Avísenme cuando se presente un nuevo incidente de la MSHA en Martinez Mine.
OPERATOR WAS RUNNING A CAT D8L DOZER AND STOPPED TO CLEAN HIS WINDOWS WHILE STANDING ON MACHINE BEHIND OPERATORS CAB EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS BACK
ATTENDANT DISLODGING LARGE PIECE OF COAL CLOGGING THE HOPPER DOOR WHICH FEEDS CRUSHER BELT.USING PRYBAR HE WAS PULLING TOWARD HIS BODY WHEN COAL DISLODGED.THE SUDDEN JERKING BACKWARDS CAUSED A STRAIN IN BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BACK.
FOREMAN WAS ASSISTING CRUSHER ATTENDANT DISLODGE A ROCK FROM HAMMER MILL. THE ROCK SLIPPED FROM FOREMAN HAND DUE TO WATER AND POLYMENT BUILD UP SLICING RIGHT PALM.
DRIVER WAS TARPING COAL TRAILER WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL OVER SIDE OF TRAILER. FELL BACKWARDS & LANDED ON HIP & LEG ON GROUND.
TRUCKDRIVER ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM BETWEEN DUAL REAR TIRES WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.EMPERIENCED PAIN IN ABDOMINAL CAVITY WHEN HAMMER WAS SWUNG.DIAG AS MUSCLE STRAIN.
MECHANIC WAS GRINDING ALTERNATOR BRACKET FOR REWELDING ON BENCH GRINDER. THE METAL SLIPPED AND HIS HAND SLIPPED FORWARD PUSHING HIS INDEX FINGER INTO THE GRINDING WHEEL. HE GROUND OFF MOST OF THE FINGER, INCLUDING THE NAIL DOWN TO THE BONE, UP TO THE FIRST JOINT.
OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING OUT OF CAB TO CLEAN TRACKS, WHEN HIS HEEL CAUGHT ON THE DOOR FRAME, TRIPPING HIM. HE PUSHED AWAY FROM EQUIPMENT SO AS NOT TO LAND ON TRACKS. HE LANDED ON PIT FLOOR ON HIS HIP AND LOWER BACK, ROLLED AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE GROUND.
MINER WAS OPERATING COAL CRUSHER WHEN A LARGE PIECE WAS LODGED IN THE DOOR LEADING OUT OF HOPPED. HE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE IT WITH A METAL PRY BAR. THE MINER SAID HE FEEL A POP IN HIS BACK WH EN HE APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE PRY BAR.
MINER WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK DOWN HILL IN LEFT HAND TRAFFIC. HE WAS GOING AROUND RIGHT CURVE WHEN HE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER TRUCK GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHICH HAD SLID OVER INTO GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHICH HAD SLID OVER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE SIDES A THE TWO VEHCLES COLLIDED AND 1ST DRIVER WAS THROWN AGAINST DOOR GLASS BRUISING SHOULDER.
FELL BACKWARDS-WALKING DOWNHILL-ON WET HILL--...HILLSIDE WHEN FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER MINER.
MECHANIC WALKING BACKWARDS ON MECHANIC\S PAD DRAGGING HEAVY JACKSTAND. SLIPPED & HAD JACKSTAND FALL ON HIS KNEE & GROIN AREA.
MINER ATTEMPTING TO LIFT TONGUE OUT OF LIGHT PLANT TO SWING JACK OUT FROM UNDER IT. MINER EXPERIENCED SLIPPED VERTABRAE & PELVIS DISLOCATION.
OP PASSED OUT - HAD GONE TO SEE A PHY AND THERE IS NO EXPLANATION