Covington Coal Company #1 Mine — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/23/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator stepped out of cab of dozer to use bathroom. He thinks he blacked out and fell off D10R Cat dozer. Hit his head and elbow as he fell. He does take blood pressure medicine - which may have cau...
03/18/2014 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Wet soft muddy ground cause blocks to sink. Truck was blocked with 6""x36"" wooden blocks. Front brakes and rotors were being replaced. Truck was blocked on drivers side. Started to jack up passenger...
03/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was climbing the ladder on a Cat 777C rock truck. While climbing the ladder, he bumped his foot on the ladder which caused injury to right foot toe joint.
12/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Mounting 922C endloader. Slipped when he lost his footing, catching himself with handrails resulting in pulling his right shoulder.
10/28/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was dismounting a drill. As he put his left foot on the ground, it went into a void, or hole, in the bench causing his foot to turn toes up. This stretched the back of heel and back of calf....
10/06/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting zip ties with knife, when tie cut/stabbed leg.
04/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting battery out of battery crate on lower end of maintenance area for grader. Side of crate broke causing employee to fall. He said he bruised his left ankle. He said he was OK and di...
09/05/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was backing up in a D10 Dozer and backed over a rock causing the dozer to hit down on the fill jarring his back. He decided it was not necessary to go to the doctor's office at this time and kept w...
06/28/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE stated that he was standing on a berm and stumbled which resulted in falling approx 3' onto his shoulder. Shoulder jammed on left side & right shin had small abrasion.
08/16/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using a grinder on a piece of equipment that he was welding on, when a piece went into his eye.
07/13/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost During the day, EE loaded wet hole bags and he also stated that he was jostled around in his truck by a rock. We loaded a total of 120 wet hole bags, which is not normal duty. EE stated pain got worse...
06/13/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Mechanic was working on lights on 301 D10N when operator EE went to get off of dozer to use the bathroom when he slipped and fell on push arm of dozer. NOTE: He missed 6/14/05, worked thru 6/15/05 and...