Pleasant Hill Coal

EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO WELD AN END ON A HYDRAULIC JACK WEIGHING APPROX. 40 LBS. AS HE LIFTED THE JACK FROM THE FLOOR TO PLACE IT ON THE WORK TABLE, HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND EXPERIENCED PAIN THE LOWER BACK1

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO OPEN BUNG ON 55 GALLON OIL DRUM USING A CHIPPING HAMMER EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE CHIPPING HAMMER WITH A BALL PIEN HAMMER CAUSING A CHIP OF METAL TO FLY OFF CHIPPING HAMM ER STRIKING EMP5OYEE ON LEFT WRIST

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING CATERPILLAR D-9L RIPPER TRACTOR RIPPING SANDSTONE ON THE DRILL BENCH AT THENORTH END O F THE 1450 PIT. THE JARRING OF THE RIPPER TRACTOR DURING NORMAL OPERATION CAUSED P AIN IN THE EMPL2YEE S LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG PUMP REEL TRUCK TO REEL UP A PUMP HOSE FROM AN ELECTRIC PUMP SET NEAR THE CENTER OF 1450 DRAGLINE PIT A HOSE COUPLING CAUGHT ON REEL EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO BED OF TRUCK TO FR EE THE COUPLING3WHEN THE COUPLINGT WAS FREED THE SLACK IN HOSE CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & FALL FROM BED OF TRUCK LANDING ON HIS BACK& HIP

DRILL OPERATOR AND HELPER MOVING DRILL TRAIL CABLE USING TRUCK TO PULL UP CABLE MOON.DRILL OPERATOR WAS WATCHING CABLE AS HELPER WAS DRIVING TRUCK.CABLE BECAME TIGHT AND STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT KN ,DISLOCATING KNEECAP.

EMP WAS USING A 1 IN SPLINE DRIVE IMPACT WRENCHHTO REMOVE TRUNION CAP COVER FROM D9 DOZER EMP WAS WORKING IN A STOOPED POSITION AND AS HE LIFTED THE IMPACT WRENCH HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN H IS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS A BUCKET HOUSE WELDER AS HE WAS CLIMBING SCAFFOLD ON BUCKET PART OF SCAFFOLD HE WAS ON FELL CAUSING HIM TO FALL ABOUT 8FT & LANDING ON HIS RT HEEL CAUSING BARUISE TO HE EEL OF RT FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A ROLL OF PLASTIC ON THE POWDER TRUCK WHEN HE TURNED HIS ANKLE WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HE FELT A SHAOSHARP BURNING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPL WORKING AT RAW COAL HOPPER INSTALLING 1\\ X 4\\ STEEL BARS,ALONG WITH 2 OTHER EMPL.WHILE LIFTING ON BARS EMPL STRAINED HIS BACK.NOT REPORTED UNTIL 6ING 1\\ X 4\\ STEEL BARS,ALONG WITH 2 O -6-85.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF REPLACING SCREENS IN THE ROTARY BREAKER. A SCREEN HADBENN PLACED INSIDE THE BREAKER, AND WHILE ANOTHER SCREEN WAS BEING LOWERED IN, THE SCREEN ALREADY INSIDE SLID AP PROX. 2 FEET AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF MOVING DRAGLINE CABLE WHEN HE PULLED ON CABLE HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT THIGH EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR SHIFTS UNTIL 1-28-85 AND REPORTED TO US ON 2-8-85 THAT LOST TIME WAS RESULT OF HIS WORK RELATED INJURY

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TRACK OF D-9L DOZER TALKING TO THE OPERATOR ABOUT A PUMP THEY WERE GOING TO SET. EMPLOYEE\S FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIS RIGHT FOOT WENT BETWEEN THE DOZER TRACK AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE. TRACK AND THE 9NGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPL MAKING REPAIRS ON B.E.60R DRILL.WHILE REMOVING LINKS FROM PULL DOWN CHAINS,USING 3/4\\ CHISEL TO SPREAD LINKS,CHIP CAME OFF CHISEL HEAD AND STRUCK EMPL IN LEFT HAND CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND AND EMBEDDING CHIP IN HAND.

