Mining Incidents

Eckley Operation Coal

Controlled by Blaschak Holding Corp
Freeland, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610138

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2023–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
15
citations
0
significant & substantial
$8,361
proposed penalties
$8,361
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 12,713 1 0 78.7
2025 Q3 12,349 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,626 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,592 1 0 86.3
2024 Q4 10,911 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,179 1 0 89.5
2024 Q2 9,426 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,481 1 0 133.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

March 25, 2025 PA · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaschak Anthracite Corp. · 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.

February 20, 2025 PA · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaschak Anthracite Corp. · 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

December 17, 2024 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Blaschak Anthracite Corp. · 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

October 7, 2024 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blaschak Anthracite Corp. · 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

June 12, 2023 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaschak Anthracite Corp. · 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.