WORKER WAS STACKING ROCK ONTO THE CHOPPER DECK WHEN EE DROPPED A ROCK ON THE RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND. EE WAS TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL ER IN FORT SMITH, AR. AND RECEIVED (5)FIVE STITCHES TO THE TIP OF FINGER AND RETURNED TO WORK.!
WORKER WAS LIFTING A 5-GALLON BUCKET OF HYDRAULIC FLUID INTO TRUCK WHEN IT SNAGGED THE TAILGATE OF TRUCK AS IT WAS BEING LIFTED. RESULTING IN A RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN. WORKER WAS TREATED AND RELEASED BY DOCTOR AT COOPER CLINIC IN FORT SMITH, AR.
Worker was attempting to connect a bucket to a skid steer loader when he failed to secure the bucket properly. The bucket dislodged and fell on the workers left ankle. This resulted in a fracture of the of the workers left ankle.
Worker was removing a wheel from a skid steer when the tire slipped off the lugs and caught the workers two middle fingers of his left hand in between the rim and the axle hub. This resulted in compression injuries to both fingers. He was taken to the Haskell County Community Hospital for treatment by an EE was later transferred to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Ok.
Two miners got into a fight and one left the scene and returned with a handgun and shot miner #1 in the upper right leg when he tried to stop him. EMS and law enforcement were called. The injured miner was taken to the McCurtain ballfield to meet life-flight.
Two miners got into a fight and one left the scene and returned with a handgun and shot another miner(#1)in the leg. Miner #2 was shot in the head when he tried to stop him. EMS and law enforcement were called. The injured miner was taken to McCurtain Ballfield to meet life-flight.