Mining Incidents

Reading Anthracite CompanyMining Incidents in 2022

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Reading Anthracite Company operations in 2022. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2022
0
Total incidents
8
Year
2022

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
  2. 02DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)2 incidents
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  4. 04MACHINERY1 incident
  5. 05POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2022

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was thawing a pipe when it released and swung back. The water that came from the pipe knocked EE down. EE braced self with hands upon falling and jolted right shoulder.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking to the truck from the load out area when EE tripped over a mesh screen and fell.2

Fall from machine

Coming off the steps of a Haul Truck, employee slipped off the last step and felt right knee pop.

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

Moving the head on the drill up & down for mechanic to work on and the steel hammer came back and pinned EE's left elbow between it and the drill.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking out of the wash house when EE slipped and fell on the ice landing on right side.

Struck against a moving object

SNOW - PLOWING INCIDENT. EE was plowing snow with a loader, broke through frost and hit solid ground. Machine stopped abruptly. EE was thrown into loader windshield.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Carpel tunnel of right hand due to repetitive motion throughout EE's years working with the company.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

repetitive motion for the past 11 years while operating a dragline/shovel

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.