MAN GOT OUT OF LOADER AND WENT BY #1 FEEDER ATTEMPTING TO BREAK-UP FROZEN LUMPS WITH BAR, ALSO BACKHOE WAS BEING USED, WHILE OUT OF MACHINE BANK HAD COME DOWN ON TOP OF HIM.
Frackville Culm Blending Plant Coal
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1988–1993
- Latest incident
- Apr 1993
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
7 on file (excluding fatalities above)1993 · 1 incident
INJURED WAS GOING TO FUEL HIS TRUCK.LEFT THE CABGOT TO, THE GROUND WENT BACK UP IN THE CAB TO GET HIS GLOVES AND STEPPED BACK OUT ON THE CAT WALK NEVER USED THE GRAB HANDLE AND WALKED BACKWARD S RIGHT OFF THE CAT WALK FALLING TO THE GROUND HE GOT UP ON HIS OWN AND REPORTED HE FELL OFF THE TRUCK.
1990 · 2 incidents
WHILE TRYING TO POSITION ANGLE IRON TO WELD ON VIBRATOR, WELDER FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
AFTER TRYING TO OPEN FAULITY TAILGATE DRIVER WENT TO BACK OF TRUCK TRYING TO PULL TAILGATE WITH HANDS
1989 · 3 incidents
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO HAUL PAK TRUCK DRIVER PICKED UP LEG TO REACH BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER A LADDER HIGHER THAN NORMAL DUE TO BOX BEING UP IN AIR.MAN RAISED LEG HIGHER THAN NORMAL THUS CA USING ACUTE PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
GOT OFF LOADER AND SLIPPED ON ICE.
WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS.
1988 · 1 incident
WALKED UP CATWALK TO CLEAR CONVEYOR BELT OF METAL DEBRIS, PC, ROLLED DOWN CONVEYOR WHILE TRYING TO RETRIEVE SAME, FOOT SLIPPED ON CATWALK, CAUGHT FOOT, WAS THROWN OFF BALANCE, HARD HAT FLEW OF F AND HEAD AND BACK HIT BOOM AT SAME TIME TWISTING BODY, CAUSING INJURIES.