No 5 Strip — Accidents

Total: 26 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/23/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that they were climbing up onto the dozer to work on the engine. As they did, they felt a pop in left knee. They experienced extreme pain in the knee as they attempted to walk on it. W...
04/09/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 52d restricted Employee stated that he was driving to the job parking lot. He hit a hole in the road causing the seat in his mechanic's truck to bottom out. He stated that this caused immediate pain. He mentioned pa...
03/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee stated that he was helping set up a 6 inch water pump. He was pulling the discharge hose while walking backwards and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Did not go to doctor until 03/20/13 a...
06/13/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was on the ground outside the drill. He stepped on a rock and twisted his left ankle. The pain got worse as day progressed. He could not put weight on his left ankle the next d...
06/06/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was hauling coal from surface pit to tipple in a Mack DM886SX tandem coal truck. As he was descending a grade on haul road, the truck overturned onto the driver's side entrapping the driver....
01/03/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 21d restricted Employee stated that he was preparing to put a tooth on the loader bucket. He stepped on some ice on the ground, slipped, fell and caught himself against the bumper on his mechanic's truck. He twisted...
10/22/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was in the process of welding a step back onto the hard nose of a dozer. When he placed the welding ground line onto the step, the step fell off and struck employee on the top...
06/27/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee stated that he was helping mechanic to change the teeth on a loader bucket. Mechanic cut teeth off with cutting torch and employee was knocking teeth off with a hammer. A piece of metal slag...
05/21/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee stated that he was operating a dozer scaling the highwall. He was prying on a rock with the dozer blade, when the blade slipped off and hit the highwall. This stopped the dozer and caused a w...
01/29/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 344d lost He was coming up the hill in a truck and assumed that something in the transmission broke and turned the truck up onto its side.
10/10/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee stated that he was standing on his dozer cutting a fallen tree off of another dozer. When the tree was cut, it pushed him off of the dozer causing him to fall onto the ground resulting in som...
02/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee stated that he was placing a piece of drill steel into the rack on the drill. He sat down on the cab of drill to push end of steel into place with left foot. Drill steel kicked back, forcing...
10/20/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Stepping out of the truck, felt pain go down left side of back & down left leg.
09/07/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted Employee stated that he was walking down the steps on a loader. His right foot slipped on next to last step causing him to lose his balance. He was holding onto the handrail and as he started to fall,...
04/02/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS BACK DRAGGING THE ROAD WITH THE DOZER. HE BACKED OVER A ROCK WITH THE DOZER TRACK. AS HE DID, THE DOZER JARRED THE EMPLOYEE WITH PAIN OCCURRING IN LOWER BACK AREA RADIATING...
02/14/2004 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE STATED THAT HE WAS ON A LADDER CUTTING THE TIRE GUARD OFF OF THE HAULER BED. THE GUARD BROKE OFF SUDDENLY. IT PARTIALLY STRUCK HIS FACE AREA CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE TURNED AND JUMPED ON...
01/12/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 106d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER PUSHING SHOT ROCK TO THE LOADER. HE BACKED UP TO AVOID A ROCK WHICH WAS GOING TO FALL FROM THE MATERIAL BEING PUSHED. WHEN HE DID, HE BACKED THE D OZER UP...
08/25/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LOADER TO MOVE A LARGE ROCK OUT OF THE WORK AREA. AS HE WAS CARRYING THE ROCK UP THE ROAD, THE LOADER BECAME UNBALANCED AS IT TOPPED THE CREST OF THE ROAD. THE LOADER BUCK ET HIT...
05/24/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost EE NOTIFIED EMPLOYER ON 7/23/02 THAT ACCORDING TO HIS DR., HIS PREVIOUS NECK INJURY WAS AGGRAVATED BY AN INCIDENT OCCURRING ON 5/24/02. ACCORDING TO THE EE, HE WAS OPERATING A HAULER & HE WAS DUMPING...
05/21/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted EE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING ON A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM WITH THE DRILL. HE STEPPED ONTO THE COVER OVER THE DRIVE LINE AND DOWN ONTO THE OTHER SIDE. AS HE DID, HE STEPPED ONTO SOME HYDRAULIC HOSES ON THE...
03/07/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF THE MECHANICS TRUCK WITH ONE FOOT ON THE PUSH BEAM ON THE DOZER. AS HE WAS HEANDING AN OIL CAN TO THE MECHANIC ON THE DOZER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED CA USING H...
07/13/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATED THAT HE WAS INTHE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE SIDE DOORS BACK ONTO THE DOZER ENGINE COMPARTMANT. AS HE WAS SETTING THE DOORS ONTO THE PUSH BEAM ONT HE DOZER, THE DOORS FOLDED TOGETHER CAT HCING H...
04/27/2001 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYER RECEIVED ON OR ABOUT 5-1-01 A NOTICE DATED 4-27-01 WHERE THE EMPLOYEE HAS FILED A CLAIM FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS. THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS. NO LOST TIME HA S BEENINCURR...
03/08/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS SCALING THE HIGHWALL WITH A DOZER WHEN A LARGE ROCK BROKE LOOSE. THE ROCK FELL AND HIT THE CORNER OF THE DOZER BLADE AS HE WAS BACKING UP AND OUT OF THE WAY. THE CAUSED T HE DOZE...
06/15/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PULL DOWN CYLINDER FROM A HIGHWALL DRILL. THE CYLINDER BECAME STUCK. HE PRYED ON CYLINDER AND WHEN IT WAS PRYED LOOSE ITSWUNG AROUND ON THE ATTACHED SAFETY CHAIN. THE END OF TH...
02/22/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 5d restricted THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A HAULER IN THE STRIP PIT. THE HAULER WAS BEING LOADED WITH SHOT ROCK BY A FRONT END LOADER. A LARGE ROCK FELL OUT OF THE LOADER BUCKET AND ONTO THE CAB SHI ELD OF...