Convict HollowCoal

turned 992 loader over into a pit. He was a contractor for Bates Contracting & Construction Inc. They reported the accident to MSHA. I got a violation issued on 7-9-09 to file an accident report on incident also.

The injury was not reported until 11/23/08. We were informed that the EE was grinding metal and got something in his eye at that time.

Employee was starting the equipment and as he exited a dozer he slipped on the push bar and fell to the ground approximately 2.5 feet. The condition was cold, icy, and snowy. This is a revised submittal.

Employee was working on a fuel line on a dozer, approximately seven feet off of the ground, and lost his balance and fell to the ground landing on his left side.

Employee was welding on top of a loader bucket turned over (unattached) and the next thing he remembers is waking up lying on the ground, a fall of approximately ten feet

Employee was installing a bearing race in a 777 wheel loader using a chisel and hammer. When he struck the chisel, a piece of metal came off and lodged in lower arm.

EE WAS INSTALLING MOTOR SUPPORTS ON A LOADER HE HAD TO REMOVE THE STEPS TO DO THIS JOB. HE EXITED THE LOADER AND GO A WRENCH AND AS HE RE-ENTERED THE LOADER HE HIT HIS HEAD ON ONE OF THE META L BRACKETS THAT THE STEPS BOLTED TO.

THE EE WAS TRYING TO LOOSE A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS EMBEDDED. AS HE WAS PUSHING ON IT WITH THE DOZER BLADE HE GOT ENOUGH PRESSURE ON THE ROCK TO LIFT THE REAR OF THE DOZER OFF OF THE GROUND APPRO XIMATELY 2 TO 3 FEET. THE ROCK BUSTED AS HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE AND THE REAR OF THE DOZER FELL. HE WAS WEARING SEAT RESTRAINTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE ROCK TRUCK AND HE REMEMBERS STEPPING ON THE LAST STEP NEXT TO THE GROUND WHICH IS APPROX 2-3 FT FROM THE GROUND. THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERS IS LYING ON THE GROUND.