Highsplint StripCoal

Employee right leg was caught between two highwall miner beams, resulting in a fractured knee cap.

Ee was installing a rear end in a rock truck. All this pushing and pulling hurt his back. He can't have an MRI done because of medical reasons, so he doesn't know exactly what is wrong in this low back. Physical therapy seems to be helping, but its really too early to say.

EE was helping the powder crew load a hole. As he was putting a wet bag in the hole, he felt something give in his groin. The diagnosis is hernia and he will have to have surgery to repair.

EE was assisting a mechanic. He was using a pry bar when it slipped, hitting a metal surface and pinched the end of his thumb off.

EE is a mechanic. His service truck had broken down. He was under the truck removing the drive line when dirt fell into his eye. First aid was administered. He went to the ER and eye doctor. No damage to eye. Returned to work after one day off.

EE drives an off road dump truck. When he was dumping his load, the jack failed and the bed came down hard causing him to bounced in his seat. Took one day off and then came back to work, no problems.

EE drives a rock truck at a surface mine. He has expericence back strain over the years. On this date, it became acute and he has sought medical relief.

Ee was using a hand shovel trying to pry a rock from the track on a dozer. He knew his shoulder was hurt immediately. He had to have surgery for a torn rotor cup in his shoulder.

Ee was getting of dozer, slipped and fell hitting head on blade. Minor cut, required only two or three stitches. Ee went back to work.

Ee was operating a grader. He was going up hill when the engine stopped running. The grader then took off backwards down the hill. Ee jumped off. He received only minor injuries, in fact only very minor brusies.

Ee is a truck driver. As he was waiting to get loaded a large rock fell into bed and jarred him while he sat in the cab.

When Ee was stepping off truck, he twisted his knee

EE stepped off loader onto a piece of wood that turned causing him to sprain his ankle.

Truck was being loaded and rocks fell into truck bed hard and threw truck driver against steering wheel

A large rock came from out of the mountains (not from the permitted area) and hit the truck Ee was driving. This knocked Ee from truck causing only bursies and strains. No bones broken. No cuts, only scratches.

Employee was climbing steps to get into his truck; his foot slipped and as he fell his thumb got caught in the steps.

Ee was fueling a dozer when his feet slipped and he fell off the dozer. His left ankle was severely sprained.

Ee was dismounting dozer at end of shift and his knee seemed to be dislocated or pulled.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE REPAIRMAN TO WORK ON A BUCKET. EE BEGAN WELDING ON THE BUCKET BEFORE HE GOT HIS HOOD INTO THE CORRECT POSITION CAUSING ""WELDERS FLASH BURN TO THE EYES"".

EE was climbing back onto deck of dozer and caught his boot laces in the battery box causing him to fall to ground.

EE was on his way to pick up a load of rock in his truck, ee lost control of truck and ran into the ditch line injuring his arm and leg in cab of truck. This accident was reported to us on 10-18-04.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING DOZER IN ROCK PILE. A DUMP TRUCK WAS UNLOADING WHEN HIS BRAKES FAILED AND HIT THE DOZER KNOCKING EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE SEAT, SCRAPING AND BRUISING HIS LEFT THIGH. THIS ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO OUR COMPANY ON 10/18/04.

EE WAS LOADING HIS COAL TRUCK WHEN THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.