S-25 Foresters Spur — Accidents

Total: 27 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/12/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 168d lost Employee was pushing dirt with a D6 dozer and while going backwards he ran over a rock and hurt his shoulder. Employee went to the Dr., and was told he had a pulled muscle. The employee returned to...
07/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 14d restricted Employee was changing bit on the Highwall miner head and a rock became dislodged from the wall and hit the employee and knocked him into the miner head. The employee received a fractured right wrist...
05/15/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost Employee was shoveling the power head on the highwall miner, the miner was on a steep a grade and the beam he was standing on was wet and muddy. The employee slipped and when he tried to catch himsel...
05/08/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was traveling up a hill in a pick-up truck and hit a large hole in the road. It shook the employee and caused whiplash. The employee was taken to the Harlan ARH. He has a bulging disc in h...
01/24/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 359d lost Dozer was cleaning the highwall and over extended and material gave out and caused the dozer to slide and over turn one time. The operator was thrown in the floor and suffered five broke vertebrae, t...
12/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Truck Driver was traveling down a ladder and slipped and fell to the ground and broke his ankle.
09/17/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None The employee was attempting to remove a crane from a mechanics truck when the two chains he was using one of them came off. This allowed the base of the crane to fall to the floor. The employee was th...
07/13/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 181d lost The operator was climbing down off of his loader and stepped into a hole. When he did it twisted his back and hip. He continued to work until 08/23/2011 when the doctor he went to see put him off work...
04/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee came down a ladder when the bottom kicked out, causing him to fall and strike his head on concrete floor. The doctor said he had a concussion.
04/08/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost The employee was pressure washing and he brought the wand in front of his body when it caught on his rain suit. Then the wand sprayed 180 degree water into his rubber boot. This blistered the top of h...
08/24/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost The excavator dropped a big rock onto the truck that EE was driving and it shook the truck therefore he said it hurt his neck.
07/30/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 6d restricted There had been a small shower and the road was slick. The water truck driver started out from the pond and up the hill. He had almost got to the top of the hill when the truck spun out. Then the truck...
06/07/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee had a come-along hooked to the nose cone of the dozer then was releasing the come-along and there was more slack came in the come-along than expected. The employee tried to get out of the...
05/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost The employee was attempting to get out of his truck and stepped down to the step on the fuel tank. His boots being muddy his foot slipped and his tail bone hit the fuel tank. He didn't go to the docto...
04/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 214d lost The employee was airing up a two piece rim for a mack truck. The rim broke and struck the employee in the upper part of his left arm, this broke his arm.
07/01/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost It had rained and the employee was climbing down from the service truck when he got his foot tangled up in a chain and slipped and fell. He landed on his hip. It was also muddy since it had rained.
01/07/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The employee came down a ladder frontward and it was muddy. He said he slipped and then fell. He has a bruised disk the doctor said.
10/08/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Employee was lifting a heavy drill by himself and injured his back. Employee worked a few more days after it happened before he went to a doctor.
08/08/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Operator had truck in too high of a gear and tried to downshift on the hill. He was properly trained by an experienced operator on this truck. The miner only received some scratches and bruises.
10/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was climbing into powder truck cab when he slipped and fell backwards. Employee tried to catch himself with his right hand. Broke bone in hand.
09/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 165d lost, 14d restricted EE was welding on dozer blade. Dozer blade was blocked up and blade fell from blocks, hitting EE's right knee and injuring ankle.
06/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was assisting with repairing 1100 excavator when he jumped from track of 1100 to get a shovel, thus injuring knee.
04/04/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee missed step while climbing down from dozer, hitting the push arm on the dozer while falling, landing on right hand and ribs.
11/05/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost drill operator climbing on front of drill steps when he lost his footing, falling on pit floor, falling backwards 4 or 5 feet.
11/13/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DOING REPAIR ON EXCAVATOR BUCKET; PIECE OF METALSLIPPED; CUT & BROKE 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND
02/05/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost REMOVING ENGINE COVER ON DOZER WHEN WELD BROKE ON COVER- HITTING RIGHT ARM
06/06/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost FELL WHILE ENTERING EXCAVATOR.