Struck by flying object
MECHANIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE TOOTH OFF BACKHOE BUCKET WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE CORNER APPROX. 1/4"" BROKE LOOSE SENDING THAT FRAGMENT OF METAL INTO HIS LEFT THIGH INNER APPROX. 3""-4"" IN DEPTH.
Depoy MineCoal
Black Hills Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Gary Wayne Johnson
Greenville, Muhlenberg County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518187
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- Sep 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2002 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BOX OF BOOSTERS AND AS HE BENT DOWN TO PUT THEM AWAY, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
2000 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HOLDING A SIGN BEING DRIVEN TO THE GROUND WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER BY ANOTHER APC EMPLOYEE. THE SLEDGE HAMMER BROKE AND HIT THE BACK OF MY HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.