Samples Surface Mine — Accidents

Total: 225 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/17/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE stated that truck was climbing the hill. The truck stalled and then the truck rolled backward into the berm and turned over on its side.
03/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE started that he was cleaning the truck. He accidentally sprayed Armor All into his right eye.
02/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing drawer slides in a service truck when he mashed his right hand between drawers. He went to local hopital ER on 2/21/06 after right little finger kept swelling up. He was diag...
01/10/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was using hammer to drive block under truck bed. He hit his hand against truck breaking 2 middle fingers. Dr visit on 1-24-06 - restricted to light duty and treated with splint.
12/14/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational Illness - Hearing Loss - 1% permanent partial disability.
11/04/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost EMPLOYEE ALLEGES AN INJURY AS A RESULT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, AFTER THE INCIDENT EE SHOWED NO EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL SIGNS OF PAIN OR DISCOMFORT; NOR DID HE REPORT THE INJURY. HE CONTINUED TO WOR...
10/29/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he was moving a 55 gal drum of oil, the drum slipped from metal surface, smashing his hand betwene the drum and a metal pole.
10/25/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Foreign object entered eye while chipping weld slag or grinding weld.
10/24/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee was raising the hood on truck #107. He lost his footing and fell backward off of the fender and landed on his right hand breaking his hand or finger.
09/21/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 2d restricted EE ALLEGES AN INJURY TO HIS BACK WHILE DRIVING A COAL TRUCK. HE STATED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN ROADWAY. EXAMINATON FOUND NO HOLE IN THE ROADWAY. EE TOLD OFFICE PE...
08/29/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOX FROM FLOOR OF MAGAZINE TO LOAD ONTO TRUCK. HE FELT A POPPING IN HIS BACK BELOW SHOULDER BLADES. SAW ER PHYSICIAN & WAS GIVEN LIGHT DUTY (LIFT NO MORE THAN 10 LBS) UNTIL 9-6-05
08/22/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 19d restricted EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS UNDER A TRUCK ATTEMPTING TH CHECK AN AIR LINE LEAK. HE ASKED THE DRIVER TO START THE TRUCK TO CHECK THE LEAK. DRIVER THEN STARTED THE TRUCK IN GEAR AND IT DRIFTED PINNING E...
06/07/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 2d restricted Driver stated that the transmission jumped out of 3rd gear, he lost control. Truck turned over onto driver's side.
04/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE MOVING OIL BARRELS.
04/16/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a grinder with a cut off disc polishing a piece of metal when the disc fragmented. Fragments struck the left thumb requiring three sutures and struck the left forearm requiring fiv...
04/15/2005 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee received a 10% permanent disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis.
03/23/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was installing a bearing on a dozer blade. He attempted to hit a plate and pin over the bearing with a sixteen pound sledgehammer. As he swung the sledgehammer, the hammer struck the top ea...
02/10/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE FELT PAIN/SORENESS IN LUMBAR AREA OF BACK AT END OF SHIFT AFTER DRIVING TRUCK FOR TEN HOUR SHIFT
01/24/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was granted a 1.466% Permanent Hearing Loss Award
12/02/2004 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal Treecutter was cutting a tree that had another tree leaning into it. Cutter was fatally injured when the leaning tree fell on him.
12/01/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Lost control of truck, ran in ditch & turned over. Laceration to right ear. Broke fender, air filter, door & mirror & damaged corner of truck bed.
11/17/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Injured employee was on third step of six foot step ladder cutting the top pin holding a strut. Bottom pin was removed. When top pin was cut, bottom of strut swung out and hit ladder knocking employ...
06/06/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After shift, employee discovered metal particle in his right eye. He had been using an air impact wrench while wearing safety glasses with side shields. He did not feel particle enter the eye. He r...
05/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Injured employee was standing behind dozer track as it was being aligned to be installed. The end of the track was elevated. The end of the track fell striking employee on the left leg.
04/28/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 283d lost EE WAS CUTTING A TREE WHEN THE TREE BEGAN TO SPLIT. EE TRIED TO ESCAPE TREE BY RUNNING UP THE HILL. HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING HIMSELF TO BE UNDER THE TREE AS IT CAME DOWN BREAKING HIS LEG.
04/21/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was transporting bed wear strips with a fork lift. Two wear strips fell off. He placed one strip back on the fork lift. He picked the end of second strip up and twisted his back as he was...
04/06/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost EE states reaching into cab fdr, cb other backstead to grab handle and missed fell and landed on my back. the ee was examined x ray any provide to have and discerable injury. ee refeaered for follow u...
