No 27 Strip — Accidents

Total: 34 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/14/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee stated was picking up a metal cover to put back onto the side of a hydraulic tank on a hauler. When employee did, right arm started tingling. Pain developed in right shoulder area. Went to do...
12/11/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee stated was climbing up ladder to get on hauler. EE was standing on the bumper or step above so as to set thermos onto the catwalk. As EE did, hand slipped off the hand rail and EE fell backwa...
07/24/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was walking across shot rock to the foreman's truck when their right foot slipped off of a rock and into a crevice. This caused the foot to bend backwards. Went to ER that night to get checke...
07/16/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee stated that he was operating a hauler and was being loaded with mine spoil. The loader operator accidentally dropped a large rock into the hauler bed causing it to jar the employee. This moti...
03/30/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was getting up into the hauler. The first step was a little high off of the ground. He grabbed the handrail to pull himself up the ladder. When he did, he felt a sharp pain in...
03/27/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was operating excavator moving spoil material. A rock rolled out of the spoil and hit a foot long stick laying on the ground. The stick flipped into the air and through the win...
05/01/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee stated that he was operating dozer in the shot when he got off for a moment. When he was getting back on the dozer, his foot was on the step on the push beam and his hand was on the hand hold...
05/24/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee stated that he was helping the mechanic put the bottom foot plate on the left leveling jack on the drill. When he raised up, he hit the back of his head on the leveling jack causing a head in...
04/23/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was removing the bit ring from the drill bit/sub with a hammer. As he was striking with the hammer, a piece of metal flew off, struck and imbedded in top of right hand behind t...
08/20/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee stated that he was using a pry bar to lift up on the dozer track so as to put it back together. When he let loose of the bar, he felt pain in between the shoulder blades. Went to doctor on 8/...
01/25/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was changing cutting edges on dozer. He was using a grinder, cutting torch, and air wrench. Sometime during this process, a piece of metal got into his left eye. Noticed it lat...
01/19/2012 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 79d lost, 4d restricted Employee stated that he was pushing out shot rock with his dozer. As he was backing his dozer, he ran over a rock causing the dozer to shift and become unbalanced. This motion jarred the employee resu...
09/20/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 3d restricted Employee stated that he was digging rock off of the coal seam. The loader struck some tight rock and came to a sudden halt causing a whiplash type motion to the employee's neck area.
08/23/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was removing the bolts from the lip saver on a loader bucket. Holding bolt head with right hand while using air wrench with left hand. The bolt spun in his hand causing lacerat...
08/03/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was getting out of his mechanic's truck. As he stepped onto the ground, he stepped onto a ridge of dirt and sprained his right ankle.
05/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was aligning sprocket and chain up with hole in the pull down cylinder. He was moving a shim in the hole when the sprocket fell down on top of his left middle finger causing a...
12/02/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was laying on his left side using a cutting torch to cut out bogie pins on dozer roller frame. A piece of metal slag popped off and into his right ear. To ER doctor-burn, ear d...
08/27/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Reported 9/8/10 - attempting to hook up hose from tanker to tractor to blow off product, slipped and fell backward hit catwalk and landed on tail bone.
10/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 33d restricted Employee stated that he was helping the mechanic change the cutting edges on a dozer blade. He bent over to pick up an air impact wrench. As he picked it up, he felt a sharp pain in his back going dow...
05/19/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 8d restricted Employee stated that he was operating a loader in soft material. The swaying/rocking motion of the loader in this material caused pain in lower back area radiating down his legs. Missed first work shi...
10/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee stated that he was helping the mechanic to lower the pull bar on a fuel tanker so as to hook it to his dozer in order to move the tanker. As they were pulling down on the bar, it fell and str...
09/30/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee stated that he was operating a loader in the strip pit when the loader bucket struck the highwall causing loader to stop abruptly. This jarred the employee causing low back pain. Not reportab...
09/27/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 169d lost Employee stated that he was operating a dozer pushing out shot rock. The right front corner bit of the dozer blade slipped out of the tight rock causing it to jar the employee in the cab resulting in...
11/21/2005 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Moving an Auger around on a shot loader when a rock fell down off the high wall striking left thigh & forehead
10/06/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Loading powder truck, he bent down to go under the anfo bin, straightened up, felt something pull in neck.
12/15/2004 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he had parked his truck, set brake, & got into truck bed to look for a pin in tool box. The truck started sliding and slid into rear end of a parked tractor trailer. Employee was...
08/03/2004 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Job mechanic had removed the old filtering system from the diesel fueling station so as to install a new larger system. Some spillage resulted. As he proceeded to weld on the bumper of the fueling sta...
07/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was loading a truck with bags of slurry. He reached down and picked up 2 bags of slurry (40lbs each bag), one in each hand. He raised up and turned to go toward the truck with...
03/03/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 323d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAULER WHICH WAS USED TO HAUL SPOIL FROM THE PIT AREA TO THE DUMP AREA. DURING THE HAUL, THE SEAT IN THE HAULER BOTTOMED OUT JARRING HIM, RESULTING IN PAIN IN HIS LOWE R BACK...
04/15/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 2d restricted EE STATED THAT WHILE HIS HAULER WAS BEING LOADED WITH SHOT MATERIAL DIRT OFF A SPOIL BANK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL DOWN AGAINST THE HAULER CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE THE EE AROUND INSIDE THE CAB. THIS RESULTED...
03/06/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A HAULER IN THE MINE PIT. AS HE WAS BEING LOADED, THE FRONT END LOADER TIRE RAN UPON A ROCK ON THE GROUND CAUSING THE LOADER BUCKET TO STRIKE THE CAB SHIE LD ON T...
01/17/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING THE BOTTOM ENGINE GUARDS WHEN THE END OPPOSITE INJURED FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING THE GUARD TO HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT HAND. THE GUARDS WERE HEAVIER THAN NORMAL DUE TO MUD AND...
07/24/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE LOADER FOR AN OIL LEAK. AS HE OPENED THE DECK LID TO LOOK, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DECK LID AND HANDLE, MASHING HIS FINGER. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, HE J ERKED H...
07/03/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CHECKING A LOADER RADIATOR THAT WAS OVER-HEATING. THE RADIATOR CAP WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED. IT WAS HOT TO THE TOUCH SO HE STEPPED ON TOPOF IT WITH HIS FOOT. AS HE DID, THE CAP BLEW OFF AND HOT...