EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE LADDER A CAT GENERATOR WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM SPOIL SIDE OF HIGHWALL STRIKING HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND LOWER SIDE OF HEAD.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1986–1992
- Latest incident
- May 1992
Reportable incidents
16 on file1992 · 2 incidents
CLEARING COAL FELL OFF TRUCK
1991 · 1 incident
TIGHTENING FAN ON TRUCK HEATER HOSE BURST BURNING RT WRIST SHOULDER AND SIDE
1988 · 4 incidents
OPERATOR OF FARM TRACTOR WAS OFF TRACTOR SEDING BY HAND AND RETURNED TO THE TRACTOR WHICH WAS PARKED ON SIDE OF HILL TO COME OFF OF HILL, WHEN STARTED DOWN HILL THE TRACTOR JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND RAN OVER A DITCH AT THE BOTTOM OF SLOPE THROWING OPERATOR AGAINST CAB AND BUSTING HIS NOSE.
HOSE RUPTED AND BLEW OIL ONTO HYYD TANK. THE OPERATOR STEPPED ONTO THE HYD TANK AND SLIPED FELLL AND HIT BACK AGAINST FRONT BYMPER.
OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING DRILL ONTO DRILL BENCH.OPERATOR WAS TURNING DRILL ONTO DRILL BENCH.AS THE DRILL TURNED THE OPERATOR LOST HIS BALANCE.THE OPERATOR REGAINED HIS BALANCE BY HOLDING TO THE D OOR FRAME.THE DOOR CLOSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO OPERATORS FINGER.
WAS NOT WEARING3SEAT BELT STRUCK SOLID ROCK THUS CAUSING HIM TO BE THROWN FORWARD AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
1987 · 4 incidents
HE WAS SERVICIN1 DUMP TRUCK, WAS CLIMBING DOWN MISSED A STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND. CUT WRIST AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM
THE INJURED STE1PED DOWN FROM DRILL #451 AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.FRACTURED BONE,RIGHT ANKLE.
HE WAS WORKING 2N A D9H DOZER DOING MAINTENANCE WORK.HE WAS LIFTING OFF A METAL PIECE FROM THE SIDE OF THE DOZER WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS FINGER.
EMPL BENT LIMB 2N TREE,LIMB BROKE AND THE END STRUCK LEFT EYE.THE BLOW CUT THE CENTER OF THE EYE.NOT SURE THIS IS REPORTABLE BECAUSE INJ NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO HIS JOBMJUST CARELESSNESS AND B ECAUSE EMPL WAI7ED FOR 2 DAYS OFF WORK BEFORE GOING TO DR.
1986 · 5 incidents
THE LOADER OPER5TOR WAS TRAVELING IN REVERSE GEAR. THE BACK TIRES DROPPED OVER A SMALL MOUND OF DIRT, FOR THE PIT AREA. THE OPERATOR WAS TURNED LOOKING BACKWARDS OVER HIS SHOULDER, THE SUDDEN DROP OF THE WHE9LS CAUSED HIS BACK TO BE INJURED DR X-RAYED AND REC. ICE PACK
OILER STEPED OF0 ROCK TRUCK LADDER BACKWARDS AND STEPED ON ROCK AND TURNED ANKLE.
THE DRILL TRUCK3DRIVER WAS WALKING ACROSS THE DRILL BENCH, STEPPED ON SOME DIRT THAT ALLOWED HIS ANKLE TO TURN.
THE OILER WAS C2ANGING OIL IN EQUIP WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND OILER STEPPED INTO THE OIL DRAINED FROM THE EQUIP HE STARTED TO GO UP STEPS OF SERVICE TRUCK WHEN OIL ON BOTOM OF SHOE CAUSED HIS FOOT TO SLI1 OFF STEP AND HIS HIP STRUCK BUMPER ON SERVICE TRUCK
I,NAME STATES-H9 SLIPPED CAUSING THE END OF THE HOT WATER GUN (SPRAY OF WATER) TO HIT HIS INSULATED BOOT FOR A UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS CAUSED A HEAT BUILD-UP INSIDE THE BOOT RESULTIN G IS A 2ND DEGR9E BURN ON THE INSIDE OF LEFT FOOT.