Mining Incidents

RES Houtzdale Coal

RES Coal LLC · Surface
Houtzdale, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609604

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2009–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
61
citations
19
significant & substantial
$12,846
proposed penalties
$11,848
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 15,471 1 0 64.6
2025 Q2 15,607 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 16,949 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 16,250 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 18,857 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 19,919 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 20,412 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 16,302 0 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

9 on file

2022 · 2 incidents

August 22, 2022 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RES Coal LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was doing a pre-shift inspection on a Cat D5H dozer. EE was checking the anti-freeze level and had opened the radiator cap. The dozer had not been started and was cold. When EE looked down at the top of the radiator, a piece of dust or dirt blew into EE's right eye. EE was later diagnosed with a cornea abrasion.

July 1, 2022 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
RES Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

Stemming holes felt a pinch in back.

2021 · 1 incident

November 15, 2021 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RES Coal LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The employee was operating a triaxle truck hauling coal from the mine to the cleaning plant. The tarp motor broke on the triaxle and employee was pulling on the tarp arm to manually move the tarp arm into a secure position. EE felt pain in neck and reported it to the supervisor at 2:00 P.M. on 11/15/2021. EE did not seek medical attention until 11/18/2021.

2020 · 1 incident

October 22, 2020 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
RES Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee notified the Safety Director on 10/22/2020 at 3:00 P.M. that employee received medical treatment for pain in right shoulder caused by constantly correcting the blade tilt control of the D11R dozer employee was operating. The pain got progressively worse even after the blade control was repaired.

2018 · 1 incident

August 13, 2018 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
RES Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee informed supervisor on 8/13/2018 that employee was experiencing pain in neck and shoulder from operating a rock truck. The employee did not seek or was not provided any immediate medical attention. The employee continued to work without any lost time until 7/25/2019, when EE had surgery to correct a disc problem in the neck.

2017 · 1 incident

May 23, 2017 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RES Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Strained back while stemming holes

2016 · 1 incident

November 23, 2016 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RES Coal LLC · Fall from machine

The employee was climbing down the ladder of a CAT 777D rock truck. Employee missed hand hold and fell backward to the ground. Employee fractured a hip.

2015 · 1 incident

September 14, 2015 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RES Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking across the job site parking area from his pickup to the loader he was operating. He stepped in a washout and twisted his left knee. He did it again on 9/15/2015. He did not report the accident to his supervisor until 10/1/2015.

2009 · 1 incident

August 10, 2009 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RES Coal LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a 6" x 6" x 8" wooden block to use as a cribbing to secure the boom of a loader, when he heard/felt his right shoulder pop.