Tatum Strip Mine — Accidents

Total: 73 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/09/2018 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was drilling holes in a dragline swing case seal so it could be removed. In the process,felt something in left eye and tried to wash it out. EE was transported to the ER. Next day EE was seen by a...
11/01/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Fans were turned on inside the D-35 dragline machinery house after a 4 day outage. The fans caused dirt/debris to enter the right eye of a mechanic who was working near the #1 swing. EE did have safet...
10/03/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 155d lost Employee was pulling a 6"" poly pipe line (for pumping water) with a nylon strap. The strap slipped (slack) and allowed employee to stumble backwards. Employee felt pain in lower back as a result. The...
03/11/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 108d lost, 52d restricted Electrician was pulling trail cable to put back on the cable shoe and slipped in the mud and fell face forward landing on hands and knees. The electrician felt pain in lower back. The electrician cont...
02/24/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An operator was operating a Cat 992G Front End Loader feeding coal into the hopper. The operator ran over a chunk of coal that contained petrified wood in it jarring their lower back. The operator sta...
01/26/2017 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost A mechanic was in the process of fueling the Komatsu Trackhoe from the lube truck. EE placed the fuel nozzle and hose on top the trackhoe handrail. EE climbed up on the trackhoe, squatted down to get...
01/24/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost On 02/03/2017, a dozer operator reported that on 01/24/2017 while ee was operating a front end loader in the pit down #5 ramp ee hurt lower back causing pain as ee hit some bumps. The operator does no...
01/19/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of putting a shim and plate back on at the end of the lower boom pin on a Cat 992G loader bucket. The bolt slipped and the shim and plate fell down smashing/cutting the emp...
09/30/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost End Dump operator exited cab to reset master switch. End dump started rolling downwards. Employee hurried back to the cab to stop the truck from rolling. 20 Minutes later employee stated lower back wa...
04/30/2016 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two employees were servicing pumps at #1 & #3 ramp. A very large rain event took place while they were in the pit. Rain & surrounding water drained into the pit. The employees were not able to exit th...
11/30/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None An end of the pit wedge failed on the East end of pit 170. The coal hauling was disrupted for more than an hour.
11/26/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Carrying a fire extinguisher up ladder and not using three points of contact while going down ladder. Resulting in fall and sustaining severe lower back injury.
10/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted A mechanic was moving a piece of 1/2 inch plate from the metal rack to a welding table in the shop. He leaned the plate up aginst the table and when he let go of the plate it slid and fell on his righ...
10/01/2014 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was riding in the passenger seat of a tractor. The tractor operator, travelling at an unsuitable speed for the conditions, attempted to cut a corner, crossing uneven ground, caus...
06/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on D35 dragline # 3 swing case. When he put on a welding hood a foreign body got in his right eye. He was given a description medication for his eye.
04/30/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The injured was cutting 6"" dragline cable with a cutting torch into sections to be loaded in a truck. When the cut was completed the cable sprung apart at the cut, slapping him in his right leg injur...
02/14/2014 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None During the night operations, a hauler operator noticed movement in the spoil near the loading area.He contacted the loader operator over the CB. The supervisor overheard the conversation and removed t...
10/02/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee jumped into dragline swing case, shaft was removed, onto an OSB board in place to prevent tools from falling below. Board broke, employee fell into revolving frame, bruising his side.
09/20/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 261d lost, 1d restricted Fuel mechanic was going to do a bucket and boom inspection on 36005 drag line. He was bending over to place his lock on the lock box that was located on the right shoe and his foot slipped due to mud...
08/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost An electrician was going in the tub of a 2570 dragline to check the trial cable and strained his right Achilles tendon. On June 30, 2014 he was put in a soft case boot.
07/31/2013 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 5:25pm a grass fire was spotted by a railroad employee at Tatum interchange near the new construction site. the fire was extinguished by the Beckville fire debarment It burned approximately one hou...
05/03/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Dragline operator was dismounting dragline to go out and look at the tooth adapter on the bucket. As he was getting off the stop he rolled his right ankle fracturing the fibula bone just above the ank...
08/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a pickup truck replacing the front hubs. The truck was on an automotive rack and the employee was under it. While working on the truck an object got into his left eye. He was t...
06/18/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing the winch assembly from a D9R Cat dozer. As the employee pick up on the winch with the overhead crane, the winch assembly did not move. The employee used a 5 foot bar to try...
