After replacing the conveyor belt on an ADDCAR conveyor car, the employee was tightening the belt by pumping grease into take-up cylinders. They stopped to check the tightness of the belt when they heard a loud "pop" and grease had entered into two fingers of right hand.
ADDCAR System 6 HWM Serial No. LV23006 Coal
Eagle Highwall Mining Systems, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
David Michael Jamison; Petri E Koivula
Petersburg,
Pike County,
IN
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1202511
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2023–2024
- Latest incident
- Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
4
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,463
proposed penalties
$2,463
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 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 11,829 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 14,359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 14,970 | 1 | 1 | 66.8 |
| 2023 Q2 | 11,234 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2024 · 2 incidents
Eagle Highwall Mining Systems, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Eagle Highwall Mining Systems, LLC · Struck against stationary object
After employee finished installing both belt splice hinges onto conveyor belt, EE then proceeded to pick up the nails that break off the splice rivets after installation. While doing this, EE struck EE's hand on the corner of the splice fixture causing laceration to palm.
2023 · 1 incident
October 30, 2023
IN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Highwall Mining Systems, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee overexerted their back while turning a cutterhead.