EMPLOYEE WAS PUMPING WATER OUT OF PIT...STEPPED OFF OF PUMP, SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.
Little Joe No 2-Strip Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Sep 1985
Reportable incidents
9 on file1985 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PIPE WRENCH TO UNSCREW PIPE ON WATER TRUCK, WRENCH SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL, HITTING HIS LEFT LEG ON STEEL BRACKET ON WATER TRUCK.
1984 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIMBERS ON TRUCK AND CAUGTN FINGER BETWEEN TEMBER AND TRUCKBED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE TENSION ON FAN BELT OF FRONT END LOADER WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE UNAWARE OF I,NAME PRESENCE STARTED THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT I,NAME HAD TO HAVE A PARTIAL APMUTATION OF HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON HIGHWALL DRILL AT THE MINE SITE AND WHILE DOING SO HURT LOWER BACK.
EE STEPPED FROM EUCLID ONTO ROUGH GROUND UNEVEN GROUND CAUSED LEFT ANKLE TO TURN CAUSING SEVERE STRAIN WITH POSSIBLE CHIP FRACTURE.
1983 · 3 incidents
WELDING ON EUCLID TURNED TO CRAWL FROM MACHINE,BACK SNAPPED OR PULLED SOME IMMEDIATE PAIN BUT PAIN INCREASED LATER.
OPERATING DOZER,STOPPED MACHINE,EXITED SEAT ONTO MUDDY TRACK,SLIPPED,TWISTED KNEE.DID NOT FALL FROM MACHINE.KNEE WAS SWOLLEN BUT EMPL SAID NOT PAINFUL ENOUGH TO REPORT.PAIN INCREASED DURING FO LLOWING WEEKEND SO EMPL VISITED EMERGENCY ROOM.
EMPL AND OTHER EMPL WERE POSITIONING 7\ JOINT OF 8\\ PIPE ON DRAG TANK OF COAL WASHER.OTHER EMPLPUSHED AND EMPL PULLED - PIPE MOVED SUDDENLY MASHING EMPL FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND METAL ON DRAG TANK