EE WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILL FROM UNDER THE C-1 BELTLINE COMING FROM TRUCK DUMP HOPPER. WHILE SHOVELING EE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE A POWER BOX WITH D9 DOZER A LOOP OF THE POWER CABLE WAS IN THE WAY SO EMPLOYEE DISMOUNTED DOZER TO MOVE THE CABLE. AS HE PICKED UP THE 350 CFM CABLE HE EXPERIEN ED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING D9 DOZER. AS HE STEPPED UPON THE TRACK WITH HIS LEFT FOOT HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO HIT THE EDGE OF THE DOZE R TRACK, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE RIGHT LEG, REQUIRING SUTURES

EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING D9 TRACTOR TO TIGHTEN FUEL CAP AND LOST HIS BALANCE TO KEEP FROM FALLING EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF REAR OF DOZER TRACK AND LANDED OFF BALANCE ON THE GROUND

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A PROBABLE LOOSE CONNECTION GOING INTO A 480 VOLT, 30 AMP BREAKER IN THE TIPPLE ELECTRICAL CONTROL ROOM. EMPLOYEE USED A SCREWDRIVER TO MOVE THE INCOMING WIRE TO THE BREAKER TO SEE IF WIRE WAS LOOSE AT THE TERMINATION POINT. SCREWDRIVER CONTACTED PHASE TO PHASE CAUSING ELECTRICAL FLASH RESULTING IN BURNS TO EMPLOYEE\S FACE, HAND AND ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING 1 1/2 INCH WATER HOSE TO WATER DOWN BOTTOM FLOOR OF PREP PLANT. THE WATER HOSE BECAME CAUGHT AND EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO FREE IT BYJERKING ON IT. AS HE JERKED ON HOSE HIS HAND CONTACTED A METAL SUPPORT BEAM CAUSING A BRUISE AND SPRAIN TO THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO HOSE TRREEL OFF PUMP TRUCK. REEL HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM TRUCK & PLACED IN SHOP FLOOR IN INVERTED POSITION. REEL WAS FASTENED OFF WITH A CHAIN. ONE SIDE OF FRAME TWISTED & BROKE CAUSING OTHER SIDE TO FALL STRIKING EE ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING LACERATION.

AN AREA OF THE HIGHWALL IN THE A1450 PIT SLID INTO PIT HITTING THE RIPPER PIT TRACTOR CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRACTOR

EE EXITING CAB OF D-9 DOZER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN DOORWAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO DOZER TRACK. AS HE FELL HIS LEFT ELBOW CONTACTED METAL BASKET IN CAB USED TO SECURE WATER COOLER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TIRE WEDGE AND SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE A TIRE FRON A WHEEL. AS HE STRUCK THE WEDGE, THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN KNEE AND ANKLE CAUSING A BRUISE.

EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING INSTALLATION OF AN IDLER SPROCKET PIN IN UPPER MAST AREA OF 60R DRILL INDEX OF HIS RT HAND WAS STRUCK BY A GLANCING BLOW OF A SIX POUND SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE HAMMER CAUGHT ON THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MAST

EMPLOYEE WAS USING HAWK BILL KNIFE TO CUT THE JACKET OF PUMP CABLE KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING LACERATION TO AREA BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND

EE HAD BEEN CONNECTING PUMP HOSE TO PUMP SETTING IN WATER. EE WAS CLIMBING FROM THE PUMP ONTO THE BED OF THE FLATBED PUMP TRUCK. AS THE EE STEPPED ONTO THE TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HI M TO FALL & STRIKE THE TRI-CEP MUSCLE OF HIS RT ARM ON THE CORNER OF THE HEADBOARD OF THE TRUCK RESULTING IN A BRUISE TO THE MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TUNNEL UNDER DUMP HOPPER. A LARGE LUMP OF COAL OFF THE WALKWAY HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LUMP OF COAL AND THE WALL OF THE HOPPER TUNNEL

EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO DRILL AREA IN SUPERVISORS PICK-UP TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE READ COUSING THE TRUCK RO BOUNCE. THE EMPLOYEE THEN COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS MIDDL LE BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUMPER. AS HE WAS WALKING ACROSS LOOSE COAL TO CHECK A PUMP IN THE 1450 DRAGLINE PIT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HIP RIGHT HIP CAUSING A BRUISE TO THE HIP. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR SHIFTS UNTIL 4-12-84.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING THE MAIN AIR HOSE ON THE OVERBURDEN DRILL. THE DRILL WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR REPAIRS AND THE MAST HAD BEEN LOWERED TO THE HORIZONTAL POSITION. EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE MAST PU EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE MAST PULLING THE NEW AIR HOSE INTO POSITION AND HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

THE 1450W DRAGLINE WAS WALKING BACK ON A MOVE JACK CHRISTIE DRAGLINE OILER WAS ON THE GROUND DIRECTING THE OPERATOR WHILE WALKING ALONG THE BENCH THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A SMALL HOLE CAUSING H IM TO TURN HIS ANKLE EMPLOYEE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND THE NEXT MORNING HIS ANKLEWAS SWOLLEN AND PAINFULL HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED

DRAGLINE OILER AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WERE PREPARING TO MOVE THE DRAGLINE POWER CABLE THE CABLE WAS LAYING OVER A ROCK AND WHILE LIFTING AND PULLING TO GET CABLE ACROSS THE ROCK, EMPLOYEE S TRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