06/13/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was assigned to secure a T-post using a 2' manufactured post driver to drive a 36"" T-post further into the soil. The employee struck the T-post once, upon the second attempt he lifted th...
02/02/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 80d lost, 22d restricted The employee bumped his right knee while washing down at Loading Station #4. The employee's knee started swelling and hurting. On April 23,2012 he was put on restricted duty. (No operating equipment)....
01/19/2012 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 8:30am a small fire was notice on the coal pile south of the shop at the Tatum mine. The MSHA hot line was called. The fire was put out in 30 minutes, the rest of the hot coal was loaded and sent t...
01/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 39d restricted Employee was opening the bellypan of a CAT D6 Dozer to gain access to, and replace, a blown hydraulic line. The employee was wearing gloves. The pan was not blocked against fall. The pan, loaded wi...
12/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had taken a shower after finishing his shift. He was exiting the shower room into the change room. As the employee stepped into the doorway he slipped. To keep from falling he grabbed the doo...
09/29/2011 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 9d lost EE's right hand became caught between a chain and sprocket resulting in loss of three fingers.
07/26/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 5d lost, 6d restricted Diagnosed with Repetitive Motion Illness
05/09/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d restricted Carpal tunnel
04/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 108d lost, 70d restricted Employee was geting in the cab of a Cat 113c water wagon as he reached the cab and started to enter in the cab, he hit the steering wheel causing the machine to move, he lost his balance and fell back...
04/16/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee fell from truck.
02/24/2011 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was installing a piece of trail cable in the tub of D35 dragline. As he was going into the room where the trail cable comes through the wall he hit his knee on a piece of angle iron. He start...
01/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted EE was removing a guard from a swing generator on D35 dragline. He bent down to grip the guard, and as he began to lift the guard assembly he felt a pop in his left elbow. On February 16th he had a MR...
06/19/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing the fan belts on a dozer. The employee was kneeling on the track, when he stood up he felt a pain in his left knee. He was taken to Good Sheperd hospital's ER. where he was dagn...
04/23/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted EE was in process of removing a high pressure grease hose from a grease cert. During the process of removing the hose, the hose ruptured near the end where Employee had a hold of it. Due to the extrem...
02/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On February 12th EE was washing 35716 boom truck and the washrack was covered in snow. He started around the truck stepped in a hole that he could not see due to the snow. A piece of rebar had broken...
11/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 150d restricted Employee was helping another empployee roll a piece of channel iron over when his right foot slipped causing pain in his knee. The doctor has put his knee in an immobilizing knee brace which made this...
10/12/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was repairing dozer 10/12/09 in the field during a rain, EE slipped in the mud and felt burning sensation in his right knee. 10/13/09 knee was swollen and stiff requested to see a Dr. Diagnosed wit...
08/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pulling the rear doors on a dragline shut the rope broke & he fell back landing on his right elbow causing pain in his right shoulder. The doctor diagnosed it as a shoulder strain & allowed him...
06/17/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lancing and a hot slag fell into the glove burning the back of right hand. At the time of incident the injury was considered a First Aid. On 07/08/2009 the employee was treated for an i...
06/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was relocating a tent away from a welding operation and stepped into an open manway bruising right knee and spraining left knee.
06/09/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was using a pry bar to help push a pin from the becket of pendant lines, when the pin cleared the becket and the becket moved causing the pry bar to move and pinched his finger, causing a lac...
12/29/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mechanic was stepping off the track of a D10 dozer onto some roll around steps placed next to the dozer when his foot slipped. He fell about 5' to the shop floor & extended his right arm to catch hi...
12/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the EE was walking in the revolving frame of a dragline, she rolled her ankle. Because of swelling, she was taken to the ER where she was diagnosed with a right ankle sprain and put in a splint,...
12/20/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Coal that was spilled while loading a train was piled at the end of the load out tunnel. The pile of cola developed a hot spot and caught a near by grass hill on fire. The fire was put out using a wat...
09/27/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lifting a 300 lb. shaft with the shop overhead crane the rope used to rig the shaft to the hook of the crane broke and the shaft fell striking the employee on top of his right foot, fracturing t...
09/27/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire was reported by a nearby land owner on some mine land that was reclaimed years ago and now is leased to an individual who raises cattle on it. This is not near the active mining area. Members o...