Burns MineCoal

Employee was doing maintenance work on Cat D11R dozer. EE slipped & fell on the cleated foot step causing a gash to left shin. Medical attention resulted in 5 stitches to close the wound.

Employee was replacing a damaged hydraulic hose on a Komatsu WA380 end loader. A protruding wire on the hose punctured the index finger of right hand. The next day hand was swollen & painful. EE then reported the injury to the superintendent & sought medical attention.

Drill was shut off for re-fueling. While fueling drill, fuel sprayed back out of tank, soaked driver and flashed/ignited. Driller was transported by private vehicle to hospital and was treated for burns.

EE was lifting a bucket of oil onto the dozer, he lost his footing and fell.

Employee was driving rock truck. He did not feel well. His wife spoke to him at 4 PM & he was fine. He told her he was working until 6 PM. He went to the company rental house for the night. He returned to work on 2-2-08 and worked approximately 3 hours. He left to go home. He drove for about 4 hours & called home. His son-in-law transported him to hospital.

Changing oil in drill rig, employee walked around front of drill, slipped on ice and twisted ankle. Employee heard ankle snap and was/is unable to put weight on it.

Employee was lifting 5 gallon buckets of anti freeze up onto the dozer. Employee notified employer on 1/2/08. Employee worked up until 1/9/08. He had surgery on 1/9/08.

Employee had one foot on dozer arm and the other foot on tilt cylinder. Employee's foot slipped off tilt cylinder. This caused him to fall backwards off dozer onto his back end.