Rosebud Mining CompanyMining Incidents in 2026

The individual was smashing ice in the travelway with an ax, when they felt a strain. Later individual was diagnosed with a hernia and went off work on 4-15-26.

Loading plates onto Roof Bolter. When a piece of draw rock fell hitting their right hand. Resulting a laceration on the hand.

Individual stepped off a main tail onto a crib block, the crib block rolled on its side causing EE's ankle to roll and breaking EE's tibia.

Individual was removing the canopy from the twin boom while performing maintenance when it slid off striking EE's wrist resulting in a fracture.

individual was pick up a piece of low belt structure when EE felt a pop in EE's low back. the individual went off work on 04/06/2026 as a lost time accident

While crawling employee turned and felt a pop in their knee. Employee worked until surgery on 2/17/2026

the section mechanic was greasing the ripper roller on the tail of the miner and employee was on the opposite side of the roller when the relief breather blew out and struck them in the left side of the nose. resulting in a cut and grease in their tear duct.

Employee was walking to plant to start EE's shift and slipped on a patch of ice resulting in a fractured ankle.

reaching over the bolter they struck their right forearm on a T3 channel resulting in a laceration. They received 4 stitches and came back to work. no time missed.

While trying to knock drill steels loose employee was using a bolter wrench to hit them when they missed and hit themselves on the eyebrow causing a laceration that needed sutures.

Employee was getting a T3 Channel off of the center of the bolter when the stack of T3s shifted smashing a finger and causing a laceration which required sutures.

Individual developed carpal tunnel and had surgery on 04/15/2026

Individual had a sore knee from repetitive crawling, later was diagnosed with a torn meniscus, became lost time on 03/03/2026.