Mining Incidents

Eckley OperationCoal

Controlled by Blaschak Holding Corp
Freeland, Luzerne County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610138
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2023–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

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

Employee was performing routine maintenance on the dragline using hand tools to remove dirt shoot from in front of the drum of the dragline. While lifting the dirt chute up, the employee's finger got pinched between the chute and frame of the upper platform.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee lifted leg to step on a tie rod to get to steps. When EE lifted EE's knee it popped before stepping on the tie rod.

2024 · 2 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was wiping off the torch due to sputtering. Employee turned off the nozzle on the torch before wiping. Metal build up inside the torch released and the torch sparked burning through glove onto employee's hand

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee went to take hose off water truck tank and got sprayed. EE stepped back on a rock, fell backwards, and landed on shoulder, spraining it.

2023 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While the contractor, smucker builders, crew was using a brut post grabber to set the 16th pole of the day for a pole building construction, the 8""x8""x32' pole slipped in the brut pole grabber. It then fell forward knocking down the last pole set, which landed on the brace of the next pole back. the 2x4 wood brace broke and stuck EE in the back of the head as EE moved away.