Mill Branch — Accidents

Total: 34 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/02/2011 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal Employee was reclaiming highwall with dozer when the dozer flipped and rolled several times landing in the road. Employee was unconscious with labored breathing when they got to him.
10/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee pulled hose up steep hill, and was coming back down when his feet slipped and he fell 15 ft down and then tumbled another 15 ft down.
09/07/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on road with a d-9 dozer when a rock rolled out of a berm and he backed over it jarring his lower back. Employee didn't go to doctor until 9/27/2011
08/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was putting batteries into a 993k loader when he twisted his knee the wrong way causing his knee to swell and cause pain when he bends it. He didn't go to the doctor until 08/15/2011
06/16/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was loading a rock truck with a 993 loader when the bucket of the loader dropped hard on a rock and jarred his middle back.
06/06/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a final drive to the ground when the chain came loose and hit employee in the mouth.
04/07/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was using a pry bar to remove a transmission out of a 777 truck when his hand slipped off the pry bar and his struck the 777 truck.
04/07/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working underneath 993 loader when he inadvertently raised up and cut his head on the bottom of the loader.
02/23/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost Employee was walking down catwalk of excavator when the catwalk slipped down about 5 inches, jarring the employees knee. Employee did not go to the doctor until 4/7/2011 when his foreman made him due...
05/05/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was pulling hydroseeder hose when his feet slipped and he landed on his back.
04/30/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was climbing ladder to get on grader when his right knee gave out.
04/30/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was riding with dayshift foreman when they stopped to look over into a hollowfill. Employee stepped onto a berm to look at the hollowfill. As the employee was stepping down the berm, he stepp...
09/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was checking grade on a ditch when he fell on a rock striking his side. Employee was taken to the hospital and recieved 2 or 3 stitches.
03/27/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employees was pushing spoil with a dozer. The employee went forward over the pile of dirt and when the dozer fell over the dirt the blade hit the ground, jarring the employee.
05/29/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was removing a portable antenna from the top of the dozer when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
09/05/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was going down hill when his brakes failed to hold and turned the truck over.
11/01/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 158d lost Employee was descending down a coal haul road when he lost control of his coal truck and went over an embankment.
08/11/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee was changing a bogie on a D11 roller frame. Employee started to get up when the other mechanic moved the bogie, catching the employee's fingers between the bogie and the frame.
04/27/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a tree down with a chain saw, when a limb flew back and hit him above the left eye. Four stitches to close laceration.
04/20/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HITTING A PIN ON HIS EXCAVATOR WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN BROKE OFF STRIKING THE EE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW. EE RECEIVED 3 STITCHES ABOVE HIS EYEBROW.
03/26/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was getting off front end loader when he felt pain in his back.
02/19/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE WAS LIFTING BATTERIES UP ONTO A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK AND LOWER NECK AREA.
12/02/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost WHILE ASSEMBLING TRACK, HE LIFTED LINK AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
09/18/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE POWDER TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS WEIGHT WITH HIS HAND HOLDING THE HANDRAIL IT PULLED HIS SHOULDER.
09/04/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost EE WAS GETTING ONTO AN EXCAVATOR WHEN HE FELT A BURNING IN HIS RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN AREA. EE NOW HAS A KNOT ON HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. NOTE: EE WOULDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 09-17-02.
07/29/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 229d lost EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING RUDD MECHANIC WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK STRIKING HIS SIDE AND FALLING ONTO THE GROUND ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND NECK.
05/16/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS BEATING ON A PIN ON AN EXCAVATER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND HIT THE EE IN THE JAW-2 STITCHES.
05/14/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS TIGHTNING LUG NUTS ON COAL TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
01/28/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE STEPPED ON DOZER PUSH ARM, RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING SHIN BONE STRIKE PUSH ARM.
07/09/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A HUB OFF A 777C HAULBACK WHEN THE BEARING POPPED OFF STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ABDOMEN REGION CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS OVER THE BOOM TRUCK'S OUTRIGGER HIT TING HI...
06/18/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost EE WAS CHECKING THE FLUID LEVELS ON THE ENGINE OF A MACK COAL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HURTING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY. (HIP, LEG AND SIDE)
01/02/2001 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS REMOVING BOOSTER CABLES FROM A 773 CAT HAULBACK TRUCK WHEN THE BATTERY BLEW UP IN HIS FACE.
04/27/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING COAL WITH AN END LOADER WHEN THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER WENT THROUGH THE COAL, STRIKING THE BOTTOM AND HURTING EMPLOYEE'SBACK.
03/23/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 14d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING IN A 5 GALLON BUCKET WHEN HE DEVELOPED A RUPTURE.