DRAGLINE CREW WAS IN PROCESS OF MOVING EXCESS POWER CABLE USING THE DRAGLINE BUCKET THE CABLE WHILE BEING MOVED HUNG ON A ROCK WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE FIBULA

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BAGGED ANFO FROM TRAILER ONTO POWDER TRUCK AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS SHIFT WHILE INSIDE OF THE ANFO TRAILER THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A BAG OF ANFO SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING BR UISES TO HISLOWER BACK AND BUTTOCK AREA

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO D9 BLADE ASSEMBLY WHILE USING A LARGE PRYBAR TO ALIGN THE PUSH ARM TO THE BLADE MOUNT HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO DO REPAIR WORK ON BOTTOM FLOOR OF TIPPLE HE WAS WASHING DOWN AREA WITH WATER HOSE AND LEVER TYPE VALVE BECAME STUCK HE ATTEMPTED TO HIT THE VALVE AGAINST AN ANGLE TO FREE STUCK HANDLE VALVE MISSED STEEL ANGLE AND EMPLOYEES RT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WATER HOSE & STEEL ANGLE

HELPING DRAGLINE OILER CHANGE OUT DUMP ROPE ON 1250 DRAGLINE.WHILE LIFTING DUMP ROPE TO PLACE IT IN DUMP BLOCK,EMP PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

HE WAS PREPARING TO DO REPAIR WORK TO HORIZONTAL SHEAVES ON 1250 W DRAGLINE. HE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER HOLDING TORUCH IN HIS LEFT HAND. THE LADDER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE RUNGS OF LADDER TO CATCH HIMSELF. LADDER CONTINUED TO FALL CATCHING HIS EIGHT ARM BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE DRAGLINE. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM APPROX 3 I

CLIMBED ONTO BED OF BLATBED TRUCK TO GET BUNDLE OF DRILL STAKES.STEPPING DOWN OFF REAR BUMPER OF TRUCK,RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON ROCK CAUSING TURN RIGHT ANKLE.

MOUNTING DOZER.CLIMBING LADDE FEOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP OF LADDER,CAUSING LEFT KNEE TO STRIKE LADDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 657B SCRAPER 5988 HAULING TOPSOIL TO GRADED SPOIL AREA HE HAD STOPPED TO TALK TO ANOTHER SCAPER OPERATOR WHILE ATTEMTPING TO SWING HIS DOOR OPEN HIS HAND SLIPPED HE GRAB BED THE STEERING WHEEL TO CATCH HIMSELF CAUSING SCRAPER TO TURN TO THE LEFT CATCHING HIS LEFT ARM BETWEEN THE DOOR OF HIS SCRAPER AND THE CAB OF THE OTHER SCRAPER

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 657B SCRAPER LOADING TOPSOIL HE HITA HOLE CAUSING THE SCRAPER TO TILT TO THE LEFT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE THE DOOR WITH HIS LEFT ELBOW

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON REPAIR JOB ON BUCYRUS-ERIE 1450 DRAGLINE. WHILE USING A 20 POUND SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A BEARING NUT IN PLACE HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADDING MOTOR OIL TO D-9 RIPPER TRACTOR. EMPLOYEE\S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO HIS LEFT KNEE. HISLEFT KNEE AND SHIN HIT THE CLEAT OF THE TRACK CAUSING AN ABRAISION A AND BRUISE TO THE LEFT SHIN AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE DRAG DRUM ON THE B. E. 1450 W DRAGLINE. WHILE LIFTING AND CARRYING AN IMPACT WRENCH EMPLOYEE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

OPERATING RIPPER IN PIT.JARRING CAUSED PAIN IN EMPL BACK....INJURY ATTRIBUTED TO BONE SPUR CAUSES PRESSURE ON NERVE IN BACK.

REMOVING SLACK FROM CONVEYOR CHAIN.PULLED UP SLACE WITH COME-ALONGS AND WHILE REMOVING LINK FROM CONVEYOR CHAIN,THE ATTACHING CHAIN BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND COME-ALONGS BROKE.CAUSED CONVEYOR CHQAI N TO BE PULLED THROUGH EMPL HAND CAUSING LACERATION TO TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND AND ONE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SPOIL MATERIAL WITH A 657B SCRAPER THE RIGHT WHEEL OF THE TRACTOR RAN INTO A HOLE CAUSING THE CAB TO TURN QUICKLY TO THE RIGHT THE SUDDEN MOVEMNET CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO TW IST HIS NECK

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING FOR CRACKS IN METAL NEAR TUB HOOKS ON 1250 DRAGLINE. WHILE SCRAPING GREASE AND RUST FROM AREA, FORIGN MATERIAL GOT BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO EYE.