Island Creek Surface Mine #1Coal

Grader operator was grading road and his hydraulics stopped working, so he backed the grader up into a wide place in the roadway. He got out and noticed flames coming from the engine compartment near the cab. The fire was extinguished within 50 minutes of discovering the fire.

Foot slipped off track of excavator, causing his right knee to take direct impact of his body weight on a large rock. Only started missing work on May 14, 2007.