CCU Perry Strip — Accidents

Total: 32 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/12/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a side auger bulk unit and had hand on a hydraulic ram. When the employee moved the ram it closed completely, catching the employee's hand between the ends giving the employee...
12/31/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was under a bull dozer changing a hydraulic hose. He was trying to bend it up in place and it slipped out of his hand and hit him in the forehead causing a cut - 4 stitches.
05/19/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost Employee was climbing up on his rock truck and slipped and fell.
08/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was attaching a tow cable to his vehicle and in the process slid his hand down cable receiving a cut which required 6 stitches to close.
09/10/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Our stripping shovel caught fire from an electrical short down in the tub of the machine. The short caused the electric line to melt and ignite grease that is inside the tub. Major electrical damage.
12/03/2011 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal EE was shoving top soil away from the highwall. He backed up over and through an 8 foot berm that had been constructed at the edge of the highwall. The dozer went over the wall rolling over and throw...
09/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was walking across a muddy spoil bank to get to a water pump and slipped and twisted his knee
02/02/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was replacing teeth on a 992 loader, he was carrying one over to the loader and slipped and fell hitting his shoulder on the ground. He has worked with a pain in his shoulder, now he has dec...
08/25/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost EE was welding on a 992 bucket and at the end of his shift was picking up his tools and scrap metal and placing it in the back of his mechanics truck, he hit his knee on the bumper and bruised his kne...
07/06/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None EE was running his D11N dozer and another ee was working beside him. EE noticed smoke coming from the right side of ee dozer then it erupted in fire. EE shut down the dozer and went out the left door...
03/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee lifted a 3"" water pump to set it up to pump water and when he turned he injured his back.
11/09/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was standing on the stinger of a 657 scrapper power washing. The hose of the power washer become tangled under the tire of the pan and EE pulled on it. When it came loose it caused him to l...
10/20/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE was using a 10Lb. sledge to knock a corner protector off a loader bucket, when a piece of steel flew off the protector and hit his right leg. A doctor had to remove it.
10/07/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating a D10 heading towards the north west face. EE(Forman)was traveling back to get with EE when he noticed the D10 had backed over a steep spoil pile. When the foreman opened the cab door...
09/22/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was lowering a belly pan down on a 475 Komatsu dozer when his pry bar slipped and hit him in the cheek. Had 3 stitches.
08/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was climbing up onto his Front End Loader and didn't see that the engine compartment door had come open and he ran into it causing a cut on his cheek that took stitches.
07/23/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A Oil line broke down under the cab of a D11R dozer. The oil was ignited by short in a wire in the wiring harness. The fire was put out twice but kept igniting. No was hurt but the Dozer burnt up.
11/16/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost EE was climbing onto a Komatsu 475 trackhoe to start it when he hit his knee on the track. He reported it to us and he said it wasn't bad enough to go home. He never missed a day till 1/14/08. He has...
09/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE was putting hose for treatment of water in ditch, when the hose momentarily got caught on pole that holds the hose when not in use. When the end of the hose came loose it shot water into his right...
03/06/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Stepped down from ladder onto frozen uneven ground, causing ankle to turn over, sprain.
01/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 310d lost Two employees were unloading a pump out of the bed of a utility truck when one employee slipped and the other employee took all of the weight in an awkward position and twisted his back.
12/27/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost An employee was descending down a front end loader and at the bottom step he turned while stepping to ground, lost his balance, twisted his knee and fell to ground.
09/28/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost An employee was sitting in his rock truck being loaded by an electric shovel when the door of the bucket on the shovel accidently opened while swinging towards the rock truck striking the side of the...
08/12/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 66d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING THE WATER TRUCK DOWN A PIT RAMP IN LOW RANGE WITH THE ENGINE RETARDER ON AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE PEDAL FELT SOLID THE FIRST TIME BUT THE SECOND TIME HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AN...
05/04/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EMPLOYEE TURNED TO WALK TOWARDS HIS LOADER AFTER BREAK TIME AND TRIPPED OVER HIS FOOT, LANDING ON A ROCK ON HIS SIDE.
03/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 8d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE 6 INCH WATER HOSE BY PULLING ON IT AN FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
03/01/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REPLACING A LOADER TOOTH AND WHILE STRIKING THE STEEL PIN WITH A HAMMER, A SLIVER OF STEEL STRUCK HIM IN THE LIP AREA.
02/05/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS WALKING OVER A HILL IN THE DARK AT 10:30 AT NIGHT TO CHECK THE DISCHARGE HOSE OF A WATER PUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND LANDED ON HIS BACK AND NECK AREA. ***THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT TURNED IN...
11/10/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 8d restricted EE PARKED THE FUEL TRUCK 50 FT AWAY FROM THE ROCK TRUCK DURING LUNCH BREAK. AFTER BREAK, TRUCK OPERATOR BACK UP NOT KNOWING THE FUEL TRUCK WAS THERE. THE ROCK TRUCK SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF TH E FUEL...
03/03/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 9d restricted EE WAS DRIVING BY A 6"" WATER PUMP ON A DARK AND BITTER COLD MORNING. AS HE SHINED THE LIGHT HE COULD SEE STEAM COMING FROM THE PUMP. ASSUMING THE PUMP WAS ABOUT TO BURN UP, EE STOPPED THE CAR AND TOO...
01/09/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost ACCORDING TO EE, AT APPROX. 12:30PM A LARGE PIECE OF COAL BECAME WEDGED ON THE CONVEYOR, WHILE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE COAL HE EXPERIENCED A PULLING/STINGING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK . HE DIS...
06/02/2000 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS ACCIDENT ONLY None WHEN THE STORM MOVED IN THE AREA WAS CLEARED ANDAT 4:20 LIGHTENING STRUCK THE BENCH THAT WAS READY TO BE DETONATED. THE LIGHTENING SET OFF 11 HOLES PREMATURELY.