Speedway No 1 Strip Mine: 354 citaciones de la MSHA Coal

He was tightening bolts on a Cat D11 dozer when the wrench slipped and struck him on his wrist and fractured it.

Truck owned LJF Inc.enroute for load of coal-Bonita Job. Truck shut off going up grade, coasted truck backward to side road. Driver saw electrical smoke coming between front of battery box & rear of front tire. Wires started flaming, put out with fire extinquisher, flames kept erupting, fire out of control. Loader operator got water in his bucket dumped on fire until out.

He was moving a 1000 pound piece of steel when the cables lost tension and it fell onto his right leg. Broken lower right leg.

While operating rubber tired front end loader in rock in pit area the tooth of the loader slipped off a rock which shook the loader and he felt pain in his lower back.

Hydraulic line broke on Hitachi 1800 Shovel, employee slipped on oil and fell.

While climbing up the ladder on Cat 980C Wheel Loader, he lost his grip and footing on ladder and fell to the ground injuring his chest and leg.

He was walking from his pickup truck to the wheel loader to start work when he slipped on some ice that sloped downward. He lost his footing and rolled his ankle and then fell down on it, spraining his ankle.

EE was walking in fresh snow up a grade to the upper level where his vehicle was parked. He slipped in the snow and fell to both knees, which one leg went behind him. Swelling happened in both knees.

While hauling dirt to dump in a Cat 777D off highway truck, he ran over a rock on the road and bounced in his seat. he hit his elbow on the arm rest, causing a contusion to the elbow.

EE WAS STANDING BEHIND A CO-WORKER PUTTING TENSION ON A COME-A-LONG WHEN THE HAMMER HIS CO-WORKER WAS USING SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND HIT HIM ON THE NOSE, CAUSING A LACERATION.

HE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON A HITACHI 1800 EXCAVATOR WITH A WRENCH. WHEN HE WENT TO STAND UP HE FELT A VERY SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA. (STRAIN).

PUTTING ON AUGERS WHEN HOOK CAME UNDONE AND AUGER FELL ONTO LEFT FOOT.

HOOK FROM HYDRAULIC HOIST FLEW OFF AND HIT MOUTHBREAKING AND LOOSENING SEVERAL TEETH AND CUTTINGLIP.

WHILE GETTING INTO WATER TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON THE FUEL TANK AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND CAUSING A CONTUSION TO THE HIP.

HE WAS PUSHING DIRT WITH A BULLDOZER ON ROUGH BOTTOM ROCK WHICH CAUSED PAIN IN SIDES FROM JARRING AND SHAKING FROM THE DOZER, WHICH LED TO A HERNIA.

HOOKING CABLE ONTO AUGER WHEN CABLE GOT BEHIND NEXT ROW OF AUGERS & PULLED AUGER FROM PILE ONTO HAND SMASHING BONES OF LEFT HAND.

HE WAS PICKING COAL OFF OF CONVEYER BELT AND PINCHED HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND BONEY COAL CHUTE ON TIPPLE. HE LATER FOUND HE FRACTURED A FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

HE WAS SHIFTING THE BED LEVER TO RAISE OR LOWER THE TRUCK BED. THE LEVER WAS VERY STIFF AND HARD TO MOVE, WHICH STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AND GROIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE STATES: ON JOB SITE (BLASTING PREPARATION) HE BLACKED OUT. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE.

EE WAS LIFTING A TURB CHARGER THAT WAS SITTING ON THE COUNTERWEIGHT OF A RUBBER TIRED LOADER. THE CREATED A PULLING THE THE GROIN AREA WHICH CAUSED A HERNIA.

EE WAS PUTTING OIL INTO A CAT DION BULLDOZER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF DOZER AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

PULLING TOOLS HE STUCK HIS FINGER BETWEEN AUGER AND KELLY BAR.

EE WAS SITTING INT HE OPERATORS CAB OF A CAT 777A OFF HIGHWAY TRUCK WAITING TO GET LOADED. WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING THE TRUCK. A ROCK DROPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE BED OF THE TRUCK WH ICH JARRED THE OPERATORS CAB WHERE THE EE WAS SITTING. HE SUSTAINED A STRAIN THE UPPER BACK AREA.

