Employee was pushing dirt with a D6 dozer and while going backwards he ran over a rock and hurt his shoulder. Employee went to the Dr., and was told he had a pulled muscle. The employee returned to work the following day. The employee continued to complain of pain in his shoulder and went back to the Dr, and has been put off work.
S-25 Foresters SpurCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 27
- Years on record
- 2001–2013
- Latest incident
- Sep 2013
Reportable incidents
27 on file2013 · 2 incidents
Employee was changing bit on the Highwall miner head and a rock became dislodged from the wall and hit the employee and knocked him into the miner head. The employee received a fractured right wrist and two fractured vertebrate.
2012 · 3 incidents
Employee was shoveling the power head on the highwall miner, the miner was on a steep a grade and the beam he was standing on was wet and muddy. The employee slipped and when he tried to catch himself he pulled something in his back.
Employee was traveling up a hill in a pick-up truck and hit a large hole in the road. It shook the employee and caused whiplash. The employee was taken to the Harlan ARH. He has a bulging disc in his neck.
Dozer was cleaning the highwall and over extended and material gave out and caused the dozer to slide and over turn one time. The operator was thrown in the floor and suffered five broke vertebrae, two broken ribs, punctured stomach, bruised intestines, cut on the ear, and a broken foot.
2011 · 5 incidents
Truck Driver was traveling down a ladder and slipped and fell to the ground and broke his ankle.
The employee was attempting to remove a crane from a mechanics truck when the two chains he was using one of them came off. This allowed the base of the crane to fall to the floor. The employee was then struck in the leg by the crane and received a compound fracture to the right leg.
The operator was climbing down off of his loader and stepped into a hole. When he did it twisted his back and hip. He continued to work until 08/23/2011 when the doctor he went to see put him off work for therapy. Again he did not get put off work until 08/23/2011.
The employee came down a ladder when the bottom kicked out, causing him to fall and strike his head on concrete floor. The doctor said he had a concussion.
The employee was pressure washing and he brought the wand in front of his body when it caught on his rain suit. Then the wand sprayed 180 degree water into his rubber boot. This blistered the top of his left foot.
2010 · 5 incidents
The excavator dropped a big rock onto the truck that EE was driving and it shook the truck therefore he said it hurt his neck.
There had been a small shower and the road was slick. The water truck driver started out from the pond and up the hill. He had almost got to the top of the hill when the truck spun out. Then the truck went backwards down the hill about 130 feet. The truck went up the spoil on the driver side and turned over onto the passenger side of the truck.
The employee had a come-along hooked to the nose cone of the dozer then was releasing the come-along and there was more slack came in the come-along than expected. The employee tried to get out of the way and to stop the nose cone but was unable. The nose cone rested against his leg and the blade. It had his leg until they jacked the nose cone back off.
The employee was attempting to get out of his truck and stepped down to the step on the fuel tank. His boots being muddy his foot slipped and his tail bone hit the fuel tank. He didn't go to the doctor for a couple of weeks till his neck started hurting him. He has not missed any work from 5/12/10 to 12/6/10. The doctor wants him off till after he recovers from the surgery.
The employee was airing up a two piece rim for a mack truck. The rim broke and struck the employee in the upper part of his left arm, this broke his arm.
2009 · 2 incidents
It had rained and the employee was climbing down from the service truck when he got his foot tangled up in a chain and slipped and fell. He landed on his hip. It was also muddy since it had rained.
The employee came down a ladder frontward and it was muddy. He said he slipped and then fell. He has a bruised disk the doctor said.
2008 · 2 incidents
Employee was lifting a heavy drill by himself and injured his back. Employee worked a few more days after it happened before he went to a doctor.
Operator had truck in too high of a gear and tried to downshift on the hill. He was properly trained by an experienced operator on this truck. The miner only received some scratches and bruises.
2007 · 3 incidents
Employee was climbing into powder truck cab when he slipped and fell backwards. Employee tried to catch himself with his right hand. Broke bone in hand.
EE was welding on dozer blade. Dozer blade was blocked up and blade fell from blocks, hitting EE's right knee and injuring ankle.
Employee was assisting with repairing 1100 excavator when he jumped from track of 1100 to get a shovel, thus injuring knee.
2005 · 1 incident
Employee missed step while climbing down from dozer, hitting the push arm on the dozer while falling, landing on right hand and ribs.
2004 · 1 incident
drill operator climbing on front of drill steps when he lost his footing, falling on pit floor, falling backwards 4 or 5 feet.
2003 · 2 incidents
DOING REPAIR ON EXCAVATOR BUCKET; PIECE OF METALSLIPPED; CUT & BROKE 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND
REMOVING ENGINE COVER ON DOZER WHEN WELD BROKE ON COVER- HITTING RIGHT ARM