EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING TO GET IN HIS ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK, ARM AND LEG.
Hazard South No 4 MineCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- Sep 2002
Reportable incidents
8 on file2002 · 2 incidents
2001 · 4 incidents
EE SAYS HE DEVELOPED HEARING LOSS FROM OEPRATING EQUIPMENT.
EE WAS LIFTING A PALLET OF PARTS FROM OUR PARTS TRUCK WHEN HE FELL AND DROPPED IT ON HIS LEFT ANKLE.
AFTER THE EMPLOYEE'S ROCK TRUCK WAS LOADED HE STARTED DRIVING AWAY, BUT INSTEAD OF TAKING THE ROAD HE DROVE DIRECTLY INTO THE HIGHWALL.
EE WAS CLIMBING OFF A LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LEFT LEG IN THE LADDER. THE FALL CAUSED HIM TO PULL LIGAMENTS IN HIS BACK, LEFT KNEE AND CHIPPED BONES IN HIS ANKLE AND FOOT.
2000 · 2 incidents
EE WAS BENDING, TO PICK-UP A PRIMR AND DOWN LINE AND STRIANED HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER TO GET ON HIS DOZER WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER RIGHT ARM. NOTE: EE CONTINUED TO WORK AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. AS HIS CONDITION WORS ENED HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND HAD SURGERY10-10 TO CORRECT HIS CONDITION.