EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL BY HAND AND EITHER PULLED OR TWISTED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1986–1992
- Latest incident
- Sep 1992
Reportable incidents
16 on file1992 · 4 incidents
MINE FIRE
SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM A PILE OF COLA BELOW THE STOCK AREA. FEDERAL MINE, INSPECTOR, EE WAS DOING AN INSPCETION OF THE PLANT WHEN WE FOUND IT. A 103K ORDER WAS ISSUED & WE TOOK ACTION TO TAKE CAR OF IT. A GRADALL WAS MOVED IN & THE SPOT WAS REMOVED.
TRAMMING DOZER RAN OVER LG ROCK MACHINE DROP REC INJURY WHEN DOZER DROPPED
1991 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A HYDRAULIC LINE. WHILE PUSHING THE LINE DOWN THROUGH FROM THE TOP OF THE MACHINE, EMPLOYEE FELL INTO THE MACHINE CAUSING INJURY TO HEAD AND NECK. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN MUS CLE RELAXERS AND AN INFLAMMATORY DRUG.
EE TWISTED FOOT WHILE CLEANING WEIGH SCALES.
1990 · 1 incident
I NAME WAS HOLDING A GUARD ON THE PUSH ARM OF A D-9 DOZER WHILE THE WELDER TACKED IT ON AS THE WELDER STRUCK AN ARC A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW & LANDED IN I NAME EAR I NAME WAS WEARING A HELMET LINE R AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT
1989 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PLACE A 36" PIPE IN A DITCH AT THE LOADOUT TUNNEL. DIRT FELL FROM ONE SIDE OF THE DITCH. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE TRYING TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE DIRT. HE SLIPPED OF F THE PIPE, TWISTED HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE DITCH.
1988 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING WIRES FOR THE RADIO FROM LIVE POST ON BATTERY ONE OF THE BATTERY CAPS WAS REMOVED LETTING VAPORS ESCAPE WHEN THE WIRE WAS REMOVED IT CAUSED A SPARK WHICH RESULTED IN VAPO RS EXPLODING IN EMPLOYEES FACE
I. NAME SLIPPED WHILE MOVING LUMBER, SPRAINING HIS BACK.
1987 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A 4" WATER PUMP. PUMP SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, CAUSING INJURY TO A KNUCKLE AND THE RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PA3NTING TRUCK SCALES. WHILE PAINTING THE SCALES, EMPLOYEE SLID BY THE SIDE OF THE SCALE & HIT LEFT FOOT ON CEMENT PILLAR.
EMPL PUTTING TO2TH ON LOADER BUCKET.WHILE ASSEMBLING TOOTH THE EMPL WAS DRIVING PIN WITH HAMMER.SMALL PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF TOOTH AND FLEW INTO I.NAME RIGHT LEG.
1986 · 3 incidents
EMP WAS RE-FUEL3NG A WATER PUMP. AS EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING DRUM OF FUEL CLOSER TO WATER PUMP HE GOT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMP WAS INSTALL3NG BELLY PAN UNDER DOZER (DIRT AND RSUT) FELL INTO RT EYE EMP WORKED 6 27 86 BUT EYE CONTINUED TO GIVE TROUBLE WAS OFF WORK 6 30 86 TO HAVE FOREIGN MATERIAL REMOVED AT MAPLE A AVE HOSPITAL 3
HERNIA REOCCURR9NCE (ORIGINAL 04 13 83) HERNIA REOCCURRED WHILE EMP WAS CHANGING TRACK ON D10 TRACTOR WHILE LIFTING MASTER PAD INTO PLACE