Wolf Creek Job Coal

BEGINNING HIS SHIFT HE WENT TO GET UP ONTO HIS DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

MR. VIRES, AND OILER WAS CHANGING AN AIR FILTER ON A CAT 777B ROCK TRUCK. TO DO THIS HE STANDS ON THE TIE RODS OF THE TRUCK. DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THE TIE RODS WERE MUDDY AND HE SLIP PED AND TWISTED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT FALL. HE WORKED WITH SOME PAIN UNTIL 1-20-94 WHEN HE CONSULTED A DR.

HE WAS DRIVING THE FUEL TRUCK AROUND THE HILL WHEN HE HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. HE BOUNCED UP AND HIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD SQUARELY ON THE ROOF OF THE CAB COMPRESSING HIS NECK AND BACK. HE CON TINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1-17-94 WHEN PAIN BECAME MORE SEVERE AND HE CONSULTED A DOCTOR.

OEPRATING A 777B CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCK. HAULING ROCK FROM LOADIN GPIT TO DUMPING LOCATION.

EMPLOYEE IS A DOZER OPERATOR AND WAS PUSHING IN THE SHOT WHEN A SMALL ROCK CAME OVER THE BLADE AND LANDED ON THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER. THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO PUSH THE ROCK OFF AND TWISTED HIS B ACK. THE EMPLOYEE ALSO SUFFERED A RUPTURE. THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE ROCK PROBABLY DIDN'T WEIGH 10 POUNDS BUT HE MUST HAVE BEEN IN AN AKWARD POSITION WHEN HE PUSHED THE ROCK OFF TO INJURE

EMPLOYEE IS AN OILER. EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ONTO A 992C CAT LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ONT HE FLAT OF HIS BAKC. HE INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR AND SAID H E WAS SORE BUT OTHERWISE UNINJURED. HE COMPLETE HIS REGULAR SHIFT AND TOOK OFF THE NEXT TWO DAYS DUE TO EXCESSIVE SORENESS IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE IS A WELDER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD A TANK OF OXYGEN ONTO HIS WELDING TRUCK WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK. HE WORKED HIS FULL SHIFT THAT DAY EVEN AFTER HE REPORTED HIS INJ URY TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS TOLD HE SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR. HE INFORMED THE OFFICE THAT THE PAIN WAS WORSENING AND HE WOULD SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT THE NEXT MORNING.

I.NAME BACKING UP TO DUMP ON A FILL WHEN LEFT SIDE SETTLED DOWN AND CAUSED THE TRUCK TO TURN OVER WHILE EMPL RAISED THE BED TO DUMP THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL TO TH E TRUCK. DRIVER RECD BRUISES.

54736YEE WAS PULLING A FUEL HOSE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK HE THEN EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RT LEG

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL BUCKET TEETH ON THE FRONT END LOADER HE NORMALLY OPERATES.WHILE TAPPING ONE OF THE TEETH WITH A HAMMER A SMALL PIECE OF THE TOOTH CHIPPED OFF AND LODGED IN HIS LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SCRAP IRON USING HYDRAULIC BOOM, ATTEMPTED TO MOVE A GEAR WEIGHING APPROX 150# SO HE COULD HOOK ONTO IT WHEN HE SUFFERED BACK STRAIN.

GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. WHILE ON MOUNTIAN TOP WORKING ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A STEEL WEDGE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A LARGE ROCK WITH THE CORNER OF HIS BULLDOZER BLADE WHEN THE BLADE SLIPPED LOOSE FROM THE ROCK CAUSING THE FRONT OF THE DOZER TO DROP RESULTING IN A SUDDEN JOLT

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF LUBE TRUCK TO BEGIN SERVICE ON EQUIPMENT.HIS RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON A LOOSE ROCK,CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN LIGAMENTS SURROUNDING ANKLE.

EMPL WAS USING PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN HOSE ON MACHINE HE OPERATES. WHEN HE STRAINED TO PULL WRENCH HE EXPERIENCE SUDDEN PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMPL FINISHED REGULAR SHIFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK NEXT DAY.

EMPL OPERATING BULLDOZER PREPARING DRILL BENCH.WORKING ON TOP OF LOOSE MATERIAL BACKING UP WHEN REAR OF MACHINE DROPPED OVER ROCK.THIS CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

WALKWAY WAS SLIPPERY FROM HEAVY DEW,NOT RAIN.EMPL SLIPPED,REACHED OUT TO AVOID FALLING,STRUCK HAND ON WALKWAY.CUT ON PALM REQ 11 STITCHES.

SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES ICE AND SNOW CAUSED EXTREMELY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS,.OPERATOR SLIPPED ON DOZER TRACKS WHILE DISMOUNTING CAUSING A FRACTURE OF RIGHT WRIST.

USING BOOM TYPE HOIST TO HELP INSTALL CLUTCHES IN DOZER PC OF STEEL BLOCK BEING USED TO LEVEL THE SUSPENDED LOAD SPRUNG LOOSE STRIKING EMP ON FRONT OF HARD HAT KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING OUT ROCK WHEN LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED FROM UNDER A ROCK,CAUSING THE LOADER (WHICH WAS ELEVATED IN AN EFFORT TO DISLODGE THE ROCK) TO DROP CAUSING A SUDDEN IMPACT AND JAR ON THE OPERATOR.

EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN CABLE STEP ON COAL LOADER BY PUSHING WITH HIS R FOOT HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING THE STEP TO SPRING BACK STRIKING HIM ON THE R LEG ABOVE THE SHIN RESULTING IN LO SS OF FLESH BUT NO BROKEN BONES U

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING ROCK IN A DITCH THE EMPLOYEE THEN FELL WITH ROCK IN HAND STRIKING HIM IN KNEE CAP AREA

EMP WAS UNLOADENG METAL WITH CRANE WHEN JACK BROKE CAUSING CRANE TO OVERTURN EMP WA> BOUNCED AROUND INSIDE OF CAB. CAUSING BRUISES TO L. ARM AND 8 STICHES TO HEAD.

A LOOSE CAN OF ETHER WAS IN C ABB OF LOADER. CAN ROLLED AND HIT BATTERY TERMINAL CAUSING A HOLE TO BE BURNED THROUGH THE CAN RESULTING IN A FLASH FIRE

DOZER RUNAWAY W2ILE BUCKLING SENT BELT THREW HIM AROUND IN CAB BRUISED HIP.

MOVING STEEL WI7H FOOT SLIPPED AND HURT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING MECHANIC INSTALL REAR TRUCK SPRING THEY WERE BALANCED UPRIGHT ON FLOOR OF SHOP PRIOR TO INSTALLATION WERE BUMPED AND FELL OBER ON HIS FOOT

EMPLOYEE WAS BA7KING HIS TRUCK WITH DRIVER S DOOR OPEN, ANOTHER TRUCK BACKED UP ALONG SIDE STRIKING THE DOOR SHUTTING IT, STRIKING INJURED EAR.

EMP WAS WALKING TO HIS DOZER WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND A PIECE SHATTERED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE

EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK ON HAULWAY WHICH HURT HIS BACK.HE WORK THE REST OF THE DAY AND NEXT DAY THEN WAS OFF FOR 10 DAYS.

ROGER WAS PARKING A WABCO-C HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE FLAME SO HE COULD LEAN OVER TO SEE A DITCH THE LITTLE FIGER ON RT HAND WAS PINCHED

EARL WAS HOLDING A PIN SO ANOTHER MECHANIC COULD DRIVE IT IN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER THE SLEDGE GLANCED OFF THE PIN HITTING EARL ABOVE LEFT EYEBROW