EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A FUEL HOSE. UPON A MEDICAL RESEARCH OF THE EE'S RECORD, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE EE HAD AN EXISTING HERNIA WHEN HE WAS HIRED ACCORDING TO HIS EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL. THE EE WAS TOLD BY THE DOCTOR THAT HE HAD THIS EXISTINGMEDICAL PROBLEM.
Black Creek #22 Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1990–1993
- Latest incident
- May 1993
Reportable incidents
6 on file1993 · 3 incidents
OPERATOR WAS BACKING TO THE EDGE OF A ROCK DUMP WHEN HE FAILED TO STOP CAUSING THE TRUCK TO FLIP OVER & DOWN APPROX A TWENTY FIVE FOOT HIGH DUMP
THE WAS REPLACING THE BOLTS IN A SET OF CUTTING EDGES, WHILE PUSHING THE BOLT THREW WITH HIS LEFT HAND HE SPUN THE NUT END WITH AN IMPACT WRENC, CAUSING THE BOLT HEAD TO TURN IN THE PALM OF HI S HAND AND REQUIRED 10 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
1992 · 1 incident
DIGGING ROCK WITH THE LOADER BUCKET, WHEN A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL STRIKING THE BUCKET WHEN IT WAS APPROX. TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND-THIS EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOST ANYTIME FROM THE JOB UN TIL 3-25-92. THIS MINE WAS IDLED ON 4-1-92 FOR APPONIMATELY 30 TO 60 DAYS.
1990 · 2 incidents
WHILE WALKING BY THE RADIATOR ON THE DRAGLINE A PIECE OF GRIT BLEW IN THE EYE OF THE EMPLOYEE.
WORKING ON DRAGLINE KNOCKING OFF BOLTS WITH WRENCH AND HAMMER BOLT BROKE SMASHED FINGER AGAINST HOUSING