Mining Incidents

Vail MineCoal

Rosebud Mining Company · Underground
Freeport, Harrison County, OH · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304645
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2013–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Accident type, without injuries

roof fall on C-2 Butt #18-#19 crosscut #4 entry approx. 25' long and 8'-10' high

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

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

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

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