Absaloka Mine — Accidents
Total: 103 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/01/2010 | OTHER | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | While fueling a pickup at the main gas pump, the injured employee was nipped in the left index finger by a coyote pup that has been hanging around the main shop area. The employee was transported to t... |
| 10/13/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Preparing to pump down a sump, the pump crew was draining one of the 6"" hose connections in the hard line out of the sump. The flange end of one of the hard line sections slipped out of the employee... |
| 11/18/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 7d lost | While performing routine boiler maintenance on one of the mine's two coal fired steam boilers, the injured welder/mechanic had the unit shut down for cleaning bottom ash/clinker out of the fire box. T... |
| 07/31/2008 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 96d lost | After staging truck at loading face the right rear trailer strut failed as the 1st bucket load of coal was dumped into truck. The resulting severe rocking motion slammed the driver into the operators... |
| 01/17/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee slipped on snow covered ice after climbing down from coal hauler. |
| 01/11/2008 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While repairing rear strut - raising the strut into position with a come-along, employee was attempting to line up strut onto top pin eye with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped & employee pinched finger... |
| 01/09/2008 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 7d lost, 5d restricted | In process of repairing upper hoist cylinder pin & bore,EE was preheating bore with a propane torch. Prior to final bushing placement,grease surrounding the bore sleave super heated & blew out of the... |
| 10/03/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 61d lost, 10d restricted | Employee was trying to adjust an external cab light on a coal drill and slipped off of the drill boarding step, falling a distance of approximately 3 feet to the ground. |
| 09/21/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While operating scraper employee hit a soft spot in haulage way, causing the operator's seat to bottom out (seat belt loosely fastened) jarring the employee's lower extremities. |
| 08/09/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | When pulling tag lines from hoist to deck winch, employee got his hand caught between the snatch block & deck winch. He had his hand on the snatch block cable when the gloves he had on caught up in th... |
| 07/17/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was tightening bolts on a set of portable stairways when his socket wrench slipped & employee cut his right middle finger on the stairways metal edge. The resulting cut required 3 stitches to... |
| 06/26/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee shut his left hand in the passenger side door of a CAT 776D water truck, resulting in a broken finger tip. |
| 05/23/2007 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | While returning to pit with empty coal hauler, employee ran into back of a scraper that was waiting for a loaded coal hauler to pass before turning off main haul road. Due to adverse weather condition... |
| 05/17/2007 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | When subject was kneeling to work on a piece of machinery, unknown debris on the ground punctured his right knee, creating a small puncture wound. |
| 05/11/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Employee stepped down from mechanic's truck onto main shop & severely sprained his left ankle. |
| 04/10/2007 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 8d lost | Employee was operating a wheel scraper removing interburden from above the lower coal seam. It was snowing hard and a depression in the roadway was not readily observable. A scraper tire impacted th... |
| 03/07/2007 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 14d lost | Employee was operating FEL loading coal. When moving forward cleaning the floor the loader fantail was struck by the right drivers of a 150 ton coal truck that was positioning to load. The EE was emp... |
| 02/10/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee's foot slipped off ladder rung when dismounting the scraper he was operating. |
| 02/06/2007 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 1d restricted | Employee was driving a coal hauler. He turned on the cab heater, became drowsy, fell alseep, and allowed the truck to veer and strike the berm along the road. |
| 01/04/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | EE slipped on deck of drill. The deck was wet from moisture. This injury was orginally reported as bruising only and EE did not complain of continuing discomfort until 1/24/07, at which time he was ta... |
| 12/01/2006 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was attempting to attach a sling to the hook on a hoist. The end of the sling slipped from employee's hand, and he leaned forward and bent over attempting to catch it. |
| 11/10/2006 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | Employee was operating a scraper. The scraper bounced over a chunk of hard material while loading. Employee's upper torso was turned as he looked back at bowl and he twisted/sprained muscles in lower... |
| 10/29/2006 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | Employee parked the haul truck he was operating to await loading of materials. Loading unit struck box of truck as it approached with the first bucket of material. The impact caused the truck to bounc... |
| 07/16/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 16d restricted | Employee was walking around and servicing a coal hauler. He stepped on a rock and felt his foot start to turn. He then relaxed his leg and attempted to step off the rock; but continued to fall sideway... |
| 07/01/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Lower back strain, numbness leg and hip while moving heavy (200-300 lb.) lab equipment without sufficient assistance. Hoping to get well on own, injured person chose not to see a doctor until 7/26/06.... |
