Mining Incidents

Continental StripCoal

Controlled by Robert Burns
Centralia, Schuylkill County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608590
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2013–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2026 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Dragline operator exiting machine after end of shift stepped down from shoe and slipped. Dragline operator fell to ground landing on left hip. Dragline operator was assisted to their feet by witness/oiler and both clocked out for the day. Dragline operator went to hospital later that day where they were diagnosed with a left hip socket fracture and were admitted for surgery.

2025 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Portable fire extinguisher accidentally discharged in excavator cab. While attempting to step down from the machine the tracks were not aligned causing the excavator operator to hang from the grab handle of the cab. This strained left bicep tendon causing injury.

2024 · 1 incident

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

Assisting crane set tracks of 6015 excavator for assembly. Track was set in assembly area. Rigger and EE went to disconnect rigging. As employee was disconnecting, the slings became under tension and the EE's right index finger was pinched between lifting pin and track frame. Diagnosis: Traumatic amputation of tip of finger. No Bone Loss.

2019 · 1 incident

Struck by flying object

Dragline Oiler was hammering off broken dragline bucket tooth when a two-inch metal sliver (shrapnel) broke off the tooth and impaled the Dragline Oiler in the right thigh.

2016 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Driller's left hand was caught in the carousel rack of the Atlas Copco track drill when EE tried to manually push back jammed drill steel into rack.

2015 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A miner operating a Caterpillar D11N Bulldozer in the 002-0 Packer 5 pit was uninjured when a portion of the south ""bottom rock"" highwall unexpectedly failed. The bulldozer was engulfed in the collapse and partially covered by rock and rubble. The bulldozer sustained serious damage and remains in the debris field. The miner exited the bulldozer immediately without assistance.

2013 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Employee was walking around mine site conducting post blast inspection. The employee then stepped on a rock and rolled their ankle.