HE WAS USING A CAT 980B LOADER, WHILE USING IT'S HYDRAULICS AND A CHAIN TO RESET A WATER PUMP. AFTER RESETTING THE PUMP, HE WENT TO DISCONNECT THE CHAIN WHILE STANDING ON THE TIRE OF THE PUMP. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE TIRE ONTO THE GROUND, FRACTURING HIS RIGHT HEEL.

OPERATOR SLIPPED ON THE WET CATWAKL OF A CATERPILLAR D9H TRACK TIE DOZER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE SUSTAINED A BROKEN RIB AND A SLIGHT CONCUSSION.

AUGER MACHINE OVER-HEATED AND RADIATOR CAP BLEW OFF THROWING FLUID ON HIS ARM CAUSING BURN.

WHEN STEPPING OFF A CRAWLER EXCAVATOR HE TRIPPEDON A ROCK AND FELL DOWN STRAINING HIS BACK. THISINJURY WAS NOT REPORTED WHEN OCCURRED. IT REOCCURRED AND IS NOW REPORTABLE. 1ST DAY OFF 10/11/01

REMOVING DEFECTIVE HOSE FROM RUBBER TIRES LOADER. WHEN HOSE CLAMP WAS REMOVED, THE HOSE END DROPPED AND HIT PELVIS AREA CAUSING HERNIA.

HE WAS CLIMBING DOWNT HE LADDER OF THE ROCK TRUCK AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE LADDER AND HE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND BREAKING HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM.

HE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM ADJUSTING THE HOIST BRAKE ON A 2400 LIMA DRAGLINE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. (STRAIN - LOWER BACK AREA)

HE WAS TAKING A PIECE OF PIPE OFF A 2400 LIMA DRAGLINE. HE TURNED HIS HEAD & WALKED INTO A PIECE OF FLEX PIPE THAT WAS HANGING FROM THE ROOF OF THE DRAGLINE PRODUCED A CUT ON LEFT EAR

HE WAS INSTALLING A SPRING ON THE BACK OF A TRIANGLE TRUCK. WHEN HE PICKED UP THE SPRING TO INSTALL, HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS GROIN AREA.

WHILE HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF 4600 MANITOWOC DRAGLINE, HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND. (CONTUSION OF LOWER LEG).

HE WAS CHEVCKING THE TURBO CHARGER ON A CAT 773 ROCK TRUCK. HE TOOK THE INTAKE PIPE OFF THE TURBO CHARGER AND THEN STARTED THE CAT 773 ROCK TRUCK. THE TURBO POSSIBLY CAME APART. (AMPUTATION TO MIDDLE OF FOURTH FINGER).

EE WAS INSTALLING BUVCKET LEVELER ON LOADER BOOM. WHILE TIGHTENING BOLT, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN WRENCH AND BOOM OF FRONT END LOADER. (FRACTURE MIDDLE FINGER)

EE WAS LIFTING AN OIL DRUM OFF THE GROUND, AND FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA. THE EE HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK TO DATE, BUT WILL BE OFF WORK IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR A HERNIA OPERATION.

WHILE DRIVING TRIAXLE TRUCK HE ENTERED THICK FOG. CAME UPON VEHICLE AND APPLIED BRAKES. TRUCK PUULLED TO RIGHT AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT.

WHEN HE WAS DRIVING THE TRI-AXLE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD, HE WENT TO SHIFT THE GEARS AND HIS BACK AND HIP TWISTED THE WRONG WAY.

EE SQUATED INTO POSITION TO LIFT THE END OF A 6X8 X10' TIMBER. AS A RESULT OF THIS LIFTING, A SHARP PAIN OCCURRED IN RIGHT HIP RADIATING DOWN INTO CALF OF THE LEG. BULGING DISC.

OPERATOR WAS EXITING REAR CAB OF DRILL WHEN THE HEEL OF HIS BOOT GOT CAUGHT. OPERATOR STRAINED HIS SHOULDER AS HE GRABBED FOR THE DOOR HANDLE.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE FRONT OF A TRUCK TRYING TO REMOVE A KING PIN. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE KING PIN WHEN HE STRUCK IT WITH A HAMMER AND STRUCK HIS LOWER LIP LODGING THERE.

