Employee was positioning waterline to haul UG. A joint had unknowingly got into a bind & when he moved it, it sprang back & hit him in head creating a cut that required stitches.
# 2Coal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2011–2012
- Latest incident
- Jul 2012
Reportable incidents
4 on file2012 · 2 incidents
One employee was throwing cinder blocks through a mandoor to the victim. Through a lack of communication, victim started to pick up a block as another one was being thrown resulting in a pinched finger. Right ring finger required stitches and bandaging.
2011 · 2 incidents
Three men were lifting cable in order to hang it from the top. After hanging the cable 1.5 hours later EE said that he thought he had hurt his leg. He worked the rest of the shift and went home, called that night and went to the doctor the next morning.
Men were in the process of hanging cable so shuttle car could haul under it. EE's where holding up cable while another ee twisted wire around it in order to hold it up. He then left section and told another ee that he had strained his groin & that he was going home.