Mining Incidents

Reading Anthracite CompanyMining Incidents in 2000

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Reading Anthracite Company operations in 2000. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2000
0
Total incidents
26
Year
2000

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON13 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS6 incidents
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE3 incidents
  4. 04OTHER2 incidents
  5. 05MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2000

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM LADDER WHILE EXITING LOADER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

REPETITIVE LIFTING AND CLIMBING.

Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS GETTING OF SHOE OF DRAGLLINE SHOVEL SLIPPED & HIT HIS BACK ON LADDER

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PICKING CINDERS AND WOOD OFF CLEAN COAL VIBRATOR - A PIECE OF COAL SPLASHED INTO RIGHT EYE.

Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING OFF DOZER, STEPPED ON BLADE SIDE RAIL SLIPPED OFF HITTING HIS LOWER BACK ON SAME SIDE PUSH ARM

Struck against stationary object

DEMAG OPERATOR WAS HELPING ELECTRICIAN HOOK UP TRAILING CABLE RUBING HAND OVER END OF WIRE, GOT WIRE SLIVER IN FINGER.

Fall down stairs

EE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE CLIMBING STEPS & STRUCK RT. KNEE.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

NO DESCRIPTION

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON FLOOR.

Fall from machine

OPERATOR NOTICED SMOKE BEHIND CAB. WENT TO GET FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND ENTIRE CAB CAUGHT FIRE. EE JUMPED FROM CAB TO THE GROUND.

Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF LADDER STRAINIG LOWER BACK.

Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF OF THE LADDER ON THE SHOE OF THE 7800, HITTING HIS SHIN OFF OF THE RUNG OF THE LADDER.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CLOSING GATE ON RAIL CAR DOOR. LDW 6/23/00.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING COMPANY TRUCK INTO PIT AND HIT A BOUNCE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS WATER JUG AND BRUISE HIS RIBS.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SQUEEZING ELECTRIC HOLDER, FINGER BENT DOWN, STAYING THERE, NOT ABLE TO MOVE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A PIPE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM LADDER WHILE EXITING LOADER.

Fall onto or against objects

SHOVEL OPERATOR WAS WALKING TO SHOVEL AND SLIPPED HURTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

Fall from machine

WORKER FELL OFF FRONT END LOADER AND TWISTED KNEE, HAD KNEE REPAIRED BY SURGERY ON 9-5-00. NEVER LOST ANY TIME UP TO THIS DATE.

Fall from machine

EE SLIPPED OFF DOZER, JARRING BACK CAUSING INFLAMMATION OF MUSCLES AND NERVES IN BACK.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON A LOADER HOSE SPRAINING LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ON AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL WHILE TRYING TO FREE A FROZEN CONVEYOR BELT. GRABBED RAILING TO STOP FALL AND INJURED RIGHT SHOULDER.

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING IN EYE. AS HE RUBBED EYEIT BECAME IRRITATED. GOT EYE DROPS.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HITTING PIPE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRUCK INDEX FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND HAMMER.

Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO EYE.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDER WORKING ON 240 DEMAG SHOVEL BUCKET WELDING CRACK AFTER HE TOOK HIS LUNCH. STARTED TO HAVE BAD CHEST PAINS LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. CALLED 911.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Reading Anthracite Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.