15095DEPENDENT HAULER WAS DELIVERING 2 SPOOLS OF WIRE ROPE.DURING THE UNLOADING PROCESS AN UNRESTRAINED ROLLED,PINNING THE TRUCK DRIVER BETWEEN THE REELS.THE VICTIM APPEARED TO HAVE SUSTAINED 76229BLE FRACTURES TO THE PELVIC AREA.
Wolf Creek Coal
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1990–1995
- Latest incident
- Aug 1995
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
7 on file (excluding fatalities above)1995 · 1 incident
WHILE DUMPING LOAD IN ROCK TRUCK EE STATES LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING TRUCK TO OVERTURN AND ROLL DOWN EMBANKMENT 2 SMALL LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES TO EE.
1994 · 1 incident
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS SPIL STEPPED ON ROCK LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. DURING HIS FALL THERE WAS A TWISTING MOTION CREATING BACK STRAIN AND BRUISED HIP.
1993 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON DOZER, MOVING FROM A TOP THE MACHINE TO GO UNDERNEATH, FOOT SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO GROUND AND LANDED AWAKWARDLY. FELT BURNING SENSATION IN BACK.
1992 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING RETAINER RING (LARGE) ON DRAGLINE (680 W). ONE HAND SLIPPED ALLOWING ALL WEIGHT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER HAND (LEFT). ARM WAS RAISED AND TWISTED SLIGHTLY DISLOCATING LE FT SHOULDER.
1991 · 1 incident
EMPL ON SCAFFOLD WELDING -REPAIR TO DRAGLINE BUCKET.EMPL SLIPPED & FELL HIT HEAD ON CHAIN LYING ON GROUND RECEIVED HEAD LACERATION.
1990 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PIN HOLDING A BUCKET TO AN OPERATING ARM OF A LOADER WITH A JACKING DEVICE.EMPLOYEE LOOKED AT PIN AND IT CAME LOOSE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT CHEEK OF FACE.SMALL LACER ATIONS AND FRACTURES OF THE MAXILLA.
I.NAME (AN INDEPENDENT LOGGING CONTRACTOR), ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, SUFFERED FATAL HEAD INJURIES AS THE SUSPECTED RESULT OF FLYROCK FROM A BLAST DURING ROUTING BLASTING OPERATIONS AT THE MINE.