Mining Incidents

Ellangowan Bank #45 Coal

Saint Nicholas, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3602234

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
59
citations
11
significant & substantial
$213,118
proposed penalties
$81,501
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 7,167 1 0 139.5
2023 Q4 6,638 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,996 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,590 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,970 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 9,661 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10,082 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 29, 2024 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck against a moving object

Truck driver was found unresponsive in the cab of EE's overturned truck at the bottom of the feed ramp drop off. There were no witnesses to the accident. Investigation is still pending.

Reportable incidents

12 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2022 · 1 incident

March 30, 2022 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

2021 · 2 incidents

December 30, 2021 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Sore hands that are getting worse, went to OCC Medicine for evaluation. *Repetitive motion causing bilateral hand pain. EE has been working up until went for surgery on 2/14/2022. EE will be off for a while.

June 1, 2021 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)

EE was moving full barrels when one slipped. EE went to catch the barrel and felt a pull in groin and abdomen areas.

2020 · 1 incident

November 4, 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 from machine

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

2018 · 1 incident

December 4, 2018 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Reading Anthracite Company · 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.

2016 · 1 incident

April 4, 2016 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall from ladders

Changing light bulb on truck. Ladder kicked out. Fell on wrist.

2015 · 1 incident

February 17, 2015 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck against a moving object

Emp. was backing up ramp in truck to dump load. Emp. got to close to Rt side of ramp. bank gave way under weight of truck & slide sideways down bank & then rolled onto roof aprox 30 feet.

2010 · 1 incident

2009 · 1 incident

May 18, 2009 PA · Coal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE leaned out window to adjust direction of water cannon and felt pain in abdomen.

2002 · 1 incident

September 12, 2002 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FUEL LOADER @ FUEL STATION WHEN HE SLIPPED & GRABBED HAND RAIL W / LEFT HAND PULLING LT. SHOULDER.

2000 · 2 incidents

January 13, 2000 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall from machine

WORKER FELL OFF FRONT END LOADER AND TWISTED KNEE, HAD KNEE REPAIRED BY SURGERY ON 9-5-00. NEVER LOST ANY TIME UP TO THIS DATE.