While removing a track link from a D8R, employee hit the old link with a hammer. A sliver of metal came off the link and penetrated his right arm.
Mine No. 7Coal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 2003–2011
- Latest incident
- Sep 2011
Reportable incidents
16 on file2011 · 2 incidents
The employee alleges he was thrown/knocked from the tracks of the dozer, while he was relieving himself, when a 777 truck bed came into contact with the dozer blade at the dump site. The company has reason to believe that this was a staged accident and will contact the workers comp claim.
2010 · 2 incidents
Injured was in 777C Truck getting loaded with 992D 101 Loader when rock came out of bucket and jarred truck and driver. Truck driver was complaining with neck and head hurting and hands going numb at 7:30 pm.
Injured person was pulling on a sheet of plastic to cover hay stack, when tension released on plastic, causing injured to fall striking elbow on metal culvert band. No lacerations reported only bruising. Entire body struck ground.
2009 · 6 incidents
Working on crusher. Striking gear with hammer caused small particle to fly into eye.
Injured was sliding 1 1/2"" pipe inside a 4"" dewatering pipe. Hand struck 4"" pipe and caused injury.
Injured person was reclaiming slope of overburden, when track came in contact with rock, causing a jar in cab. Rib area started hurting.
Due to wet road condition haul back slipped off edge of road into ditch. Right front tire dropped into sump and bounced out cause truck to veer into path of another haul truck. Oncoming truck was able to step before collision.
Operator ran over large rock in Caterpillar D10N. His right arm went numb from the neck to the fingers.
Taking hydraulic line off grader, wrench slipped off hydraulic end, hand went into piece of metal on grader.
2007 · 3 incidents
Truck (777 Cat.) ran out of road and turned over two times. Was wearing seat belt.
EE was scraping ice from windshield, EE slipped on catwalk and fell to the ground from the cat walk, on the 777 Cat Dump Truck.
Employee was dropping hitch on a light plant; hitch stand was frozen and came loose striking employee chin requiring stitches.
2004 · 2 incidents
LOADER LOADED ROCK INTO DUMP TRUCK. (EE WAS SITTING IN DUMP TRUCK - JARRING CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.)
Rock rolled down and hit side of truck operator was sitting in.