Strip #8: 113 citaciones de la MSHA Coal

Employee was using 2 come-a-longs to align the top plate of the carousel so it could be welded. One of the come-a-longs slipped while employee's hand was under the plate and mashed his right ring finger requiring seven stitches.

Employee opened door of hauler to check a fuse behind the driver's seat when the door shut and mashed his left ring finger requiring stitches.

EE was pulling electrail cord, cord got hung up and when EE gave the card a jerk, it came free and hit EE above the left eye. Causing a cut requiring 3 stiches.

Mounting water truck using the grab bar and felt something pop in his left elbow. (Did not seek medical attention until later.) Missed 8 days from work.

Employee was raising major bogie using a come-along to install rollers. The come-along slipped, allowed the bogie to fall mashing his left hand between the bogie and the dozer frame.

Operator backed his hauler through the berm, overturned and fell approximately 40 feet. He sustained a cut on his hand requiring stitches.

Employee was welding on a D-6 dozer and received an electrical shock from the welder.

Employee was pushing in shot area using a D-10-R Cat dozer and backed over a hole hitting his head on left side window. Lost one front tooth, feeling pain in his head, neck and back.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 988 LOADER PULLING ROCK OFF OF COAL. WHEN GOING IN FOR A BUCKET OF ROCK, THE LOADER BUCKET HIT SOLID & TWISTED. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING UP ON DOZER, LEFT FOOT SLIPPED & SCRAPED/BRUISED HIS LEFT SHIN ON PUSH BEAM, WEIGHT LANDED ON LT. LEG. ON 10/20, EE WENT TO THE DR., CONTINUED TO WORK THRU 10/26/05 & DEVELOPED A BLOOD-CLOT IN HIS RT. LUNG, HE WAS HOSPITALIZED & DISCHARGED ON 10/28/05. EE NOTIFIED COMPANY THAT THE BLOOD-CLOT WAS RELATED TO INJURY ON 11/01/05.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A RETAINING RING. THE BAR HE WAS PRYING WITH SLIPPED OFF HITTING THE EE OVER HIS RT. EYE, CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED (5) SUTURES.

During dismount from a dozer, ee lost his balance and fell, landing on the ground flat footed.

EE WAS DRILLING UNDER HIGHWALL WHEN THE WALL GAVE WAY HITTING THE DRILL DECK. EE AT THE TIME SAID HE WAS NOT HURT. NOW SAYS HIS NECK & HEAD HURTS. FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF INJURY WAS ON APRIL 1, 200 3.

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING THE HIGHWALL USING AN EXCAVATOR. A ROCK CAME OVER TOP OF THE BUCKET THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND HIT EE ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE OPERATING A CAT DOZER, WAS CLEANING THE WALL OF LOSE MATERIAL. HIS BLADE SLIPPED OFF A ROCK &THE SUDDEN JOLT PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS WORKING ON A DRAG LINK ON A PICKUP TRUCK AND WHILE INSTALLING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK. EE WENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION AND RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY. THEN HE W ORKED UNTIL 3-4-02, WHEN DR. REQUESTED HE STAY OFF WORK FOR SEVEN DAYS & THEN CHECK BACK WITH HIM.

ROCK FROM THE HIGHWALL HAD A MUD SCAM BEHIND IT,THE ROCK FELL OUT AND HIT THE BUCKET AND BOOM ON 992-G LOADER. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, BUT HE WAS JOLTED FROM THE FORCE OF THE R OCK HITTING THE LOADER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS KNEE ON THE HYD CONTROL VALVE AND TWISTED HIS HIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING PIECE OF METAL-DUST OR METAL FLEW UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.FLUSHED OUT EYE, WAS GIVEN EYE DROPS, NO LOST TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING D11R MAIN FRAME. STOPPED WELDING AND RAISED WELDING HOOD AND THEN FELT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE. METAL MUST HAVE BEEN ON WELDING HOOD.

EE WAS REMOVING PART FROM MACHINE, PART SLIPPED, EE TRIED TO KEEP PART FROM FALLING INTO BELLY PAN ON MACHINE, STRAINED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A D11R ENGINE USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE THE ENGINE OVER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A FLOOR PLATE THAT WAS LOOSEAND MOVED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS KNEEHE CONTINUED TO WORK ABOUT 4 HOURS. HIS KNEE BEGAN TO SWELL. HE LEFT WORK AND GOT MEDICAL ATTENT ION ON 5/16/00.

WHILE DRIVING A BEARING IN A BLADE PIN BOSS, EMPLOYEE HAD A PLATE ON TOP OF THE BEARING AND WHEN HE STRUCK THE STEEL PLATE WITH HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND PENETRATED HIS ARM.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE SERVICE TRUCK INTO A HOLE IN THE GROUND CAUSING HIM TO SPRAIN HISANKLE.

RING ON RING FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT ON THE LADDER OF THE BULK POWDER TRUCK AS EE WAS EXITING.

EE WAS LETTING LEVELING JACK UP ON BACK OF WELDING TRAILER WHEN THE TRAILER REARED UP PINNING HIS FOOT UNDER THE JACK. THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN THE 2ND & 3RD TOES FROM THE BIG TOE WERE BROKEN AND THE TOENAIL OF THE NO. 3 TOE WAS TORN OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADDER OF 785 B HAULER. HE STEPPED ON THE BOTTOM STEP AND THE LADDER SWUNG UNDERNEATH THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE BUMPER.