INSTALLING A TRIP CABLE ON A 2400 LIMA DRAGLINE ANS WAS POUNDING ON A METAL WEDGE WITH A 20 LB SLEDGE HAMMER. AS HE WAS POUNDING ON THE WEDGE A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER AND EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET TOOTH & SHANK ONTOTHE SOCKET OF THE DRAGLINE BUCKET WHICH WAS LYING ON ITS SIDE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A HERNIA IN IN THE GROIN AREA.

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING LADDER OF ROCK TRUCK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT WHEN HE SLIPPED, FOST FOOTING, & HELD ON WITH ONE HAND. THE SUDDEN JERK & STRETCHING RESULTED IN THE OPERATOR RECEIVING A RUPTURE TO THE LOWER ABDOMEN.

STANDING IN FRONT OF AUGER MACHINE. ROCK FROM HIGHWALL FELL ON ROOF OF AUGER MACHINE AND ROLLE DOFF ONTO HIM, STRIKIGN HIM ON HIS HARD HAT.

HE WAS CHANGING THE DRILL BIT AND HAD REMOVED THE OLD BIT. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT THE BUSHING HOLDER WHEN THE FEED DROPPED IN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BUSHING HOLDER AND THE TABLE O N THE DRILL.

WHILE WIRING A SHOT, THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT WRIST.

INSTALLING BELLY PAN ON 355 KOMATSU WHEN SLING SLIPPED ALLOWING BELLY PAN TO FALL ON EE'S LEG.

EE STEPPED ONTO LADDER, SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS, INJURING HIS LEFT FOOT. EE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT HEEL.

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A TRANSMISSION FROM A 992 LOADER. HE WAS STANDING INSIDE THE CAB USING A COMEALONG TO LOWER THE TRANSMISSION, WHEN A 1" CHAIN BROKE THAT WAS HOLDING THE COMEALONG, AND ST RUCK EE IN THE HEAD. EE WAS CUT IN THE HEAD AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED OUT. EE REQUIRED SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING RUN THE AUGER WHEN A PIECE OF HARD SURFACE FLEW FROM THE AUGER INTO HIS EYE.

STANDING ON ROCK TRUCK TO JUMP START LOADER, SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO RIGHT HIP.

CHECKING FURNACE IN GARAGE AT END OF DAY. OPENED DOOR AND GOT BURNED ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE.

CLIMBING OFF LOADER MISJUDGED STEP AND FELL.

CLAIMS HE BENT OVER AND PICKED UP PIECE OF WOOD FROM COAL PILE AND CAUSED HERNIA. DID NOT MISS ANY WORK OR GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 3/15/93.

CLIMBING DOWN OFF LOADER, FOOT SLIPPED OFF 2ND RUNG FROM BOTTOM HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS ARM AND HIT HIS SIDE ON LOADER SPRAINING BACK AND HIPS.

WELDING ON DOZER BLADE FEET SLIPPED LEG WENT BETWEEN PUSH ARM & TRACK FRAME TWISTING LEG SIDEWAYS WHEN HE WAS GETTING OFF DOZER

TAKING D9H BLADE OFF DOZER HIT PIN WITH HAMMER CHIP OF METAL FLEW & HIT LIP & BROKE TOOTH

FUELING DRAGLINE WITH 55 GALLON DRUM TIPPED DRUM TO PUT HOSE ON END,DRUM SLID AND HIT LEG..

PICKED UP 8D BATTERY AND TURNED AND TWISTED LOWER BACK, STRAINED MUSCLES.

WORKING ON LOADER, SLIPPED AND GRABBED HAND RAIL WITH RIGHT HAND, PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

BURNING FILTER BOXES.SPARK FROM FIRE BURNED ARM AND CHEEK.

GOING TO DOZER & LOST OOTING & FELL ON REAR DID NOT MISSANY WORK OR REQUIRE ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 12-28-92

HIT TRACK FRAG MENT OF STEEL FLEW OFF EM BEDED IN R CALF

CLAIMS HE WAS GETTING OFF DOZER AND TWISTED AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

PUTTING DRUMS ON DRAGLINE AND BUMPED KNEE ON 3-23-92 DID NOT GO TO DR DID NOT REQUIRE ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT THE SKIN WAS NOT BROKEN SEEMED LINE JUST A BRUISE ON 4-2-92 WENT TO DR AND WAS ADMIR RED TO HOSPTIAL FOR INFECTION WAS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPTIAL ON 4-5-92 WILL RETURN TO WORK 4-13-92.

