DRIVING FLATBED WITH PRESSURE WASHER MOUNTED ON BED FROM JOB SITE TO SHOP WHEN STEERING FAILED CAUSING TRUCK TO RUN UP ONTO DIRT BARRIER & CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP.
Scootac Nw Coal
MSHA record for Scootac Nw (mine ID 3607608). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1987–1991
- Latest incident
- Jun 1991
Reportable incidents
17 on file1991 · 2 incidents
HE WAS PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES WHEN HE DIED FROM HEART FAILURE.
1990 · 4 incidents
HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF THE TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
HE WAS CARRYING A HYDRAULIC PUMP FOR AN I-H 560 LOADER FROM THE PARTS ROOM TO THE MECHANICS SHOP WHEN HE GOT TO THE SHOP & SET THE PUMP DOWN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
HE WAS OPERATING WABCO END DUMP WHEN HE SAW STEAM COMING OUT OF RADIATOR. HE THEN STOPPED TRUC & GOT OUT & REMOVED RADIATOR CAP GETTING STRUCK ON RIGHT ARM BY ESCAPING STEAM.
HE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE. HIS RING CAUGHT ON SOMETHING UNKNOWN ON THE STEP OF THE LOADER WHEN HE FELL CAUSING THE AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT RING FIN GER AT THE SECOND JOINT.
1989 · 5 incidents
HE WAS SWINGING SLEDGEHAMMER OVERHEAD TO KNOCK COAL LOOSE THAT WAS STICKING TO SIDE OF ROTARY BREAKER CAUSING TISSUE AROUND 7TH VERTEBRAE TO BE PULLED.
HE WAS GRINDING ON PIECE OF METAL WITH DREEMEL TOOL & GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE HE SAID HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GOGGLES
HE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE GALVANIZED STEEL GUARDRAIL POSTS FROM BRIDGE AND INHALED THE FUMES CAUSING CHEST PAINS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO CAB OF THE TRUCK WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF FIRST STEP LANDING ON A ROCK & TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
HE WAS PUSHING AGAINST WHEEL OFF OF THE LOADER WHEN HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK
1988 · 4 incidents
SWINGING 16 LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEND PIECE OF METAL TO WELD ON DOZER BLADE AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT ARM.
HE WAS OPERATING LOADER IN CUT KNOCKING LOOSE ROCKS FROM HIGHWALL WITH BUCKET. WHEN HE PUT LOADER IN REVERSE TO CLEAN UP MATERIAL HE HAD KNOCKED DOWN ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL HITTING TOP OF BUCKET & BOUNCED OVER BACK & CAME THROUGH WINDSHIELD RESULTING IN OPERATOR BEING HIT WITH BROKEN GLASS & ROCK CUTTING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO OPERATORS CAB WITH HIS LUNCH PAIL THERMOS AND PAPER TOWELS IN HIS LEFT HAND AND WAS ONLY USING HIS RIGHT HAND TO HOLD ONTO THE HAND RAIL. HIS FFOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER RUNG CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND CATCH HIS RIGHT THUMB BENDING IT BACKWARDS AND FRACTURING IT.
MAN WAS GREASING ROLLERS ON LIMA 2400B DRAGLINE NEAR THE SPOIL PILE WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OFF THE SPOIL PILE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEG
1987 · 2 incidents
WAS OPERATING L2ADER WITH BUCKET IN RAISED POSITION WHEN APPROACHING TRUCK (CAT 773B) WAS PULLING IN UNDER BUCKET TO GET LOADED AND STRUCK LOADER ARM UPSETTING LOADER.
WAS OPERATING D2ZER UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHEN OPERATOR COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING LOWER BACK PAINS. THE CAB WAS MISSING SOME MOUNTING BOLTS CUASING SOME VIBRATION OF THE CAB.
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