiring 19 stitches, broke the tip of his finger and severed a tendon.

2006 · 1 incident

August 18, 2006 TX · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Fall from machine

The injured employee slipped off the deck of a D-9 Dozer onto the tracks, landing on his tailbone which caused a muscle spasm in his lower back

2005 · 1 incident

July 31, 2005 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was moving scrap plate with come-long...grabbed one end of plate to pull thru manway & let it off the come-along and put on floor... went outside for fresh air & noticed pain in groin.

2004 · 1 incident

April 15, 2004 TX · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE finished back-gouging. He picked-up chipper & hit trigger throwing dust, slag & dirt into air. Particles came down inside weld hood & safety glasses.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 5, 2003 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING AN AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR ON A END DUMP. HE WAS FITTING IT INTO ITS FINAL MOUNTING LOCATION WITH HIS RT. HAND HOLDING AND BALANCING THE COMPRESSOR & ATTEMPTING TO START A MOUNTING BOLT WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN THE COMPRESSOR DISLODGED FROM THE MOUNTING LOCATION AND PINCHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE COMPRESSOR & THE MOUNTING BRACKET. LACERATED AND FRACTURED

February 25, 2003 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PERFORMING OVERHEAD WORK WHEN A BOLT FELL FROM OVERHEAD STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LIP AND A CHIPPED TOOTH.

2002 · 2 incidents

November 21, 2002 TX · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ASSISTING THE DRAGLINE CREW IN TRYING TO SET THE UPPER RAIL ON HTE WALKING CAM. HE PLACED HIS HAND UNDER A NUT AND MOTIONED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO RAISE THE LOAD. WHEN THE LOAD WAS RAISE D, THE EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE NUT AND THE LOWER RAIL.

October 1, 2002 TX · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE TRIED TO PICK UP A D10 ROLLER AFTER HE FINISHED REPLACING IT WITH A NEW ONE. THE EE PICKED THE 320 LB. ROLLER UP AND WHEN THE HEAT FROM THE ROLLER PENETRATED HIS GLOVES HE LET GO OF ONE SID E LETTING THE OTHER ONE FALL ON HIS RIGHT HAND.THE ROLLER WAS NOT SMOOTH BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS REPAIRS. THE ROLLER CUT THROUGH THE GLOVES BREAKINGTHE PINKY FINGER. THIS RESULTED IN REMOVAL/PINK

2001 · 1 incident

April 20, 2001 TX · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DISMOUNTING A 5230 SHOVEL WHEN THE LADDER GOT HUNG UP AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN RUNGS CAUSING STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT FOOT.

2000 · 1 incident

April 10, 2000 TX · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Walnut Creek Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS LOWERING A SECTION (BED) USING A COME-A-LONG. THE COME-A-LONG SLIPED GEARS CAUSING THE LOAD TO SHIFT OUTWARD. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HIT BY EDGE OF THE TRUCK BED ON THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG PUNCTURING THE SKIN.