HE CLAIMS HE WAS GRINDING AND TWISTED HIS WRIST ON 3-6-92 ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T MISS ANY WORK AND DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 3-19-92.

ALIGNING THE COLLAR OF THE SLIDE PINION GEAR OF A MANITOWOC MODEL 4600 SERIAL #46345,THE WOODEN BLOCK THAT WAS HOLDING THE GEAR UP ,SLIPPED OUT AND EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE GEAR AND THE FRAME OF THE DRAGLINE.

WORKING ON A BELT WHEN HAND SLIPPED AND HIT PULLEY.

EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION OR MISS ANY WORK AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 2-4-91- FIRST DAY OFF WORK. PRYING WITH A BAR AND IT SLIPPED AND HAND WAS JAMMED AND TWISTED INJ URING RIGHT WRIST. THIS WAS A NON-REPORTABLE ACCIDENT UNTIL 2-4-91.

PULLING ON A CHAIN THAT WAS HOOKED TO ROLLER ON DRAGLINE AND PULLED MUSCLES IN NECK.

LOADING BAGS OF SODA ASH BRIGUETTES ONTO PICKUP PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

CLEANING FLOOR OF DRAGLINE ROSE UP & HIT HEAD ON RADIATOR BRACKET

TIGHTENING DRAGLINE WRENCH SLIPPED EMP FELL BACK 12 FT

WRENCH EPLODED & HIT LEFT ANKLE.

CUTTING PLASTIC AIR BRAKE SYSTEM (LINE) WITH KNIFE LEFT HAND SLIPPED & HIT KNIFE BLADE CUT PALM OF LEFT HAND 4 SUTURES REQUIRED

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP A LOADED END DUMP TRUCK TO EDGE OF DUMP AREA WHEN SPOIL GAVE WAY AND ROCK TRUCK TRAVELED APPROX. 150 FT TO BOTTOM OF SPOIL BANK. THE SEATBELT BROKE AS THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER AND ALLOWED EMPLOYEE TO FALL FREELY IN CAB AS TRUCK ROLLED OVER.

USING CUTTING TORCHES TO CUT METAL. PIECE OF METAL FELL INSIDE OF BOOT AND BURNED RIGHT FOOT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THIS TIME.

RE-SEALING WHEEL USING SCRAPER TO CLEAN AXLE HOUSEING. SCRAPER SLIPPED OFF AXLE HOUSING, STRUCK MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND, CUT FINGER (5 SUTURES REQUIRED).

CLIMBING ONTO DRAGLINE SLIPPED AND FELL.

HOLDING PUNCH FOR MECHANIC, MECHANIC HIT PUNCH AND A PIECE BROKE OFF PUNCH AND LODGED UNDER SKIN OF LEFT JAW.

1-2-90 STARTED ROCK TRUCKA DN WAS CLIMBING OFF WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LADDER AND PULLED SHOULDER AND BACK WHNE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF. AT THIS TIME THERE WAS NOT MEDICAL TREATMENT REQUIRED. ON 3-21-90, HE HAD PAIN AND X-RAYS DONE AT CLEARFILD HOSPITAL.

HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE TURNTABLE INTO GEAR ON THE DRILLING RIG WHEN HE STRUCK THE PIPE GOING OVER THE AIR COMPRESSOR WITH HIS HEAD (HARD HAT) PUSHING DOWN ON HIS NECK AND UPPER B ACK.

CHANGING HOIST CABLE ON DRAG, WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER POUNDING WEDGE OUT OF SOCKET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND METAL HIT RIGHT LEG.

HE WAS USING A PORTABLE GRINDER, GRINDING LIP ON DRAGLINE BUCKET, GRINDING WHEEL HIT A TOOTH AND BUMPED HIM ON THE WRIST.

REMOVING SPINDLE FROM TRUCK WITH AIR WRENCH SLIPPED HITTING ABOVE R EYE

REPAIRING TRAVEL CHAIN ON DRAGLINE, DRIVING BROKEN PIN FROM CHAIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF PIN AND EMBEDDED IN LOWER PALM OF LEFT HAND.

