Speedway No 1 Strip Mine — Accidents
Total: 30 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/19/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 343d lost | He was checking a water pump hose for frozen spots when he tripped on a piece of frozen dirt and fell face first to the ground. He caught himself when he was falling with both hands breaking both wri... |
| 07/31/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 28d lost | He was tightening bolts on a Cat D11 dozer when the wrench slipped and struck him on his wrist and fractured it. |
| 07/11/2007 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Truck owned LJF Inc.enroute for load of coal-Bonita Job. Truck shut off going up grade, coasted truck backward to side road. Driver saw electrical smoke coming between front of battery box & rear of f... |
| 12/18/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 62d lost | He was moving a 1000 pound piece of steel when the cables lost tension and it fell onto his right leg. Broken lower right leg. |
| 10/21/2006 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 162d lost | While operating rubber tired front end loader in rock in pit area the tooth of the loader slipped off a rock which shook the loader and he felt pain in his lower back. |
| 04/12/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Hydraulic line broke on Hitachi 1800 Shovel, employee slipped on oil and fell. |
| 03/02/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | While climbing up the ladder on Cat 980C Wheel Loader, he lost his grip and footing on ladder and fell to the ground injuring his chest and leg. |
| 03/01/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 7d lost | He was walking from his pickup truck to the wheel loader to start work when he slipped on some ice that sloped downward. He lost his footing and rolled his ankle and then fell down on it, spraining h... |
| 01/22/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 49d lost | EE was walking in fresh snow up a grade to the upper level where his vehicle was parked. He slipped in the snow and fell to both knees, which one leg went behind him. Swelling happened in both knees... |
| 08/30/2004 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | While hauling dirt to dump in a Cat 777D off highway truck, he ran over a rock on the road and bounced in his seat. he hit his elbow on the arm rest, causing a contusion to the elbow. |
| 03/29/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS STANDING BEHIND A CO-WORKER PUTTING TENSION ON A COME-A-LONG WHEN THE HAMMER HIS CO-WORKER WAS USING SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND HIT HIM ON THE NOSE, CAUSING A LACERATION. |
| 10/31/2003 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 22d lost | HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A HITACHI 1800 EXCAVATOR WITH A WRENCH. WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HE FELT A VERY SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA. (STRAIN). |
| 09/02/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | PUTTING ON AUGERS WHEN HOOK CAME UNDONE AND AUGER FELL ONTO LEFT FOOT. |
| 07/11/2003 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | HOOK FROM HYDRAULIC HOIST FLEW OFF AND HIT MOUTHBREAKING AND LOOSENING SEVERAL TEETH AND CUTTINGLIP. |
| 06/24/2003 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | WHILE GETTING INTO WATER TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON THE FUEL TANK AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND CAUSING A CONTUSION TO THE HIP. |
| 06/09/2003 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 59d lost | HE WAS PUSHING DIRT WITH A BULLDOZER ON ROUGH BOTTOM ROCK WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN SIDES FROM JARRING AND SHAKING FROM THE DOZER, WHICH LED TO A HERNIA. |
| 04/28/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 153d lost | HOOKING CABLE ONTO AUGER WHEN CABLE GOT BEHIND NEXT ROW OF AUGERS & PULLED AUGER FROM PILE ONTO HAND SMASHING BONES OF LEFT HAND. |
| 01/29/2003 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | HE WAS PICKING COAL OFF OF CONVEYER BELT AND PINCHED HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND BONEY COAL CHUTE ON TIPPLE. HE LATER FOUND HE FRACTURED A FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND. |
| 01/17/2003 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 1d restricted | HE WAS SHIFTING THE BED LEVER TO RAISE OR LOWER THE TRUCK BED. THE LEVER WAS VERY STIFF AND HARD TO MOVE, WHICH STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AND GROIN AREA. |
| 12/06/2002 | OTHER | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | EMPLOYEE STATES: ON JOB SITE (BLASTING PREPARATION) HE BLACKED OUT. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. |
| 11/06/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 69d lost | EE WAS LIFTING A TURB CHARGER THAT WAS SITTING ON THE COUNTERWEIGHT OF A RUBBER TIRED LOADER. THE CREATED A PULLING THE THE GROIN AREA WHICH CAUSED A HERNIA. |
| 09/10/2002 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 4d lost | EE WAS PUTTING OIL INTO A CAT DION BULLDOZER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF DOZER AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE. |
| 07/11/2002 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 52d lost | PULLING TOOLS HE STUCK HIS FINGER BETWEEN AUGER AND KELLY BAR. |
| 06/24/2002 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 9d lost | EE WAS SITTING INT HE OPERATORS CAB OF A CAT 777A OFF HIGHWAY TRUCK WAITING TO GET LOADED. WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING THE TRUCK. A ROCK DROPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE BED OF THE TRUCK WH ICH JAR... |
| 07/25/2001 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 74d lost | HE WAS USING A CAT 980B LOADER, WHILE USING IT'S HYDRAULICS AND A CHAIN TO RESET A WATER PUMP. AFTER RESETTING THE PUMP, HE WENT TO DISCONNECT THE CHAIN WHILE STANDING ON THE TIRE OF THE PUMP. HIS FOO... |
| 07/05/2001 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 38d lost | OPERATOR SLIPPED ON THE WET CATWAKL OF A CATERPILLAR D9H TRACK TIE DOZER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIB AND A SLIGHT CONCUSSION. |
| 06/26/2001 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 8d lost | AUGER MACHINE OVER-HEATED AND RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF THROWING FLUID ON HIS ARM CAUSING BURN. |
| 06/19/2001 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 15d lost | WHEN STEPPING OFF A CRAWLER EXCAVATOR HE TRIPPEDON A ROCK AND FELL DOWN STRAINING HIS BACK. THISINJURY WAS NOT REPORTED WHEN OCCURRED. IT REOCCURRED AND IS NOW REPORTABLE. 1ST DAY OFF 10/11/01 |
| 12/15/2000 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 28d lost | REMOVING DEFECTIVE HOSE FROM RUBBER TIRES LOADER. WHEN HOSE CLAMP WAS REMOVED, THE HOSE END DROPPED AND HIT PELVIS AREA CAUSING HERNIA. |
| 07/05/2000 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 56d lost | HE WAS CLIMBING DOWNT HE LADDER OF THE ROCK TRUCK AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE LADDER AND HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND BREAKING HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM. |