Mining Incidents

Aces Branch Mine #9Coal

Controlled by Lipari Energy
Hyden, KY, Leslie County, KY · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519441
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2011–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

B & W Resources Inc. believes an electrical short in the electric fuel hose reel caused the fire. The fuel hose reel compartment was severely damaged.

2024 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The employee strained EE's lower back while pulling an oil hose from the oil truck.

Struck against a moving object

The employee was operating a John Deere 700 dozer when the machine over traveled the work area and overturned. The employee was wearing a seatbelt and only sustained bruising. EE was examined immediately after the accident and released for work later that morning.

2023 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The Employees left ring finger was pinched when the small, oil soaked hydraulic jack EE was holding slipped and fell to the bumper.

2020 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

The employee was tightening a hydraulic hose. The wrench slipped hitting the employee over the left eye. Injury resulted in 7 stitches.

2018 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Truck driver was going down a hill and went into ditch and hit rock causing truck to tip on the right side

Accident type, without injuries

A Caterpillar D10R Dozer caught on fire between 3:50pm (the time that the machine was parked) and 5:47pm (the notification of fire to company officials)

2017 · 3 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was using a sledge hammer to assist in the installation of a ball stud on a Caterpillar 777D truck.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

There was no accident, the employee was suffering from a bulging disc in which employee had previously had surgery for years ago. The condition was worsening and while working on the job that day employee was operating a 777D rock truck. As the employee stood up to exit the truck employee's back was burning and cramping.

Struck against a moving object

The employee was cleaning loose material away from the highwall in the #8 coal pit when the bucket on the loader hit a rock. This caused the loader to abruptly swivel hard to the right sending a jolt through the employees back.

2016 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee reinjured a previous back injury that resulted in 4 bulging disks in the employee's back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee has been placed on light duty.

2011 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Cutting edge off loader and it fell landing on left foot.

Fall onto or against objects

Getting vacuum cleaner out of back of mechanic truck. Slipped on bed of truck striking right side of ribs.