| 06/07/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | EE was striking the wedge in the socket of a dragline drag cable. The wedge came free unexpectedly and dropped on the employee's left foot, striking the very rear edge of the steel toe in his boot. Th... |
| 05/21/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Loading coal sample bags into back of a pick-up truck |
| 03/04/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 278d restricted | Employee alleges he slipped and wrenched his lower back when dismounting a blade. He had soreness in his lower back. The first shift missed was on 3-9-06. The employee has a past history (pre-existing... |
| 12/27/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A LUBE PUMP & ASSENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, HE TRIPPED ON A STEP & FELL FORWARD. THE PUMP PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND, LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PUMP & THE FLOOR. RESULTED IN A L... |
| 04/20/2005 | OTHER | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 44d lost, 42d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS PULVERIZING COAL IN PREP ROOM, STEPPED BACK & TURNED HER BODY BUT NOT HER LEG, TWISTED HER KNEE. |
| 01/19/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 29d lost, 36d restricted | While ee was attempting to lift an inspection door on the primary crusher at the plant, he experienced pain in his left arm. EE done light therapy for several months for a strained muscle then recentl... |
| 11/02/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | WHILE WORKING AS A MECHANIC, THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE BECAME IRRITATED. UPON EXAMINATION, A SMALL PARTICLE WAS OBSERVED. HIS EYE WAS FLUSHED & HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. DR. REMOVED... |
| 07/23/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While changing the spreader bar on a dragline bucket, the ee's right hand thumb was pinched between a chain link and the connecting eye on the spreader bar. Resulted in a laceration to the thumb that... |
| 07/07/2004 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 51d restricted | WHILE WORKING ON THE AIR VALVES TO THE SPRAY BARS LOCATED INSIDE THE CAB OF A WATER TRUCK, A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE CAB DOOR SHUT AND CRUSHED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR EDGE AND THE DOO... |
| 05/10/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 22d restricted | WHILE UNLOADING CUTTING EDGES (MOTOR GRADER) FROM VENDOR (DTS) TRAILER, THE VENDOR PUSHED ONE OF THE EDGES AND IT FELL FROM THE TRAILER STRIKING EE ON THE OUTER THIGH THEN ON THE TOP (BRIDGE) OF HIS L... |
| 05/16/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE THE VALUE CAP FROM THE AIR STEM FROM A 651 E SCRAPER TIRE. THE VALVE STEM BECAME LOOSE AND WAS EJECTED UNDER PRESSURE. SAND BLASTING HIS RIGHT PALM AND WRIST. EE WAS C HECKING T... |
| 01/15/2003 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 46d lost, 23d restricted | EE ALLEGES THAT WHITE EXISTING THE LOWER POWDER MAGAZING HE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW. IN FALLING HE ALLEGES THAT HE DID THE SPLITS AND IN THE PROCESS TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. |
| 12/26/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 26d lost, 3d restricted | WHILE ASSISTING WITH THE CHANGE OUT OF THE DUMP ROPES ON THE 2570 DRAGLINE, A TANGLE DEVELOPED ON THE CABLE. WHILE TRYING TO UNDO IT THE END CAME OUT OF THE TANGLE STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT. |
| 11/21/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | WHILE MOVING A HINGED GEAR COVER EE PUT HIS FINGERS IN THE HINGED OPENING. UPON LIFTING THE COVER IT CLOSED ON HIS FINGER |
| 11/19/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY COUGHED CAUSING A SEVERE BACK SPASM. (N0TE: ATTACHED LETTER QUESTIONED THE VALIDITY OF THIS CLAIM ALTHOUGH THE DOCTOR FELT THE INJURY WAS WORK-RELATED). |
| 07/05/2002 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 98d lost, 8d restricted | ON 7-5-02, EE ALLEGES A BACK INJURY OCCURRED DUE TO THE ALLEGED BOUNCING OF A COAL BELLY DUMP TRUCK THAT HE WAS OPERATING ON THAT SWING SHIFT. EE ALLEGES THAT AS THE SHIFT PROGRESSED THE PAIN IN HIS B... |
| 05/09/2002 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 36d lost, 8d restricted | TWISTED RT. KNEE WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE OVERBURDEN POWDER TRUCK WHILE STOPPING TO FUEL THE TRUCK AT THE FUEL ISLAND. |
| 04/30/2002 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | A PIECE OF HARDENED STEEL STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT CHEEK WHILE HE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE FROM DRAGLINE RIGGING. THEY WERE USING A HARDENED PIN AND A 16 LB. SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE OUT THE WEDGE. |
| 04/25/2002 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 25d lost | FELL DOWN STAIRS - SENT TO DOCTOR FOR CHECKUP. |
| 04/23/2002 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WELDING ON A FRONT END LOADING ARM A WELDING SPARK ENTERED HIS RIGHT EAR. HE ALLEGES THAT IT BURNED FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES THEN IT QUIT HURTING SO HE FORGOT ABOUT IT. |
| 04/05/2002 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | CONVEYER BELT 1 WAS NOT NOT RELEASED OF ALL OF THE TENSION BEFORE REMOVING THE BELT CLAMPS IN ORDER TO LOWER THE COUNTER WEIGHT. |
| 04/03/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WHILE CHANGING OUT A WIPER MOTOR WITH THE POWER ON, CUT THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE TRYING TO MOVE HIS HEAD WHEN THE MOTOR STARTED TO ROTATE INTO THE PARK POSITION. |
| 09/21/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE MANEUVERING A 130LB.PORTABLE GENERATOR TO THE TAILGATE OF A PICK UP TRUCK, THE GENERATOR SLIPPED CAUSING MUSCLE STR.TO HIS BACK AND NECK. EMPLOYEES DUTIES AT THE TIME OF TH... |
| 01/23/2001 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE OPERATING A GRINDER IN AN AREA WITH LIMITED WORKING SPACE, THE GRINDER KICKED BACK STRIKING HIM IN THE NOSE. INJURY REQUIRED STITICHES. |
| 01/17/2001 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE LOOSENED HOSE ON RIPPER LIFT CYLINDER UNAWARETHAT IT WAS UNDER PRESSURE. AIR & OIL SPRAYED OUT OF HOSE INTO HIS FACE. HIS EYES WERE FLUSHED; HE WAS TAKEN TO AREA DOCTOR TO BE CHECKED OUT. FLUSHED E... |