Lovers Gap #3 — Accidents

Total: 27 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted Employee slipped off bumper of service truck, spraining knee.
11/12/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was starting to grease the excavator when the swivel blew apart on the grease gun, causing grease to shoot out and some go into his left eye.
07/26/2008 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 67d lost, 88d restricted Greasing equipment, grease hose blew out causing a small puncture wound in right index finger.
07/26/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Foot slipped while dismounting dozer.
01/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted He stepped out of the truck, slipped on frozen mud that was covered in the snow, turned ankle.
08/22/2007 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 188d restricted Employee was installing a cylinder on a D11R. He was reaching out to put the outside cap on when he heard a ripping noise in his right arm.
05/30/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost EE was operating a Road Grader, when he attempted to pull up on the fuel pedal to shut the machine down for his lunch period, when he felt something pull in his lower back.
04/04/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exiting the bulldozer, slipped and fell striking his head against the dozer causing a laceration to the side of the left eye.
02/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was with other employee's during pre-shift safety talk at which point employee took off running, he ran about 15' and collapsed. He fell face first on parking lot when we think he had a seizu...
09/01/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost As employee was tramming the coal loader into the pit the right front wheel hit a hole in the road causing the loader to jar suddenly. This caused the employee to have pain in the lower left back area...
07/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee spent 2 days loading a large shoot with wet hole blasting material. He reported back pain to his supervisor two days later but continued to work until 8/31/06 at which time he was seen by a m...
01/03/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was repairing equipment when wind blew dust into eye
11/10/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding with another employee when the weld flashes off the other job reflected on the inside of his hood, burning his eyes.
08/21/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 6d restricted Individual was putting door hinges on truck door and the door pinched the end of small finger on right hand, resulting in a laceration requiring stitches.
08/15/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 8d restricted Employee was repairing a D11R hoist cylinder and turned around to get a bolt when his back went out.
06/10/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EMPLOYEE WAS BRINGING A LOAD OF COAL FROM THE HAZY SEAM. ON HIS WAY UP THE HILL, HE HEARD A POP SOUND FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK STOPPED PULLING. HE THEN HEARD ANOTHER POP SOUND, THE TRU...
02/26/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 137d lost EE WAS ASSISTING WITH REPAIRS TO A DOZER, AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE BLADE, EE FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE
09/20/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost EE WAS DRIVING LT-9000 FORD TANDEM COAL TRUCK LOADED WITH COAL DOWN AN INCLINE HAUL ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO PICK UP SPEED. EE CAUSED THE TRUCK TO...
09/01/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING D11R CUTTING EDGES & WAS LIFTING INTO PLACE WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN THE ABDOMEN AREA.
06/28/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 32d restricted EE WAS REPAIRING MACHINE AND WHEN CLIMBING DOWN SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
06/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE HELPING TO CHANGE OUT A DRILL BIT, THE BIT STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF THE EE'S HANDS. WHEN THE BIT FELL THE EE'S RIGHT HAND CAME UP AND STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE DRILL STEEL CAUSING A LACERATI ON TO T...
09/10/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost WHILE WELDING, A EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES.
12/12/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 3d restricted THE WHEEL OF A BROKEN DOWN TRUCK WAS SCOTCHED WITH A ROCK, WHEN THE TRUCK WAS BEING TOWED, THE ROCK EJECTED AND HIT ANKLE.
06/15/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 31d restricted EE AND A FELLOW EE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A ENGINE BELLY PAN. WHILE REPOSITIONG PAN IT SLIPPED FROM HINGER STRIKING EE WITH A GLACING BLOW.
06/13/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING RELOCATE TELEPHONE LINE CABLE THAT WAS LAYING ON BEAM BESIDE MAIN ENTRANCE TO JOB. EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE STEPPED ON ROCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING, FELL ON RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOY EE WENT...
03/09/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 45d restricted THIS IS NOT A NEW INJURY ON 3-09-00 EE STATED HIS KNEE HURT HIM SOME WHEN HE WALKED ON IT. ORIGINAL INJURY WAS ON 7-2-96. EE RETURNED TO WORK ON 3-19-00 AND ON 7-7-00 EE WEMT BACK TO WORK WITH NO REST...
03/08/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost EMLOYEE STATED HE WAS RUNNING EMPTY FROM DUMP. SAID HE HIT A PLACE IN ROAD SIGHTLY ROUGHER THAN NORMAL. THIS CAUSED A JERKING MOTION, TO HIS NECK. HE WAS WEARING A SEATBELT.