Mining Incidents

Reading Anthracite CompanyMining Incidents in 2020

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Reading Anthracite Company operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2020
0
Total incidents
13
Year
2020

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON6 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY2 incidents
  4. 04ENTRAPMENT1 incident
  5. 05HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2020

Accident type, without injuries

A non injury accident occurred when a 785B truck came in contact with a 69KVA power line owned by a utility company. The operator was hauling rock for road maintenance. The operator dumped the load and drove away with the box still raised underestimating the distance to the power line.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

while fueling machinery, employee slipped on a rock/hole and fell twisting lower back and right ankle

Fall to the walkway or working surface

prepping to move a dragline, attached a hook to the cable on the back and when pulling started, hook broke from cable and employee fell onto right shoulder and elbow

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While using bearing press to press master link into a chain, chain shot out of press and struck right hand

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While climbing down the 992 loader, the ladder swung and employee hyper extended their body and strained right lower back, buttocks and rear thigh/calf.

Fall from machine

While getting out of broom, employee caught EE's foot on the door frame and fell to the ground

Struck against stationary object

Employee was climbing ladder of a WA800 wheel loader while carrying a fire extinguisher. Employee felt a pull in right arm resulting in a strain and then banged right leg against the loader resulting in a contusion.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking towards hitching post to plug EE's truck in at the end of EE's shift. EE slipped on the ice and spun around striking EE's right hand against front bumper of the truck.

Fall onto or against objects

Employee climbed down ladder of truck to the ground. Proceeded to walk away and slipped on ice. Grabbed ladder with left hand to break fall resulting in strained left shoulder.

Fall from machine

Employee was using a large wrench to adjust the drag cable on a 4600 drag line when employee slipped, twisted and fell behind the drum.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Getting out of excavator, slipped on step, grabbed ""bar"" and felt pain in left hand/wrist

Fall from machine

Getting off a truck and the step broken resulting in a fall onto EE's right side.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Carpal tunnel due to repetitive motion operating mobile equipment and hand tools. Accident occurred 1/31/2020 but EE has been working constantly up until 9/23/2020 and was told by Dr. that EE has to stop.

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.