Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was picking up and carrying metal brackets to install boggie pins in a D11 dozer's roller frame, when he pulled a muscle in his chest.
Black Creek #15 StripCoal
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Surface
Controlled by Steven R Mullins
Norton, Wise County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406851
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 2000–2004
- Latest incident
- Jul 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file2004 · 2 incidents
No Value Found
HE WAS REBUILDING D9N DOZER INSIDE SHOP WHEN HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE; DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE GOT IT FROM
2003 · 5 incidents
Struck against stationary object
HE WAS BUILDING A SAFETY STAND WHILE PUTTING IT TOGETHER HE STEPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A NAIL IN IT, RUNNING IT THREW HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Fall onto or against objects
HE WAS FILLING TANK WITH WATER. WENT TO GET DOWN OFF OF THE TRUCK AND THE PIECE OF METAL HE WAS HOLDING ONTO GAVE LOOSE, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP, CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WITH HIS LEFT HIP AND CUTTING THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.
Struck by flying object
HE WAS USING A GRINDER WHILE WORKING ON A 992 BUCKET. SOMETHING GOT PAST HIS WELDING HELMET AND IN HIS LEFT EYE.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AFTER SERVICING D11N AS HE WAS GETTING OFF OF DOZER HE SLIPPED AND LEG WENT BETWEEN TRACK AND PUSH ARM.
Struck against a moving object
DOZER BACKING UP IN RUN RIGHT TRACK WENT UP ON A ROCK DOZER TURNED OVER ON LEFT SIDE. SEAT BELT CAUGHT OPERATOR AROUND MIDDLE. TOOK HIM TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO BE CHECKED. THEY RELEASED HIM FROM EMERGENCY ROOM AROUND 4:00 AM ON 3/12/2003. EMERGENCY ROOM DR GAVE HIM A SLIP TO RETURN TO WORK ON 3/13/2003.
2002 · 2 incidents
Struck by flying object
HE WAS REBUILDING ROLLER FRAMES FOR D11 TRACTOR. TAKING SNAP RINGS OUT OF BOGGIE PIN COVERS WHEN HE GOT A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.
Struck against stationary object
HE WAS REPAIRING THE FRAME OPN A D11N TRACTOR. HE WAS PUTTING A PIECE OF METAL 35 X 26 X 3/4 IN PLACE AND HIT HIS KNEE AGAINST IT.
2001 · 4 incidents
Struck by flying object
WALKED OUT OF SHOP GOING TO HIS SERVICE TRUCK THE WINDOR SOMETHING GOT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS PUTTING ROLLERS INTO EXCAVATOR BUCKET, SO HE COULD MOVE THEM CLOSER TO WHERE HE WAS WORKING. INJURY OCCURED WHEN HE WAS ROLLING A ROLLER INTO THE BUCKET.
Struck by flying object
EE WAS INSTALLING RACES INTO 785 WHEEL HUB WITH PRESS. RACE WAS GOING IN CROOKED. TOOK 2 HAMMERSAND WAS USING THEM TO STRAIGHTEN THE RACE WHEN APIECE OF A HAMMER CAME OFF AND HIT HIM. METAL IM BEDDED INTO LEFT SIDE OF HEAD NEAR TEMPLE.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
THE EE HAD RETURNED TO CHECK SHOT AFTER BLAST. WHEN WALKING ACROSS SHOT HE STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT GAVE AWAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL.
2000 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
LOADING A BARREL OF ANTIFREEZE INTO BUCKET OF BACKHOE. GOT FINGER BETWEEN BARREL & BUCKET CUTTING & MASHING FINGER