Mining Incidents

Buck Run P-8 P-10Coal

Cass Township, Schuylkill County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3601965
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
37
Years on record
2004–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

37 on file

2025 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee felt pain in lower back while lifting a battery.

Fall from machine

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

Contact with heat

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

2024 · 5 incidents

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.

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.

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.

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER.

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

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

Fall from machine

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

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.

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

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.

Fall from machine

While dismounting CM785 drill, employee's hands missed grab handles & employee fell down 2 steps to the ground.

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

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

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

Fall from machine

While getting out of broom, employee caught EE's foot on the door frame and fell to the ground

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Accident type, without injuries

Brush fire spread to an abandoned storage bldg and ignited bldg.

2017 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

2015 · 1 incident

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

Struck against a moving object

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

2013 · 1 incident

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

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting ladder on PC felt sharp pain in low back

2011 · 1 incident

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

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.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

2009 · 2 incidents

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.

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

Fall from machine

EE FELL TO GROUND WHEN CLIMBING LADDER TO GET ON DRAGLINE. EE WORKED UP UNTIL 4/12/04 AND HAD SURGERY ON 4/13/04.