GibraltarCoal

EMPLOYEE STATED HE SLIPPED AND THEN FELL WHILE CLIMBING DOWN 4 STEPS COMING OUT OF THE ELECTRICAL ROOM AT THE RIVER DOCK.

ON 9-4-03 EE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN WHILE OPERATING HIS HAULTRUCK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND DID NOT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 9-15-03. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN DELAYED WAITING ON THE DIAG NOSIS FROM THE TREATING PHYSICIAN. THE GENERAL DIAGNOSIS RELATES TO DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE WITH SCOLLIOSIS OF SPINE.

EE STATES HE WAS GETTING OUT OF COMPANY F250 FORD PICKUP, SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT WRIST RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO HIS WRIST.

WHILE DRILLING #1 PARTING WITH DM50 DRILL, THE MAST PULLDOWN CHAIN BROKE AND EE, DRILL SUPERVISOR, WAS CALLED TO THE DRILL. EE WAS LOCATED T THE FRONT OF THE DRILL, LOOKING UDNER THE DECK AT T HE DRILL STEEL, WHEN A SINGLE ROCK (APPROX 34""X18"") FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL APPROX. 35' HITTING THE DRILL DECK AND BOUNCING INTO EE LEFT ARM AND SIDE. HIS LEFT ARM WAS FRACTURED AND HE HAD CON

EE STATES WHILE CHANGING THE AIR FILTER ON #330 WATER TRUCK HE FELL WHILE DISOUNTING STRIKING AGAINST THE TRUCK BUMPER AND THE SHOP FLOOR.

EE STATED HE WAS SITTING IN HIS 777 HAUL TRUCK BEING LOADED BY 992G ENDLOADER WHEN A LARGE ROCK WAS DROPPED INTO THE BED CAUSING CONSIDERABLE JARRING AND VIBRATION RESULTING IN PAIN TO LOW BAC K.

AFTER CHANGING DRILL BITS ON PARTING DRILL, THE SHOOTER WAS ASSISTING IN ALIGNING LOCKING PIN INDRILL MAST. HE FAILED TO CLEAR HIS HAND WHEN THEHYDRAULIC CYLINDER WAS USED TO PUSH PIN IN PLACE & HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LOCKING PIN & HYDRAULIC CYLINDER.

EE WAS CLEANING GREASE IN THE DRAG DRUM WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED INTO THE INTERMEDIATE CASE. AS A RESULT, HE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS LEFT LEG.

EE HAD AIR ARCED THE FLANGE OF A BRASS BEARING IN THE PROPAL SHAFT ON 7/28/01. ON 7/29/01, HE REPORTED FOR WORK BUT AFTER A SHORT TIME HE TOLD THE FOREMAN HE WASN'T FEELING WELL AND SUBSEQUENT LY WENT BACK TO HOTEL. HE SAW MULTIPLE PHYSICIANS BEFORE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH METAL FUME FEVER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON TOP OF 1450 TUB WHEN HE STEPPED IN AN OPEN MANHOLE RESULTING IN LACERATION TO LEFT LEG.

EE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TWO METAL PLATES.

EE WAS ASSISTING COWORKERS WITH CRIBBING A PROP SHOE. AS HE LIFTED A CRIBBING TIE HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK AREA.

EE WAS WORKING ON D-11 DOZER REPLACING ROCKER SEGMENTS. NEXT DAY HE FELT SORENESS AND PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DEADHEADING 950 ENDLOADER/FORKLIFT TO DRILL SITE IN THE PIT TO USE ON DRILL REPAIR. HE TESTED BRAKES AT TOP OF RAMP AND THEY WERE WORKING, HOWEVER AS HE TRAVELED DOWN RAMP THE BRAKES FAILED. HE TURNED THE ENDLOADER INTO SPIL ON LEFT SIDE OF RAMP, CAUSING THE ENDLOADER TO TURN ON THE RIGHT SIDE.