West 61 — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/09/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost On 7/9/2018 employee was pulling on a suction hose and hose was caught on something in the water resulting in a low back strain. First day missed was 7/16/2018.
05/23/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 159d lost Employee strained shoulder while tightening hose on brake valve.
12/01/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was exiting dozer using three points of contact. When stepping onto track, his knee ""popped"" causing knee injury.
08/27/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was removing a section of piping on a chemical delivery system to repair a leak. As employee made an incision into the pipe, material sprayed from the piping onto the employee's face, neck a...
12/31/2014 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was inspecting beltline when coal build up was noticed on a roller. Using a wrench to free the roller from debris his glove and finger were caught into roller and belt.
11/24/2014 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 111d lost While performing maintenance on truck, the truck fell from hydraulic jack onto the miner.
11/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost While mounting a dozer the miner's knee collapsed.
12/12/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lifting track frame with overhead crane, the miner's finger was pinched by a roller on the track frame.
05/14/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While driving a pin into equalizer bar with a hammer, a fragment of pin entered into right leg of miner.
03/12/2012 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost The miner raised the bed of the truck he was operating under high voltage electric line creating an electrical arc from the line to the truck. The operator dismounted truck, while on the ground two ri...
07/27/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was striking track roller on D-11 dozer with a hammer when a fragment of steel splintered off and lodged in his left arm.
02/15/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Victim reached to remove gloves from heater when his hand came in contact with fan blades resulting in laceration of right ring finger.