Mount Sterling Branch — Accidents

Total: 22 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/16/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a Razor Type knife to cut ties from hoses. While cutting away from body he had his left hand in line of fire. The knife went through the ties and struck his left index finger, resul...
02/26/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was loading binder on coalburg seam. When attempting to load a bucket of material the bucket caught a hard spot that stopped the loader, jarring his whole body especially his back. He contact...
12/16/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Employee said he was sick, had M.E.T. check him out, his B/P was 190/110. He was transported to ER. After arriving at ER employee said that while pulling cap off of Buffalo seam he caught a hard spot...
10/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 167d lost While parking Grader near end of shift, employee noticed the small door on the right rear at radiator was opened. Holding to hand rail, employee walked to door and while bending over to shut door, his...
06/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Injury along with other employee was removing a transmission pump from a D11R dozer. He had hooked the pump with a sling onto the boom of his mechanic truck and was in the process of lifting the pump...
10/07/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 185d lost Employee was sitting in a 375 Komatsu dozer at the beginning of shift. The other equipment was parked in line behind him. A D11 dozer was parked directly behind the fill dozer and in the process of g...
07/14/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee notified foreman about 8:30 pm on July 14, 2009 that his back had started to hurt. He asked the foreman to fill out accident report Jarring of back from truck was mentioned He was offered a r...
04/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee stepped in between the grader blade and tire to start up the ladder to the cab of grader. He twisted left knee and fell to the ground. He stated that he heard a popping noise and was unable t...
04/09/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The D11 dozer track jumped segment sprockets and jarred operator's back. Foreman made note of complaint by employee, but accident was not reported to company until 08/14/2009. After investigation it w...
03/27/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While replacing cutting edges on a D11R dozer, employee was using an air hammer to remove the dirt and other material from bolt heads. A foreign object was blown behind his safety glasses and into his...
02/13/2009 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 65d lost Employee was assembling a new 993 wheel loader. Employee was removing bolts that secured rollover protective structure to shipping pallet. When employee cut the first bolt the ROPS shifted breaking th...
09/26/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 25d restricted While lefting to belt line with boom truck a piece of steel fell out and landed on mechanics foot.
07/02/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE & partner were removing wear plates from bed of rock truck. Employee was using an air chisel to clean plates. his partner was using a hammer to knock plates off. While doing this a piece of metal c...
06/20/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Servicing excavator. After refueling he was in the process of returning the nozzle to the grease truck. The nozzle was not swiveling properly and had leaked some fuel on the tracks. The nozzle gave a...
06/06/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost EE was working in a new shot making a loading pad. The material was on a different level than the previous shot. In order to move material, he was running the loader bucket into solid rock. On one of...
05/30/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee raised left hand to keep boom from powder truck from hitting in the face. They were loading holes to be shot. the boom came in contact with the outside part of left hand causing injury. He fi...
03/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing teeth on 992G loader bucket (#2366) while hitting teeth with hammer a piece of metal came off of loader and struck him in the chest. It left a small laceration and some bleeding....
02/11/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Employee stated that while running the Kamatsu 375 Co. # 064 dozer on the fill he backed over a rock and jarred his back which he had hurt on 2-02-08 about the same way but had not reported it. He was...
01/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Coming down the ladder on a 785 B rock truck and the steps were bent under the truck. He missed the bottom steps and stretched his back.
01/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was removing tailgate from a John Deere articulating truck. He had secured a chain to the tailgate and an excavator to take the pressure off of the pin holding the gate. He decided to cut the...
10/23/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 158d lost Employee had switch trucks earlier in shift and was returning to the first truck to pick-up something he had forgot. Both trucks were CAT 785B Rock Trucks. He pulled up beside of the other truck and w...
06/12/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 249d lost Employee was building a road above the Taylor Seam in recently shot material. As he was backing up he ran into a rock that had rolled in his tracks. This caused the dozer to come to a quick stop, that...