Mining Incidents

CABIN RUNCoal

Controlled by Jason A Kitzmiller
Frostburg, Allegany County, MD · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800133
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Helping mechanics install a hard bar in S11R. Had bar in place with booms of service truck on each side with a strap for rigging. Told to use a wrench to hold shims in place while they finished lining up hole for pin. Could not set with wrench, decided to use their fingers as a strap broke causing injury.

Struck by falling object

Employee was helping mechanics install a hard bar on D11R. the mechanics had it strapped on each with nylon slings. Employee was given a wrench to hold pads in place, they elected to use their fingers not the wrench as they were putting the bar into place one of the straps tore. Causing employee to loose 3 fingers.

2023 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

employee fell off dozer while entering or exiting and sprained their left ankle

2019 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was inspecting truck. Strained back raising hood.

2014 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Operator was removing material from the Borden shot area. He pushed material off the highwall side of work area and traveled over the highwall coming to a rest on the Sewickley bench below. Emergency rescue personnel extracted the operator from the dozer and took for medical evaluation as a precautionary measure.

Fall from machine

Injured employee mistepped and fell while dismounting a grader after turning on the equipment master switch. He fractured his left wrist in attempt to brace himself while falling.

2013 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee was struck by a hoist cylinder when it unexpectedly broke loose from lifting devices, as it was being removed from a 777D rock truck. The 630 lb. cylinder struck his left leg as he was kneeling in close proximity to the work area fracturing the femur and fibula in his left leg.

2005 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING OFF AN EXCAVATOR. HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS AND FELL, CAUSING A BRUISE TO LOWER BACK.

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST AIR PRESSURE. EE HIT THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ON ITS TOP, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF EE'S LEFT LEG. (EE WAS NOT THROWN FROM VEHICLE.)

Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS RUNNING A ROCK TRUCK. DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY, HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND PUSHED OVER THE BARRIER AND WENT OVER THE DUMP SITE.

2003 · 3 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A BLADE JACK AND SLIPPED ON A BAR ON FRONT OF DOZER CAUSING HIM TO FALL & STRIKE HIS JAW & EAR CAUSING A BRUISE.

Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS BACKING UP DOZER AND RAN OVER A PILE OF DIRT. GOT WHIPLASH CAUSING A PINCHED NERVE IN NECK.

Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, LOADING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN A ROCK CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE LOADER STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RT.LEG CAUSING A BRUISE.

2001 · 5 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON SHOVEL. WHILE LOOSENING RADIATOR CAP THE PRESSURE PUSHED ANIT-FREEZE OUT CAUSING A BURN TO RIGHT ARM.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

DRIVIER WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN HISTRUCK OUTSIDE THE SHOP AREA. HE WENT INSIDE TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND TRIPPED, RESULTING IN A SEVERE SPRAIN.

Struck against stationary object

INJ WAS WORKING ON DOZER WHEN HE SCRAPED HIS MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND ON TRACK OF DOZER CAUSING AN ABRASION. HE KEPT WORKING & ON 2/20/01 ENT TOHOSP AFTER HIS FINGER BECAME INFECTED

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS STEPPING OFF THE BUMPER OF A MECHANIC TRK ONTO FROZEN GROUND WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHTANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIN

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS FILLING UP A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHENTHE FUEL NOZZLE FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE JAW CAUSING A BRUISE.

2000 · 3 incidents

Fall down stairs

INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS AND FELL INJURING RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING A STRAIN RIGHT KNEE.

Struck against a moving object

A RISH EQUIPMENT MECHANIC PULLED HIS SERVICE TRUCK INTO THE PIT NEXT TO A HITACHI SHOVEL. AFTER MECHANIC WORK WAS COMPLETED ON THE SHOVEL, THE MECHANIC GOT INTO HIS TRUCK TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY . THE SHOVEL OPERATOR STARTED THE SHOVEL AND SWUNG AROUND BEFORE THE MECHANIC WAS CLEAR. THE SHOVEL'S COUNTERWEIGHT STRUCK THE CAB OF SERVICE TRUCK INJURING THE MECHANIC.

Accident type, without injuries

COAL TRUCK WAS WITHIN ONE BUCKET OF BEING LOADED IN THE PIT. A SECTION OF THE HIGHWALL FELL IN ON THE FRONT SECTION OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF THE EVENT.