Lone Mountain Pit: 2 muertes registradas Metal/Non-Metal

While driving the front end loader toward a stock pile of material the left front tire ran over a large rock jolting the operator in the cab.

Just as the sun came up truck driver noticed a motionless body lying on the ground at the base of the reclaim pit north high wall. Driver called another employee and they inspected the deceased body, determined the person was not an employee. 2nd employee drove out of the pit to a location where they could get a signal and called me. I immediately called 911 and the MSHA hotline.

While using a com-a-long to lift a screen deck the handle broke on the com-a-long causing the employee to fall backwards and in doing so EE's left are flailed to catch self and EE hit EE's arm/wrist on the cat walk railing displacing the distal radius.

The miner was using a hand grinder with right hand to smooth out an area on a piece of metal when the grinder at some point grabbed the metal and jumped to the left nicking the middle finger of the left hand of the miner which was bracing the metal.

Employee was pounding on a ripper tooth with a hammer trying to dislodge it from the ripper on a D11 dozer when a small piece of metal broke off the tooth and hit the employee in the lower leg. Mechanic was driven to the emergency room where it was determined to leave the metal in the leg and apply 2 stitches. The mechanic returned to full duty the next day.

Miner was checking a head pulley bearing on a stacker belt against his outlined duties and without prior instruction when he got his had caught between the pulley and the wiper causing a severe crushing injury to his right hand.

WHILE CUTTING 1" PLATE DEBRIS CAME UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES, EMBEDDING IN RIGHT EYE.

WALKING DOWN A SET OF STAIRS EE SLIPPED, LANDING ON HIS BUTT AND LOWER BACK.

SLIPPED OFF STEP GETTING INTO THE WATER TRUCK. HE FELL TO THE GROUND, BREAKING HIS WRIST.

EE TWISTED HER LEFT ANKLE WALKING DOWN STAIR AT THE WASHPLANT. EE RET'D TO WORK BUT AFTER 2 DAYS, SHE STILL FELT PAIN IN ANKLE. SHE RET'D TO DR 7/20/01 ON 7/20/01 DR ADVISED EE SHE COULD RETURN TO WORK AS LONG AS SHE LIMITED HER WALKING

EE HAD SMALL ROCKS AND DUST BLOWN INTO HIS EYES WHILE EXITING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

A TRUCK WAS BEING OFF LOADED BY A FORKLIFT. THE LEFT FORK GOT HUNG ON A PIECE OF METAL ON THE TRAILER. THE FORK BROKE FREE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE JUST ABOVE THE CHIN, CUTTING A GASH IN IT. EM PLOYEE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. WILL HOLD A SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING WHEN EMPLOYEE RETURNS TO WORK.

HE WAS CLEANING BELT FILTER AND SLIPED.

SLIPPED AND LANDED ON 4X12 WITH LEFT LEG BREAKING TIBIA.

SLIPPED WHILE CLEANING SCREEN AND EITHER TWISTED OR HIT KNEE ON PIECE OF STEEL.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN A 966-F LOADER BUCKET IN ORDER TO REACH THE FLASHING OF THE SCREEN FEED BELT AT THE CRUSHER. THE LOADER'S PARKING BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND WAS STABLE FOR APPROX. 20 M INS. FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, THE LOADER STARTED MOVING AHEAD, PINCHING THE OPERATOR BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE CONVEYOR BELT. INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE WERE IN THE UPPER BODY.

AN EE BUMPED A STEEL PLATE THAT WAS IN A MATERIAL CHUTE & STRUCK THIS EE IN THE HEAD. THERE WAS A CUT THAT REQUIRED NINE STITCHES.

LOADER OPERATOR, EE WENT OUTSIDE TO WASH WINDOW S WHEN A GUST OF WIND MADE HIM LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF LOADER. ALL HANDRAILS WERE IN PLACE. CRACKED RIBS AND SORENESS IS ALL THAT IS KNO WN TO BE WRONG AT TIME OF WRITING.

A SEVICE TRUCK WAS STUCK AT THE TAIL PULLEYS OF THE FEEDBELTS OF THE UPPER WET PLANT. A FRONT END LOADER WENT TO PULL OUT THE SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED TO COMPLETELY STOP THE LOADE R BEFORE HITTING THE SERVICE TRUCK. THE MAINTENANCE OPERATOR WAS GETTING A CHAIN OUT OF THE BED OF THE SERVICE TRUCK, WHEN THE IMPACT OF THE LOADER HITTING THE TRUCK MADE THE OPERATOR FALL IN

A ROCK WAS STUCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER. PLANT FOREMAN SHUT DOWN CRUSHER. THE PLANT OPERATOR TRIED TO PRY OUT THE ROCK, WHEN ANOTHER ROCK BECAME DISLODGED AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT FOOT.

A TEST WAS BEING MADE OF VOLTAGE DROP ACROSS ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT. THE TEST LEADS SHORTED A WIRE ACROSS TOO ELECTRICAL TERMINALS CAUSING A DEAD SHORT.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE FRAME WORK OF A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN A PORTION OF HIS ARM WAS ROLLED THROUGH THE TROUGHING ROLLER AND THE BELT. THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A BRUISED LEFT FOREARM.

OPERATOR WAS CUTTING OFF HITCH OF TRAILER WHEN A HOT EMBER ENTERED EAR. HAD EAR PLUGS IN POCKET.EMBER BURNED THE INSIDE OF EAR.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO ADJUST POLYMER MIXER ON CLARIFIER ON THE WAY DOWN THE STEPS EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STEPS & FELL EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS LEG & WENT TO THE DOC TO HAVE IT CHECKED

THOUGHT MATERIAL BUILDUP WAS CAUSING CONVEYOR NOT TO MOVE FREELY. WENT TO CLEAN AREA BEHIND CONVEYOR AND HIT CORNER OF CONVEYOR WITH RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FRAMEWORK OF A RUNNING CONVEYOR BELT WHICH IS AN UNAUTHORIZEWD RESTRICTED AREA HE WAS ATTEMPTING APPARENT LY TO CLEAN PULLEY THERE WAS FROM REPORT TRAUMA TO THE RT ARM WHICH RESULTED IN SURGICAL PROCEDURES

SHOVELING GRAVEL OFF CONVEYOR BELT RAILS AND UNDER ROLLERS. LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE SIDE OF BELT TO THE GROUND ON LEFT SIDE AND BACK.

CLIMBING OFF THE LOADER MISSED THE STEP & FELL ON TAIL BONE

STEPPED FROM FENDER OF LOADER, HIT HEAD ON MIRROR BRACKET.

REMOVING OXYGEN TANKS FROM TRAILER,DROPPED OXYGEN CART ON RIGHT HAND.BROKE RIGHT 3RD FINGER.