Gooseneck Branch Mine — Accidents

Total: 20 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/01/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 281d lost EMPLOYEE WAS BOARDING ROCK TRUCK TO BEGIN WORK & HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE LADDER, LANIDING ON BOTH FEET 8' BELOW, RESULTING IN PAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE JOINT AREA.
11/29/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DOING MECHANIC WORK AND INADVERTANTLY LEANED AGAINST A ""HAND HELD"" AIR POWERED GRINDER, ACTIVATING THE SWITCH AND CAUSING THE WHEEL TO CUT HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG.
11/14/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE, DRILL OPERATOR, SET THE JACK PAD OF THE DRILL ON A ROCK. THE PAD SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK, JARRING EE. (ON 11-17-03 EE CALLED THE MINE CLERK, & STATED THAT THE OCCURRENCE AGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS INJURY....
05/03/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost EE WAS OPERTING AN ENDLOADER. HE WAS LOADNG ROCKTRUCK WITH SHOT ROCK, A ROCK ROLLED FROM THE FACE & STRUCK THE BUCKET. THE JOLT CAUSED A SPRAIN OF THE EE'S NECK
01/04/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost EE ALLEGES THAT AS HE CLIMBED DOWN FROM THE EXPLOSIVE TRANSPORT TRUCK AND STEPPED TO THE GROUND HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RT. KNEE.
09/23/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 190d lost EE WAS CARRYING REPAIR PARTS OUT OF THE PARTS HOUSE. HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN DOING THIS.
04/15/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS CLIMBING THE ACCESS LADDER OF THE ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE. THE KNEE WAS SPRAINED.
01/21/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS DRIVING AN INTERNATIONAL TOOL TRUCK. HE DROVE THE TRUCK INTO A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. HE WAS TOSSED UPWARD, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE CAB ROOF AND RESULTED IN A NECK SPRAIN.
01/20/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF A BULLDOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. 2 FT AND LANDED ON HIS HIP. BRUISED HIP AREA.
12/21/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EE WAS OPERATING A 235 CAT. EXCAVATOR TO CLEAN A HIGHWALL. HE STATED WHILE OPERATING THE EXCAVATOR HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 1-8-02 AND BEGAN LOSING WORKDAYS ALSO.
07/31/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 228d lost EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK. AS THE LOADER WASDUMPING MATERIAL INTO THE TRUCK BED A ROCK ROLLED FROM THE BUCKET AND STRUCK THE BED HARD ENOUGHTO TOSS EE IN THE TRUCK CAB. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL A TTENTIO...
05/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
03/10/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 328d lost EE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER OF THE P&H SHOVEL WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY HIS LEFT ARM. HE SUFFERED A MUSCLE STRAIN IN HISBACK.
01/05/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost WELDER HAD BEEN USAING AIR ARC AND HAD LAID IT DOWN. HE THEN REMOVED HIS WELDING SHIELD AT WHICHTIME AIR ARC BEGAN TO LEAK, BLOWING METAL INTO LEFT EYE.
12/18/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK IN A PIT THAT HAD AUGER HOES IN IT. HE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK OVER THE HOLES AND STATED THE MOTION OF THE TRUCK CAUSED PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE HAD DISC SURGERY 6 YERS AGO. HE...
11/04/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost MECHANINC WAS REMOVING AND INSTALLING A FINAL DRIVE ON D11N BULLDOZER, THE SPROCKET HAD TO BE LIFTED UP AS MECHANIC WAS LIFTING SPROCKET HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AND GROIN AREA. P OSSIBLE...
08/22/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost MECHANIC WAS CHANGING TRANSMISSION SCREEN LOCATED UNDER PUMP IN D11 TRACTOR. HAD TO GO THRU FLOOR BOARD OPENING TO GET TO THE TRANSMISSION SCREEN, WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THRU THE OPENING, LOST FO OTING O...
07/26/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING RETAINING BOLTS ON A HYDRAULIC PUMP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 7-31-00 AND BEGAN MISSING WORK.
05/08/2000 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK, DUMPING INTO HOLLOW FILL #6. HE BACKED TO THE DUMP AND THEN REPOSITIONED TRUCK. AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK WENT OVER THE HILL. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE TRUCK AND RECEIVE...
04/14/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANIG THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS END LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AGAINST A HEADLIGHT. HE STRUCK THE LIGHT WITH HIS CHEST CAUSING A BRUISE AND 2 FRACTURED RIBS.