Winfield South Strip — Accidents

Total: 81 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/11/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None F-150 got stuck in the mud. Ignition was shut off and materials were gathered to put under the tires for traction when crew noticed smoke under the truck. They used the fire extinguisher and made ph...
07/14/2018 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Fire was started by lightning strike at H area at Winfield South mine. Fire department and forestry service responded and extinguished the fire and cut fire road around fire. Approx. 9 acres affected....
11/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was operating torch to cut sections of plate. While checking how much remained to be cut, the piece came loose of the structure, pinching the upper ring finger against plate below. This cau...
04/03/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was pulling on a steam cleaner hose and tripped over dirt clod and fell back and strained employee's left hamstring.
03/06/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 286d restricted Employee injured his neck while riding in a pump truck in route to a barge pump.
05/07/2013 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A contractor was cutting a hole in the roof of the 2570 BE dragline to make ""A"" leg repairs. During this process sparks fell around the drag gear case and ignited grease. Efforts to extinguish fire...
03/30/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost EE was pulling up on the front major bogie frame and felt sharp pain in right shoulder.
08/06/2011 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Sparks from locomotive started extremely dry grass on fire. The fire started off the mine at approximately 11:20 and spread on to the property at approximately 12:20 p.m.. At that time a Luminant supe...
07/29/2011 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Lightning struck an arrestor on a power line and caused sparks to fall down on an extremely dry field. There was no miners fighting the fire but fire departments from Winfield and Mt. Pleasant came ou...
06/21/2011 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Fire was started beside railroad track in a remote area of the mine. The fire was extinguished by the Mt.Pleasant fire department at approximately 7:35 p.m. No damage was done to any equipment nor inj...
11/04/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost EE was bending over machine all day and his back was sore the following day. Did not report to HR till 11/14/10
10/03/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee drove his haul truck off the roadway and bumped his head on the steering wheel, resulting in cuts that required stitches.
12/08/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping another employee to remove a becket pin from an intermediate cable and the pin hung up and then the pin came loose and dropped on cable and smashed little finger of left hand.
11/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving trail cable and got his pinky finger of left hand piched resulting in several stitches.
01/23/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in process of sawing through a PVC pipe that was located in an area that was causing tension on the pipe. When the employee cut completely through the pipe, the tension caused the pipe t...
12/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Injured was putting trail cable shoe on the back of the truck and dropped it on his middle finger of left hand.
09/28/2008 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None While stripping dirt from spoil side with 2570 dragline the spoil became unstable. There was no equipment damage or injuries due to this event. The reason for reporting is that it interrupted coal hau...
02/08/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting toe plate on a pump barge when the metal sprung back and struck him in the mouth.
10/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Was climbing back on his D10 dozer when his foot slipped & he caught himself with his left foot, hper-extending it upward, pulling tendons in his left lower leg.
09/14/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing wear plate on dragline bucket. As he turned to get another piece of metal he tripped and landed on his side resulting in two cracked ribs.
06/22/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tightening bolt on stabilizer bar on dozer and struck finger, on left hand, with 4 lb. sledge.
04/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 81d restricted The employee was walking the dragline and tripped, falling on his left shoulder. This became reportable when employee started therapy on 5/21/07.
04/09/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting in installing a final drive on a Hitachi 1800 back-hoe when he mashed his left thumb.
03/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None New dump ropes were being installed on the dragline, as a wedge was being put on it slipped and mashed employee's finger.
12/25/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee fell back on his left knee resulting in a torn quad tendon.
08/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting in changing out dragline teeth on bucket. A fragment of metal chipped off the tooth and struck employee in left arm.
06/28/2006 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was testing a Siemens drive on the Cross Pit Spreader and was electrically shocked by test leads.
06/10/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employees were hooking up to a truck to pull a kink out of a 6"" collapsed pump discharge line that was laying embedded in the grass. When the truck began to pull the discharge line and remove the ki...
