Buck Run P-8 P-10 — Accidents

Total: 37 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/15/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee felt pain in lower back while lifting a battery.
09/15/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost Employee slipped off track/platform of dragline and landed face up on the ground.
06/25/2025 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost Victim suffered heat stroke due to dehydration and extreme weather conditions.
06/17/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 16d restricted Blaster was dropping 50 lb packages of blasting agent into boreholes and felt a sharp pain in EE's back.
06/06/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost 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.
06/05/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost 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.
04/17/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER.
03/13/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 115d lost 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.
04/22/2023 POWERED HAULAGE INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Non-employee was crossing haul road on a motorcycle. Individual lost control; and crashed causing injury. EMS called to the scene. MSHA notified.
07/12/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 64d restricted Coming off the steps of a Haul Truck, employee slipped off the last step and felt right knee pop.
05/24/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted 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.
02/07/2022 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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.
08/12/2021 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None 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 arc...
05/26/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted While dismounting CM785 drill, employee's hands missed grab handles & employee fell down 2 steps to the ground.
03/30/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 444d restricted Lifting a rock from the road and felt a pain in back, same area from previous work injury.
11/19/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 148d lost while fueling machinery, employee slipped on a rock/hole and fell twisting lower back and right ankle
09/23/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None 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
04/06/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While getting out of broom, employee caught EE's foot on the door frame and fell to the ground
01/23/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost 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.
01/13/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost 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.
10/31/2019 FIRE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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.
02/13/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was walking to designated parking area to dragline when ee slipped and fell on ice
06/11/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost 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.
04/14/2018 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Brush fire spread to an abandoned storage bldg and ignited bldg.
10/27/2017 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 25d lost Employee was diagnosed with this repetitive motion injury in Oct 2017 but did not miss any time until now.
05/22/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 77d lost Descending ladder of 4600, foot slipped & employee grabbed ladder causing pain in shoulder.
05/18/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost 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.
04/30/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 292d lost Operating excavator in hard rock conditions, machine tilted and dropped back onto tracks.
01/18/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 116d lost Standing on swing motor to change valve body on PC 4000. Slipped off swing motor & hit Lt knee on motor.
09/13/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 196d lost Employee was descending truck ladder, loss of balance, grabbed ladder with 2 hands, felt pain in left shoulder.
04/02/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Lifting ladder on PC felt sharp pain in low back
11/22/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost 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.
02/01/2010 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 190d lost Employee was in process of running dewatering pump & twisted/reached for the control panel & felt pain in back, hip & leg.
01/26/2010 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Employee was getting into cab of truck when wind blew door shut & struck ribs.
11/25/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 153d lost Putting tooth on shovel bucket, swung sledge hammer and experienced pain in low back, right leg and right shoulder.
04/22/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 254d lost Employee was trying to disassemble hose connections. Injury occurred while trying to loosen nuts with wrench & chrome bar.
03/18/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost 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.