04/05/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupational Hearing Loss - 6.96%
03/30/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Building rock core for valley fill. Dozer pushing rock to excavator that had catch bench in front. Rock rolled from dozer. Excavator caught rock but rock sheared and half struck excavator. Rock bro...
03/10/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted During Part 50 Audit MSHA has determined that this injury should have been reported as the employee missed no days but worked two short shifts. Employee driving rock truck and being loaded by shovel...
02/07/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING THE CAB OF A CATERPILLAR 988F ENDLOADER. AS HE SAT HIS LUNCH BOX ON THE CAB FLOOR, HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE HARD HAT WHILE BENDING OVER. HIS MOUTH CONTACT...
01/12/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost PUNCTURE WOUND, METAL CAME OFF HAMMER AND ENTERED LEFT HAND,.
11/06/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CONDUCTING A PRE-SHIFT EXAM OF THE WATER TRUCK. AS HE WAS ON THE GROUND & WALKING AROUND THE TRUCK, HE SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIMSELF. HE IMMEDIATELY FELT PAIN DOWN HIS RT. LEG. EE REFUSED TO SEEK ME...
10/14/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE HAS RECEIVED A PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD OF 3.3% FOR HEARING LOSS.
10/07/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 183d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CAT D-10 DOZER IN RECLAMATION. AS HE WAS BACKING, THE DOZER RAN UPON A ROCK. THE ROCK SHATTERED ALLOWING THE DOZER TO SUDDENLY DROP, JOLTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE OPERAT ORS SEA...
09/10/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PULLING THE FUEL HOSE TO A TANK ON AN AUGER. WHEN HE PASSED THROUGH A NARROW SPACE BETWEEN THE SCALE HOUSE AND AUGER HE TURNED & PULLED THE HOSE BACKWARD. IN DOING SO HE TRIPPED & FELL. THIS WA...
09/09/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost THE EE WAS EXITING THE CAB OF THE LOADER, THE EE STUBBED HIS FOOT ON ONE OF THE HINGES CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. EE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE HANDRAIL AND JAMMED HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST T HE HAND...
09/01/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REMOVING THE DOOR SHIM PIN FROM A SHOVEL BUCKET. HE HAD A NYLON STRAP ATTACHED TO THE PIN& TO THE BOOM ON HIS SERVICE TRUCK, PUT TENSION ON THE STRAP BUT THE PIN DIDN'T PULL FREE. THEN HE REMOV...
08/14/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REPAIRING A BEARING ON REAR AXE ON TRUCK #147, HE WAS PUTTING RACE ON AND SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH HAMMER.
08/07/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost INJURED WAS OPERATING GROVE 60 TON CRANE. HE HAD GOTTEN OFF OF THE CRANE TO CONFER WITH THE MECHANICS ABOUT A BOOM REPLACEMENT ON ONE OF THE LOADERS. AFTER CONFERING WITH THE MECHANICS, HE WEN T BACK...
07/08/2003 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO VALUE FOUND None EE WAS CRAWLING UNDER THE DEMAG H135 EXCAVATOR CONDUCTING A PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION. WHILE HE WAS CRAWLING, HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK A ROCK ON THE GROUND. THE CONTUSION TO THE KNEE CAUSED PAIN & THE KNEE BE...
07/07/2003 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost USING 9""GRINDER BETWEEN 2 EARS ON A DOZER BLADE THE GRINDER GRABBED & BECAME BINDED BETWEEN 2 EARS & PINNED LEFT THUMB BEHIND THE GRINDER & METAL. EE HAD HIS WELDING GLOVES ON & THAT IS WHAT SAVED HI...
06/01/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost PREPARATIONS WERE UNDERWAY TO CHANGE THE ROPES ON A DRAGLINE. INJURED EE WAS REMOVING A LIFTING CABLE HUNG INSIDE THE HOUSE ON THE WALL. A METAL T BRACKET WAS ALSO HANGING AS THE CABLE WAS REM OVED. T...
05/20/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WAS DRIVING TRACK ON DRILL BENCH. HE CLIMBED OUT OF THE TRUCK AND AS HE BEGAN TO TURN AND WALK HE STEPPED INTO A RUT TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.EE SAW ER DOCTOR. X-RAY WERE NEGATIVE AND LIGHT DUTY WAS...
05/20/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE RECEIVED A 5% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
05/16/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A 3.2% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR HEARING LOSS.
05/15/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A 5% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
05/07/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 289d lost EE STATED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION ON #24517 DRESSER 830E WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT ACESS LADDER TO THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. TH E EE WAS...
04/24/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE RECEIVED A 5% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
04/17/2003 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS. EE RECEIVED A 15% PERMANENT DISABILITY FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.