Mining Incidents

Clymer Prep PlantCoal

Clymer, Indiana County, PA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3607688
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2003–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2026 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to plant to start EE's shift and slipped on a patch of ice resulting in a fractured ankle.

2015 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Miners were loading garbage into a hoisting basket when a piece of guarding fell striking a man walking up the stairs on the back.

2013 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Notified of Reportable Hearing Loss on this employee.

2010 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting belts on screen drive when his left ring finger got pinched between wrench and steel drive.

Struck against a moving object

Standing in manbasket, basket suddenly swung to the left and jarred employee's back.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using hand drill to purge a blocked line with water (overhead). Coal and water was running down on employee. Drill caught and slapped employee on the left check on his face causing laceration. Drill handle became wet and slipped.

2005 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Instructed employees not to be carrying/lifting too heavy of loads when doing their jobs.

2004 · 5 incidents

Struck by powered moving object

Employee walked down into a work area where an excavator was operating. The operator did not see employee, swung bucket around striking EE down onto the ground.

Fall down stairs

While employee was decending down steps, while carrying water hose, hose caught at corner of railing pulling employee back enough to lose footing on stair treads. He fell onto right elbow on metal stair tread.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While climbing up loader ladder, employee's feet slipped out from under him. He fell down 2 or 3 steps, his right arm caught on railing and the weight of his body pulled his right shoulder out.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While working on flooring in Plant Employee slipped and hyperextended his right knee.

No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING ROUTINE BELT INSPECTION, BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A TOOL AND FELT SEVERE BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT LIFTING OR CARRYING ANY ADDITIONAL WEIGHT AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

2003 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WORKING ON A SCREEN. WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF THE SCREEN DECK, EE SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HIS HEAD & NECK ON AN OVERHANGING PIPE.