04/01/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was driving a t-post with a t-post driver, as he raised the driver up above the t-post the driver had come off the top of t-post, on the way down, the employee's finger was caught between the...
03/22/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using pry bar while installing trans. oil cooler, bar slipped, causing little finger to come in contact with sharp edge on hardnose of dozer.
02/02/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employee was walking beside the dragline and tripped over a clod of dirt. While breaking his fall he broke his right arm.
10/13/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting off of a truck bed and was using a tool box to steady himself and the tool box lid shut on hand.
08/01/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was guiding a motor which was being moved with a sled and mashed his finger between a piece of conduit and a pry bar. The cut resulted in the employee getting stitches to close the wound.
07/28/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding on a bolt and the grinder kicked back and cut left forearm.
07/27/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was removing upper penant line pins at the boom point of a dragline. He was using a Link-Belt to hold socket up while driving the pin out. As the pin was being struck with 5 ft. pry bar it ca...
07/14/2005 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 139d restricted EE WAS SQUATTED DOWN ON LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO LOOSEN A SMALL BOLT. WHEN HE STARTED TO STAND UP HE FELT A CATCH IN HIS BACK.
05/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted This accident occurred on 5/20/2005 but was not reported till 5/25/2005. At D-24 the spoil was sliding towards the power cable. Employee got the dozer operator to help him move cable with the dozer....
04/10/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DISMOUNTING LEFT SIDE OF LOCOMOTIVE TO REPAIR FLASHING MARKER LIGHT. STEPS WERE WET AND EE SLIPPED OFF FROM SECOND STEP FROM TOP. EE HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON STEP AS HE WAS SLIDING HANDS DOWN T...
11/17/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted As the employee was dismounting a D-10 bulldozer he slipped and fell, this resulted in an injury to his hips.
09/22/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mashed the end of his finger while attempting to install a shaft in a gear box.
06/21/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting feeder chains back together with master link and driving keeper pins in when he hit his finger with 4# hammer.
05/03/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was helping electrician to roll up cable when he stepped into a hole and twisted his back.
05/03/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 51d restricted Employee was fueling hauler. When he stepped on catwalk of hauler to get back on fuel dock platform, the catwalk of hauler fell down on one end causing employee to fall.
03/22/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 310d restricted While manually handling railroad tie w/tic tongs to position for placement, EE felt pain in his lower back and groin.
01/28/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted EE LIFTED A LID TO RETRIEVE A GREASE LINE AND LID FELL ON LEFT HAND
01/24/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted EE WAS STANDING ON DRAGLINE BOOM BOX ARC GOUGING. MOLTEN METAL TRAVELED DOWN RIGHT LEG AND SETTLED IN RIGHT BOOT BURNING RIGHT FOOT.
11/14/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE PLANETARY OF A SCRAPER. WHILE MANEUVERING THE PLANETARY, AN EYE BOLT THAT WAS BEING USED TO ATTACHTHE RIGGING BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE PLANETARY TO FALL AND...
11/06/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLEANING THE TOP OF THE MACHINE HOUSE ON THE CROSS PIT SPREADER. IT HAD BEEN RAINING & THE AREA WAS SLICK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL. HE FELL FORWARD & ATTEMPTED TO BREAK TH...
10/30/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE WAS ASSISTING WITH A DRAG ROPE CHANGE. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF ROUTING THE ROPE THROUGH A SOCKET, THE ROPE BECAME STUCK. EE STRUCK THE ROPE WITH A FIVE FT PRY BAR, THE ROPE DISLODGED AND STRUCK HIM...
08/08/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE WAS HOOKING UP A HOSE TO THE STEAM CLEANER INTHE SHOP. AS THE LID OF THE STEAM CLEANER BEING LIFTED, IT FOLDED UNDER. THE EE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS STRUCK ON THE MIDDLE JOINT. THIS RESU...