Turlington Strip Mine — Accidents
Total: 5 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/29/2011 | FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Spoil side highwall sloughed off due to unstable material (sand and water). The area was accessible at the time of slide. MSHA was called and a 103(j) order was issued. Upon arrival, MSHA inspector mo... |
| 09/02/2011 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Electrician picked a piece of dragline cable up and the wind blew sand in his eyes. The employee flushed his right eye out with a first-aid eye wash, but was still a little scratchy. Employee was take... |
| 09/02/2011 | ENTRAPMENT | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A dozer operator making shift change encountered a hard spot in a high wall. The dozer became slightly offset with the highwall lost power and could not back up the slope. The dozer operator was assis... |
| 02/18/2011 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 14d restricted | Cat 777D end dump was being loaded by an EX1900 Hitachi. Hitachi operator was blinded by the sun momentarily and the bucket of the backhoe hit the back of the end dump jarring the end dump operators n... |
| 12/01/2010 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | A Miner was removing a clevis from a section of damaged wire rope and was struck in the nose when he pulled out the clevis pin. No medical treatment was needed other that First Aid and a tetnus shot.... |