No 1 StripCoal

Employee was unscrewing a hydraulic cap on the 315 C excavator and fell off the track. Employee continued working. No time was lost.

Clearing brush, cut nose on chainsaw blade

Employee was climbing into loader at beginnning of shift. Went up the steps and stood on platform. Icy conditions on platform caused employee to slip and fall. Employee fell, but caught himself with his hands and pulled himself back up.

Employee was fueling the dozer at the end of his shift. When he was finished, he was attempting to step down from the dozer. He was holding onto the safety bars and going down backwards. When he put his feet on the ground and was still holding the bars, he heard a pop in his arm.

The coal truck driver, just finished loading his dump truck with a front end loader and was exiting the loader via the ladder when he slipped and fell onto the coal pile. He was not aware of any injury at that time. On Tuesday, January 6, 2009 he was taken to the emergency room and after evaluation and tests he underwent an emergency splenectomy.

Coal truck stuck in mud.Loader brought down to help pull truck out of mud.Tow cable stuck on loader between tail light and body.EE dislodged tow cable from back of bumper,it flew back and hit employee in face, causing a laceration to forehead and dislodging front tooth.Accident occurred prior to tow cable being attached to truck.