Employee pulled right side rub rail off miner and dropped it on left foot.
ADDCAR SYSTEM 16Coal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2010–2024
- Latest incident
- Oct 2024
Reportable incidents
10 on file2024 · 1 incident
2023 · 2 incidents
EE was working alone on the upper deck of the HW miner. EE said stepped on a roller. It rolled EE's foot out from under EE, falling and hurting their back. EE refused medical treatment. EE continued working until Sep.1st. EE sent us a letter from chiropractor dated Sept 8th stating EE was off under the chiropractor's care until Sep 11th at which time EE was supposed to see a Dr.
Parts were being hauled with a low boy trailer. Employee was moving in to start unbinding the parts and noticed a chain hanging down from trailer. As the trailer was being lowered to the ground, employee moved in to remove chain and the trailer lowered onto EE's right toes.
2022 · 4 incidents
Removing a roller from an Addcar conveyor car. The employee was using a six foot pry bar to remove the roller from the conveyor car. As EE applied pressure to the bar it slipped resulting in a strain to EE's right elbow.
The employee removed the pin that connects the conveyor cars together. As the loader began to remove the conveyor car from the launch pad the car shifted causing the pin to fall back in place. As the pin fell back into place the employee attempted to catch the pin. In doing so the end of EE's middle finger on EE's right had was pinched between the pin cap and the car.
While pulling conveyor cars out of the hole the employee was unhooking the electrical receptacle that powers the cars. As EE was working to unhook the receptacle EE placed left foot on the bottom rail of the car in the pusher assemblies path. As a result EE's left foot was caught by the moving pusher and pulled EE down on the launch base frame.
The employee was crossing the rear skid area of the highwall mining launch vehicle. As employee was crossing in the designated area employee's right foot slipped and resulted in a sprained ankle on right foot.
2020 · 1 incident
The employee was placing a receptacle in the conveyor car tray. When placing it in the tray the employees left hand was caught between the receptacle and tray causing the left hand middle finger to be mashed.
2019 · 1 incident
Employee had lifted a lid and was looking at the trailing cables when the lid fell striking employee's right hand causing a contusion and swelling to right hand
2010 · 1 incident
Changing out bad production car. Man cleaning coal off the front car and got in the way of pusher jack. He did not realize pusher jack was coming in contact with his leg.