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
Vail MineCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 2013–2025
- Latest incident
- Sep 2025
Reportable incidents
13 on file2025 · 2 incidents
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
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.
miner was exiting the Johnson Mantrip when they stood up off of it their right knee twisted and hyperextended.
2023 · 2 incidents
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.
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
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
Employee was bending a 6' resin bolt when a hand slipped off causing the bolt to strike their mouth.
2019 · 2 incidents
roof fall on C-2 Butt #18-#19 crosscut #4 entry approx. 25' long and 8'-10' high
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
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
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
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