South Side Surface Mine No 1 Coal

VICTIM AND ANOT2ER EMPLOYEE WERE REPLACING THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL IN A FRONT END LOADER USING A TRUCK MOUNTED CRANE. A WIRE ROPE CHOKER BROKE AND RESULTED IN THE DIFFERENTIAL FALLING TO THE G ROUND. IT STRU7K THE FOOT OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEE AND ROLLED OVER ONTO THE LEFT LEG OF THE VICTIM.

VICTIM WAS MOUN7ING A EUCLID R-50 ROCK TRUCK AFTER COMPLETING PRE-OPERATIONAL INSPECTION OF THE TRUCK FROM THE GROUND.AS THE VICTIM ASCENDED THE LADDER TO THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT, DUST WAS BLOWN BY GUSTY 4INDS INTO THE VICTIM'S LEFT EYE.A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL (PROBABLY DUST) BECAME LODGED ON THE INSIDE OF THE LEFT EYELID AND RESULTED IN AN ABRASION TO THE CORNEA.

VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO DESCEND THE LADDER FROM THE OPERATOR\S COMPARTMENT OF THE LIEBHERR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR TO THE GROUND. WHEN VICTIM STEPPED FROM FIRST TO SECOND STEP ON LADDER, HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 82". VICTIM HALTED HIS DESCENT WITH HIS HANDS ON THE HAND RAILS. WHEN VICTIM STOPPED FALLING HIS FEET WERE APPROXIMATELY 3" FROM THE GROUND. VICTIM STATED H

VICTIM AND A HELPER WERE REPLACING THE FLEXIBLE HOSE FOR ANFO LOADING ONTO THE CARGO SPACE OF THE THE TRUCK WHEN THE HOSE INADVERTENTLY STRUCK THE VALVE CONTROL LEVER OF THE BOOM LIFT. THE BOO M MOVED DOWNWARD IN A RAPID MOVEMENT AND STRUCK THE VICTIM ONTHE RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING EUCLID R 50 ROCK TRUCK HAULING SPOIL FROM LIEBHERR HYRAULIC EXCAVATOR TO DUMP SITE VICTIM BACKED TRUCK UNDER EXCAVATOR AND WAS RECEIVING FIRST BUCKET OF SPOIL MATERIAL MOS OF THE MATERIAL IN BUCKET WAS DISCHARGED INTO THE TRUCK EXCAVATOR OPERATOR OBSERVED THAT A LARGE ROCK REMAINED IN THE BUCKET WHEN ROCK WAS DISCHARGED IT CAUSED VICTIM TO BE JOLTED IN TRUCK SE

...PUSHING OVERBURDEN MATERIAL STRUCK LEFT KNEE AGAINST BULLDOZER....AT END OF SHIFT,EMPL STATED KNEE WAS HURTING MORE AND OBTSAINED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

VICTIM WAS HALTED AT ROADBLOCK JUST PRIOR TO A SURFACE MINE BLAST BEING DETONATED. WHEN THE BLAST WAS DETONATED SOME FLYROCK WAS PROPELLED INTO THE AIR. VICTIM THOUGHT THE FLYROCK WAS GOING TO STRICK HIS TRUCK. VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO SEEK COVER BY DUCKING DOWN INSIDE THE OPERATORS CAB OF THE TRUCK. WHEN HE DID THIS HE INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER BY STRIKING IT ON THE GEAR SHIFT OR

USING OVERHEAD CRANE TO LIFT SPROCKET ONTO FINAL DRIVE.USING LEG AND HANDS TO GUIDE AND STABILIZE SPROCKET-BECAME UNBALANCED AND WHEN EMPL TRIED TO STABILIZE SPROCKET,JERKED BACKWARDS SUDDENLY ,RESULTING IN SUDDEN PAIN IN LOWER BACK.ASST BY ANOTHER MECHANIC-CLAYTON HOLLAND.