EE STARTED ROCK TRUCK TO WARM UP. HE CAME BACK DOWN LADDER AND CAUGHT FOOT IN LAST RUNG AS HE WAS STEPPING OFF LADDER. TURNED KNEE. EE WORKED THE DAY OF THE INJURY AND THE DAY AFTER. HE MISSED THE THIRD DAY TO DO TO DOCTOR.
Coal ValleyCoal
Sands Hill Coal Company Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Alan Arthur
Vinton, Gallia County, OH · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304344
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2000–2004
- Latest incident
- Apr 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2004 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2001 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
AFTER LUNCH EE WENT BACK TO TRUCK AND SAW A ROCK TEAR HIS TIRE. HE JARRED DOWN TO PICK UP ROCK AND PULLED HIS BACK.
Fall from ladders
WHILE FILLING OIL TANKS, EE CAME DOWN LADDER ANDSLIPPED. HE LANDED ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT.
2000 · 3 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
WORKING ON COAL HOPPER, WELDING AND MAKING GUARDS, WHILE PICKING UP SCREEN OVER GEARS AND DRIVE , HE FELT A SHARP BACK PAIN.
Struck by flying object
WHILE WORKIN ON R85-24 MIRROR BRACKET (A BOLT WAS BROKEN) HE CUT OUT BOLT AND BLEW OUT HOLE. A PIECE OF SLAG BLEW IN HIS EYE. HE HAD LIFTED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO LOOK AT THE HOLE. STRONG WI ND BLOWING THAT DAY.
Struck against stationary object
EE HAD A ROCK OR DIRT IN RIGHT BOOT. HE REMOVED BOOT TO REMOVE DIRT. STEPPED DOWN AND CUT RIGHT TOE ON SHARP OBJECT ON GROUND.