CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE WAS TARPING LOADED TRACTOR TRAILER WHEN HELOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL FROM THE TRAILOR.
Knottsville Mine Coal
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1988–1991
- Latest incident
- Mar 1991
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)1991 · 2 incidents
EE WAS MOUNTING D 10 DOZER WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE DOZER TRACK ONTO THE CATWALK, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 6" PLASTIC WATER HOSE OVER A DIRT EMBANKMENT.EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL,INJURING RIGHT SHOULDER.
1990 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING BOOM ON PORTABLE LIGHT XXX PLANT. EMPLOYEE PLACED HIMSELF IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WHILE TRYING TO RETRACT BOOM,S TRAINING MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING OFF WATER PUMP LOCATED IN PIT BY HIGHWALL. SMALL ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL, STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A D-5 DOZER, INSTALLING TRANSMISSION HOSES. A PIECE OF DRY MUD DISLODGED FROM DOZER FRAME. DIRT STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE.