Birch River Mine — Accidents

Total: 127 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/03/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 311d lost Injured was moving a 6 inch discharge line from one ditch to another ditch when EE fell. The injury resulted in a ruptured disc requiring surgery to lower back. Injury occurred on 4/3/16, but injured...
10/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was bent over pre heating steel and when he went to standup he felt pain in his lower back (right side). He was diagnosed with strain/inflammation/prescription meds.
12/20/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee states that as he was attempting to dump a load of coal from trailer, the coal stuck in trailer causing the front wheels of tractor to raise off the ground. When the coal dislodged, the trai...
11/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A contract employee, and a co-worker were in process of splicing a 6-inch water line with a metal band and banding tool. During the process, EE was pulling one end of the stuck band out of the bandin...
11/03/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured stated he was standing outside the shop area talking to employees when he noticed something felt like it went in his eye. He immediately washed out his eye. However, two (2) days after the e...
09/02/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee states he became nauseous from fumes upon inspection of battery box during the truck's daily service in shop. ""REPORT BEING FILED UNDER PROTEST
08/13/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated while working in the shop he sustained 'welding flash' to both eyes due to a nearby co-worker's welding activities.
06/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost The injured, a contract employee, was in process of servicing a Caterpillar de-watering pump generator. While performing the task, his foot slipped on the trailer step causing his foot to slide in th...
06/07/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 5d restricted Employee stated that as he was checking tires, he tripped and fell. As he fell, he grabbed tires and twisted lower back.
04/21/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee states he was hitting a bolt with a sledge hammer when a piece of metal him him in the eye.
09/01/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 3d restricted Employee states that while attempting to tighten a wheel lug nut on a truck, the wrench slipped and he fell from ground level to ground level, resulting in a contusion to his finger and a strain to hi...
05/26/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee stated while working from a 2-foot step ladder and placing boxes of filters in the appropriate bins, she lost her balance and fell to the floor. In doing so, she twisted her left knee result...
01/02/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was helping install a seat in a bulldozer. During the process, while his hand was underneath, the handle that latches the seat was inadvertently bumped which caused his ring and middle fi...
09/17/2008 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After making electrical repairs at the dragline, the injured re-set the three (3) 480 volt breakers and while examining the circuit panel, one of the breakers suddenly 'blew,' causing the injured to s...
06/17/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost The injured employee stated he was in process of checking an air leak at the main water stand. While walking toward the air valve location, he stepped on a loose rock. When this happened, his foot ro...
06/02/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was installing transmission pump on 785 Cat truck. While lifting pump, strain to upper back muscles.
03/30/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was checking machine for proper working condition after returning to staging area to obtain pressure wand that was missing from truck. His foot became tangled in hose or hose reel section causing h...
02/26/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The EE was operating the dozer, dug a trench then drove into the trench. He was not wearing his seatbelt and struck his head on the dash board, He cut his head and had to have stiches. The EE was g...
02/07/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee of Gil's Contracting stated while using a razor knife (folding style) and cutting a section of rigid water line the knife slipped and struck his left hand, lacerating the top portion of hi...
01/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee alleges injury from latching truck tailgaate. Employee tested positive from subsequest drug test. Employment terminated.""Report filed under Protest
07/25/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost On July 25, 2007, the injured was walking on the crossover of a drill when his foot slipped, injuring his knee. As the months went by, his knee pain continued to get worse. Please note, on May 1, 20...
07/19/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in process of removing the transmission from truck at the truck bay in the main shop. While removing bolts from the cross member it suddenly fell catching a portion of his left hand between the...
03/21/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None 3/21/07, EE reported pain in left shoulder while tossing a truck headrest to coworker. EE was seen by a dr who ret'd EE to work on next shift. 5/21 EE off work due to pain. EE had rec'd cortis one tre...
03/13/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The employee was operating a dozer. He was crossing a ditch and struck his head on the mirror of the dozer. He was not wearing his seatbelt. He cut his head which required stitches.
