Accident type, without injuries
Brush fire spread to an abandoned storage bldg and ignited bldg.
Reading Anthracite CompanyMining Incidents in 2018
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Reading Anthracite Company operations in 2018. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2018
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Year
- 2018
Top incident classifications
- 01FIRE2 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
- 03POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 04OTHER1 incident
All incidents in 2018
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Exiting loader, missed last 2 steps of ladder, held on with Rt hand and feet sharp pain in Rt shoulder.
Struck against a moving object
Employee was driving service truck thru pit on haul road. EE drove into a large water formed pothole and jarred back.
Contact with hot objects or substances
Employees were in process of removing a pump from a mine shaft. When one employee started to cut a drive shaft coupling with a torch, a gas ignition occurred causing burns to another employee.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was using back of truck as a work platform to reach dragline trip cable. EE tripped and fell on EE's back in the box of the truck.
Unclassified, insufficient data
Employee became ill at work and was taken away by ambulance. After review with hospital it was determined that this was not a work related condition.