Employee was performing routine maintenance on the dragline using hand tools to remove dirt shoot from in front of the drum of the dragline. While lifting the dirt chute up, the employee's finger got pinched between the chute and frame of the upper platform.
Eckley Operation Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2023–2025
- Latest incident
- Mar 2025
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 12,713 | 1 | 0 | 78.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 12,349 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 12,626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 11,592 | 1 | 0 | 86.3 |
| 2024 Q4 | 10,911 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 11,179 | 1 | 0 | 89.5 |
| 2024 Q2 | 9,426 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 7,481 | 1 | 0 | 133.7 |
Reportable incidents
5 on file2025 · 2 incidents
Employee lifted leg to step on a tie rod to get to steps. When EE lifted EE's knee it popped before stepping on the tie rod.
2024 · 2 incidents
Employee was wiping off the torch due to sputtering. Employee turned off the nozzle on the torch before wiping. Metal build up inside the torch released and the torch sparked burning through glove onto employee's hand
Employee went to take hose off water truck tank and got sprayed. EE stepped back on a rock, fell backwards, and landed on shoulder, spraining it.
2023 · 1 incident
While the contractor, smucker builders, crew was using a brut post grabber to set the 16th pole of the day for a pole building construction, the 8"x8"x32' pole slipped in the brut pole grabber. It then fell forward knocking down the last pole set, which landed on the brace of the next pole back. the 2x4 wood brace broke and stuck EE in the back of the head as EE moved away.