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....