EE WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO EQUIPMENT. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A HANDRAIL ON A DOZER BY USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. EE STRAINED BACK WHILE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. WOULD HAVE REPORTED THIS SOO NER BUT THOUGHT EE WOULD RETURN SOONER. WANTED TO COMPLETE FORM BEFOR MAILING.
PoundmillCoal
Knott Floyd Land Company · Surface
Controlled by M Lynn Parrish
Raven, Knott County, KY · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518281
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2001–2003
- Latest incident
- Jan 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2003 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
2002 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING RECLAMATION OPERATIONS ON SLOPE WHEN DOZER OVERTURNED. EMPLOYEE HAD SOME ABRASIONS, BRUISING, AND A MODERATE CUT TO BACK OF HEAD WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
2001 · 3 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
PICKED UP BOX FROM BACK OF TRUCK AND FELT STRAININ BACK.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS OPERATING DOZER CLOSE TO HIGHWALL. SOME DEBRIS BROKE LOOSE FROM WALL STRIKING DOZER. DEBRIS ENTERED CAB THROUGH FRONT & LEFT SIDE GLASS STRIKING EE CAUSING BRUISING TO BOTH LEGS.
Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS REVERSING ROCK TRUCK DOWN INCLINE TO DUMP AREA. WHEN DIRECTED TO STOP BY DOZER OPERATOR ATTENDING THE DUMP, HE FAILED TO DO SO. EMPLOYEE BACKED TRUCK INTO A HOLE CAUSING FRONT WHE ELS TO LEAVE ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE PANICKED AND JUMPED FROM TRUCK CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT LEG.