STEPPED OFF LOADER ONTO ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE.

INSPECTING TRUCK PRIOR TO STARTING WORK SHIFT LIFTED TRUCK HOOD PARTICLE GOT IN EYE

WHILE OPERATING THE DOZER AND ATTEMPTING TO LEVEL A ROCKY DRAG SET THE OPERATOR STARTED FEELING PAIN IN THE HIP AREA WHICH BECAME PROGESSIVELY WORSE

INJURED 6-1-89. VICTIM WORK 6-2-89, 6-3-89. PAIN STIFFNESS OFF 6-5-89.

WELDING A PLATE ON THE BOTTOM OF A BIN, AT THE DUBOIS TIPPLE. THE VICTIM WAS STANDING ON A SMALL METAL STAND PLACED ON SMALL PILE OF COAL. UPON WELDING OVERHEAD, THE VICTIM EXTENEDED HIS REACH TO FAR; TIPPING THE STAND, LOSING HIS BALANCE, FALLING BACKWARD. HE STRUCK HIS HAND ON A CONVEYOR BELT FRAME CAUSING THE INJURY. THIS FALL HAPPENED 3/31, BUT I,NAME DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 4/

WELDING TRUNNION BALL ON PUSH ARM OF D9H MECHANIC & OPERATOR WERE WORKING ON CROSS BRACE MECHANICS TRUCK WAS BACKED UP TO PUSHARM SUPPORTING IT WITH BOOM MECHNIC TOLD THE OPERATOR TO START THE TRUCK HE NEEDED MORE POWER FOR BOOM OPERATOR REACHED IN & TURNED THE KEY THE TRUCK WAS IN GEAR PULLING THE PUSHARM INTO THE VICTIMS LEG

THE VICTIM WAS WELDING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. HE LIFTED HIS HOOD TO CHANGE THE ROD. AFTER INSERTING THE NEW ROD, A TWIST IN THE CALE CAUSED IT TO SPIN AROUND AND HIT THE VICTIM IN THE LEFT E YE. THE COLD WEATHER ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE CABLE WAS STIFF AND HARDER TO CONTROL.

PERSON WAS REMOVING TARP FROM HIS LOADED TRUCK. UPON CLIMBING DOWN HE SLIPPED ON TIRE & FELL TO GROUND INJURING KNEES.

HAULING UP RAMP2 TRUCK STALLED, BRAKES LOCKED ON TRUCK SLID BACKWARDS (RAINING). DRIVER JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK.

HELPING DRILLER3GET STEELS BACK INTO STORING TRAY STANDING ON TRAY LOST BALANCE FELL ONTO GROUND

CLIMBING DOWN L5DDER OF LOADER MISS PLACED FOOT ON STEP AND TWISTED BACK

WAS DUMPING LOA8 OF ROCK-WHEN HE RAISED THE BED-TRUCK TIPPED-BUMPED HEAD ON DOOR

PUTTING ALCOHOL3IN LINES OF DRAGLINE TO KEEP FROM FREEZING UP OVER WEEKEND LEFT FLASHLIGHT IN TRUCK IT WAS DARK HE LIT HIS CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO SEE HAD ALCOHOL ON HIS HAND IT BURNED HIS HAND A ND SLIGHTLY BUR3ED HIS FACE

PICKED UP SEGME3T FOR D9L DOZER TRACK, GOT MUSCLE SPASMS IN LOWER B ACK

WORKING NEAR WE5DER-GOT SOME WELDING FLASH IN EYE

WAS GETTING OFF3DRAGLINE AND FELL

GOT HIT ON WRIST WITH WEDGE WHILE CHANGING DRAG CABLE.

WORKING ON DOZER,SLIPPED AND FELL ON PUSH ARM.INJURED TAILBONE.

LINING UP TRANSMISSION ON TRUCK STEPPED DOWN FROM TRUCK TWISTED ANKLE SPRAINING ANKLE.

DRIVING TRUCK WHEN IT SLID BACKWARDS ON RAMP AND ROLLED OVER

EMP REACHED BEHIND RADISTOR GUARD FAN CAUGHT ENDS OF FINGERS

POUNDING SEGMENT ON D-9 DOZER,PIECE OF STEEL FLEW AND HIT FACE.