Employee was walking up the slope and dropped his water bottle. As he bent over to pick the water bottle up, a stick from the trees he was carrying went up his nose, puncturing the skin inside his nose causing it to bleed.
Leach MountainCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2000–2007
- Latest incident
- Mar 2007
Reportable incidents
10 on file2007 · 1 incident
2005 · 1 incident
EE WAS OPERATING 992C LOADER WHEN EE BUMPED LEFT ELBOW, RESULTING IN SWELLING
2002 · 1 incident
WAS HYDROSEEDING, C HOSE GOT HUNG OVER ROCK, WENT TO PULL HOSE OVER ROCK, JUMPED OFF BANK, LEFT KNEE TWISTED & POPPED.
2001 · 3 incidents
WHILE CLIMBING OFF D9N DOZER EE FELL FROM ARM ON BLADE TWISTING LEFT KNEE.
AFTER SHOT WAS PUT OFF DRILL MAN MANUALLY LIFTED AND MOVED ROCK APPROX. 15 FT. AFTERWORD LOWER BACK AND GROIN BEGAN HURTING. CONTINUED TO GET WORSE BUT EE WORKED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. UNABLE TO WORK MONDAY 1-29-01.
WHILE REMOVING ENGINE FROM 992C #M96 EMPLOYEE'S WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND, NO APPARENT INJURY, FEW DAYS LATER EMPLOYEE NOTICED NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS, BEGAN GETTING WORSE MISSED WORK 2-14 TO 2-19 RETURNED 2-20. DR TO SEND TO SPECIALIST.
2000 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP THE DOZER AND RAN OVER A ROCK.
WHILE REMOVING A LINE ON A DOZER HAND WAS PRESSED INTO ANOTHER LINE, REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.
AFTER REMOVING SEAT FROM TD25G EE LIFTED AND TURNED AROUND PULLING A MUSCLE IN BACK.
EE CLAIMS SMOKE BEING BLOWN BACK IN FACE WHILE WELDING BUCKET ON 992C WAS INHALED & MADE HIM SICK. EE NOTIFIED CO. 4-24 THAT HE WENT TO DR. 4-22& SAID DR. WOULD NOT KNOW CAUSE UNTIL 4-28. UPON RETURN WAS TOLD TEST NOT BACK YET & WAS UNSURE OF CAUSE BUT RELEASED EE TO RETURN 5-1. CLAIMS ADJUSTED PHONE 5- & SAID HE & DR. HAD DECIDED SMOKE INHALATION. EE STILL OUT FOR UNRELATED REASON