Mining Incidents

Buck Run P-8 P-10 Coal

Cass Township, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3601965

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
38
Years on record
2004–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
129
citations
34
significant & substantial
$78,675
proposed penalties
$56,770
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 Q4 16,118 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 17,953 1 1 55.7
2024 Q4 15,100 3 1 198.7
2024 Q3 15,759 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 16,776 3 1 178.8
2023 Q2 13,472 8 2 593.8
2022 Q4 12,599 8 2 635.0
2022 Q1 12,880 1 1 77.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

38 on file

2026 · 1 incident

2025 · 3 incidents

September 15, 2025 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall from machine

Employee slipped off track/platform of dragline and landed face up on the ground.

June 25, 2025 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Reading Anthracite Company · Contact with heat

Victim suffered heat stroke due to dehydration and extreme weather conditions.

2024 · 5 incidents

June 17, 2024 PA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Blaster was dropping 50 lb packages of blasting agent into boreholes and felt a sharp pain in EE's back.

June 6, 2024 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While trying to remove a keeper out of a shovel tooth, employee was holding a punch and missed the punch and hit their hand with a sledge hammer.

June 5, 2024 PA · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While changing hammer on drill, with J wrench and chain wrench, continual lifting of both wrenches over several hours caused employee to suffer low back pain.

March 13, 2024 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a loader with worn pins. Excessive bouncing caused severe back pain. Employee's first day off work from this injury was 4/26/24.

2023 · 1 incident

April 22, 2023 PA · Coal trespasser POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall from machine

Non-employee was crossing haul road on a motorcycle. Individual lost control; and crashed causing injury. EMS called to the scene. MSHA notified.

2022 · 3 incidents

July 12, 2022 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall from machine

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

May 24, 2022 PA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Reading Anthracite Company · 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.

February 7, 2022 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · 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.

2021 · 3 incidents

August 12, 2021 PA · Coal ELECTRICAL
Reading Anthracite Company · Accident type, without injuries

An excavator operator was backing up a haul road and repairing the roadway as they traveled. The excavator traveled underneath a 69KV powerline owned by PPL. Unknown to the operator, the powerline arced to the boom of the excavator which cause a brief power interruption. The operator was only made aware of this at 11:30 am when an electrician showed up on site to investigate.

March 30, 2021 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a rock from the road and felt a pain in back, same area from previous work injury.

2020 · 5 incidents

November 19, 2020 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

September 23, 2020 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Reading Anthracite Company · 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

January 23, 2020 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · 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.

January 13, 2020 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reading Anthracite Company · 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.

2019 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2019 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FIRE
Reading Anthracite Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE backed truck up to dump. Revved engine & pulled dump lever & immediately felt & saw flames around cab coming from engine. EE exited truck and went down ladder.

February 13, 2019 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to designated parking area to dragline when ee slipped and fell on ice

2018 · 2 incidents

June 11, 2018 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · 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.

2017 · 2 incidents

October 27, 2017 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was diagnosed with this repetitive motion injury in Oct 2017 but did not miss any time until now.

May 22, 2017 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Descending ladder of 4600, foot slipped & employee grabbed ladder causing pain in shoulder.

2015 · 1 incident

May 18, 2015 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall from ladders

Employee was climbing ladder to access jacked up truck. Jack kicked out. Employee fell onto cab deck of truck hitting head, ribs and tail bone.

2014 · 1 incident

April 30, 2014 PA · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck against a moving object

Operating excavator in hard rock conditions, machine tilted and dropped back onto tracks.

2013 · 1 incident

January 18, 2013 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Standing on swing motor to change valve body on PC 4000. Slipped off swing motor & hit Lt knee on motor.

2012 · 2 incidents

September 13, 2012 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was descending truck ladder, loss of balance, grabbed ladder with 2 hands, felt pain in left shoulder.

2011 · 1 incident

November 22, 2011 PA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Reading Anthracite Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Drilling test hole @ 95' in coal bed. Drill bit got stuck & ignited coal causing Co to escape up drill hole. Employee felt ill & was taken to local hospital.

2010 · 2 incidents

February 1, 2010 PA · Coal drill operator OTHER
Reading Anthracite Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in process of running dewatering pump & twisted/reached for the control panel & felt pain in back, hip & leg.

January 26, 2010 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting into cab of truck when wind blew door shut & struck ribs.

2009 · 2 incidents

November 25, 2009 PA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Putting tooth on shovel bucket, swung sledge hammer and experienced pain in low back, right leg and right shoulder.

April 22, 2009 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was trying to disassemble hose connections. Injury occurred while trying to loosen nuts with wrench & chrome bar.

2004 · 1 incident