02/17/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE stated that while making an inspection for a suspected flat tire, he slipped on ice, falling and injuring his knee on a rock. Management questions this incident/injury.
02/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE reported on 2/9/07 that an alleged injury occurred on 2/8/07 while removing tire chain binders. He reported the alleged incident on 2/9/07 @ 6:10pm. He worked for 4 hours and sought medical attenti...
01/27/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE stated he was using a jack to push out a trasmission bolt, when it slipped and hit him in the mouth.
01/01/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states on evening of the injury, he lost a corner bit off his dulldozer. While he and a co-worker were scooting the corner bit back toward the bulldozer, he placed his fingers in the bolt hol...
11/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EEa contract employee for JP Technical Services, was in process of changing an `idler? on the 345 backhoe when his little finger caught a jagged piece of metal (on the side of the idler) resulting in...
11/01/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee stated that while stepping from truck he turned his foot and injured his left ankle.
10/30/2006 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee received a Workers' Compensation award for occupational pneumoconiosis.
10/25/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was climbing into his truck. He slipped and hit his knee on fuel tank step.
10/19/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was stung by a wasp.
10/14/2006 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None As truck was staged in front of bin waiting to dump, the loader attempting to clear off bin pulled in front of truck to clean bin and backed into the waiting truck. No injury reported - Employee refus...
10/09/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was walking carrying his chainsaw & fuel. He tripped and fell on a stump.
10/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated he was tightening wheel nut with a lug wrench and pulled muscle in back.
10/01/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in process of steaming his steam truck, when he rose up he suddenly felt dizzy & collapsed backwards, striking his head on the ground. This caused a puncture wound to the back portion of...
08/07/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured stated he was in process of cutting weeds using a weed eater. While doing so, he encountered some bees and was stung 6 or 7 times. Shortly thereafter, he had difficulty breathing and was taken...
06/27/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost EE stated after helping complete the preshift inspection on the 2800 electric shovel and after getting back on the ground, he proceeded to his dozer. While walking toward the machine, he stepped on a...
03/18/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated he had gotten on the 2800 electric shovel to pick up the equipment preshift form. As he started to push down on the operators? cab door handle, his middle finger struck the corner of...
03/16/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost TRAMMING 400 TO GET CLEAR OF SHOT. 2 LARGE ROCK TRUCKS COMING DOWN HILL WENT TOO HIGH TRAM SPEED TO GET CLEAR, RAN OVER LARGE IMBEDDED ROCK IN HAUL ROAD, CAUSING ERACTIC JAR .FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK,...
03/13/2006 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE received an electrical shock when his hand came into contact with one lead of a 3 phase high voltage power. EE received skin burns aqnd is expected to make a full recovery.
03/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Employee stated he was performing early startup activities and as he was walking around a dozer blade to check oil levels, he apparently stepped on uneven ground, causing his knee to 'pop.' Shortly th...
12/20/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee apparently pulled a muscle in his lower back when he slipped on ice at the fuel farm. He had exited the cargo area of the fuel truck and when he stepped on the concrete pad, his foot slipped...
12/03/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 137d lost The injured stated after performing his preshift inspection, he started to mount his rock truck. Upon reaching the third boarding step, the left side of the step broke, causing him to loose his balan...
11/15/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Taking tilt hose loose, to allow nose cone to fall forward. Had to pry hose down out of the way. In doing so hose slipped hit Employee in the mouth, recieved 10 stitches to upper lip.
11/07/2005 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that while pre-tripping his truck, he crawled under the front of his truck to make an inspection. When he began to exit he raised up too soon, striking his head on the bottom of the bu...
10/28/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While unloading the tanker at ICG, stretched right leg out to open the bottom hopper valve, cut right leg on a broken valve handle.
10/27/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost Injured and co-worker were working on a 785 rock truck engine. They had to work underneath the engine and were having problems trying to remove a piston. During the process, he overexerted or twiste...
10/07/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping install a large pin in the bucket door for the 2800 P&H electric shovel. During the process, he was using a 20-pound sledgehammer & while striking the pin, a piece of metal flew...