Strip #8 — Accidents

Total: 24 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sliding under mechanics truck to check an oil leak, hit his head on a piece of metal cutting his head. This cut required two stitches.
11/12/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee was using 2 come-a-longs to align the top plate of the carousel so it could be welded. One of the come-a-longs slipped while employee's hand was under the plate and mashed his right ring fing...
11/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 159d lost Employee opened door of hauler to check a fuse behind the driver's seat when the door shut and mashed his left ring finger requiring stitches.
05/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was pulling electrail cord, cord got hung up and when EE gave the card a jerk, it came free and hit EE above the left eye. Causing a cut requiring 3 stiches.
03/28/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Mounting water truck using the grab bar and felt something pop in his left elbow. (Did not seek medical attention until later.) Missed 8 days from work.
03/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Employee was raising major bogie using a come-along to install rollers. The come-along slipped, allowed the bogie to fall mashing his left hand between the bogie and the dozer frame.
12/12/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Operator backed his hauler through the berm, overturned and fell approximately 40 feet. He sustained a cut on his hand requiring stitches.
11/15/2006 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was welding on a D-6 dozer and received an electrical shock from the welder.
07/21/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost Employee was pushing in shot area using a D-10-R Cat dozer and backed over a hole hitting his head on left side window. Lost one front tooth, feeling pain in his head, neck and back.
12/14/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 988 LOADER PULLING ROCK OFF OF COAL. WHEN GOING IN FOR A BUCKET OF ROCK, THE LOADER BUCKET HIT SOLID & TWISTED. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT LE...
10/15/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING UP ON DOZER, LEFT FOOT SLIPPED & SCRAPED/BRUISED HIS LEFT SHIN ON PUSH BEAM, WEIGHT LANDED ON LT. LEG. ON 10/20, EE WENT TO THE DR., CONTINUED TO WORK THRU 10/26/05 & DEVELOPED A...
07/12/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A RETAINING RING. THE BAR HE WAS PRYING WITH SLIPPED OFF HITTING THE EE OVER HIS RT. EYE, CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED (5) SUTURES.
11/06/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost During dismount from a dozer, ee lost his balance and fell, landing on the ground flat footed.
02/23/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 315d lost EE WAS DRILLING UNDER HIGHWALL WHEN THE WALL GAVE WAY HITTING THE DRILL DECK. EE AT THE TIME SAID HE WAS NOT HURT. NOW SAYS HIS NECK & HEAD HURTS. FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF INJURY WAS ON APRIL 1, 200 3.
09/09/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING THE HIGHWALL USING AN EXCAVATOR. A ROCK CAME OVER TOP OF THE BUCKET THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND HIT EE ON HIS LEFT KNEE.
06/03/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE OPERATING A CAT DOZER, WAS CLEANING THE WALL OF LOSE MATERIAL. HIS BLADE SLIPPED OFF A ROCK &THE SUDDEN JOLT PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
01/25/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost EE WAS WORKING ON A DRAG LINK ON A PICKUP TRUCK AND WHILE INSTALLING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. EE WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION AND RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY. THEN HE W ORKED U...
12/10/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost ROCK FROM THE HIGHWALL HAD A MUD SCAM BEHIND IT,THE ROCK FELL OUT AND HIT THE BUCKET AND BOOM ON 992-G LOADER. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, BUT HE WAS JOLTED FROM THE FORCE OF THE R OCK HIT...
05/01/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING PIECE OF METAL-DUST OR METAL FLEW UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.FLUSHED OUT EYE, WAS GIVEN EYE DROPS, NO LOST TIME.
03/01/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING D11R MAIN FRAME. STOPPED WELDING AND RAISED WELDING HOOD AND THEN FELT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE. METAL MUST HAVE BEEN ON WELDING HOOD.
12/12/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost EE WAS REMOVING PART FROM MACHINE, PART SLIPPED, EE TRIED TO KEEP PART FROM FALLING INTO BELLY PAN ON MACHINE, STRAINED BACK.
08/30/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A D11R ENGINE USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE THE ENGINE OVER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW.
05/15/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A FLOOR PLATE THAT WAS LOOSEAND MOVED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS KNEEHE CONTINUED TO WORK ABOUT 4 HOURS. HIS KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL. HE LEFT WORK AND GOT MEDICAL ATTENT ION ON...
04/30/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE DRIVING A BEARING IN A BLADE PIN BOSS, EMPLOYEE HAD A PLATE ON TOP OF THE BEARING AND WHEN HE STRUCK THE STEEL PLATE WITH HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND PENETRATED HIS ARM.