Howton Mine — Accidents

Total: 16 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was helping set a pump, while pulling on the rope to get the suction hose in place, he slipped and fell and landed on his right wrist.
01/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working with other truck drivers and pulling on hose. Caused him to complain about his back hurting.
03/19/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was getting out of Service Truck & got his foot hung between the Cab & step. He fell & twisted left knee in the process.
02/01/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee called foreman stating he had been jarred real good while being loaded and wanted to get down & walk around for a minute or two. 15 to 20 minutes later he called foreman stating his neck & ba...
10/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping another employee change oil in screen plate & got a piece of coal in his left eye.
06/21/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking, slipped & fell in gravel on hillside, causing pain to hip, lower back & left elbow.
03/19/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While pushing overburden benching down to milldale, employee inadvertently trammed off aprox. 30' edge.
09/26/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was helping to move a pump. Stepped backwards and tripped, hurting back.
07/12/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was stepping onto rock truck when he felt a sudden pain to his left calf leg area.
07/06/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee backed into a truck causing jolt to neck.
06/19/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was welding when arch bounced off face shield going into eyes.
02/02/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee got out of truck and started walking to back of truck. He tripped over a small pile of dirt and fell, landing on a hard object hurting his left knee.
07/23/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was getting off of drill and slipped, hurting his left knee.
07/18/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped off blade arm of dozer and jarred his lower back.
05/20/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was operating a motor grader
07/05/2004 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was getting out of truck and slipped on rock.