ALLEGED NOISE CAUSED HEARING LOSS.
Blakely Surface Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 27
- Years on record
- 1985–1989
- Latest incident
- Feb 1989
Reportable incidents
27 on file1989 · 2 incidents
WORKERS COMPENSATION AWARD OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS
1988 · 6 incidents
WHILE PRYING WITH A BAR, EMPLOYEE MASHED RIGHT THUMB.
SLIPPED FROM STEPS OF TRACK AND INJURED TAIL BONE.
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A CHEST WALL CONTUSION BY BEING VIOLENTLY JOLTED ABOUT WHILE SITTING IN CAB WHEN LARGE ROCK ROLLED OFF HIGHWALL AND STRUCK REAR OF ROCK TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING.
WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN WITH HIS ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT WINDOW TO CLEAN OFF MIRROR UNEXPLICABLY HE RECEIVED A MUSCLE STRAIN TO RT CHEST WALL AREA AND ALSO FRACTURED THE RT 10 TH RIB
WHILE USING A SLATE BAR TO RAISE THE HEAD OF A HIGHWALL DRILL, THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE VICTIM'S RIGHT ELBOW JERKED BACK RAPIDLY CAUSING A SPRAIN.
VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO RAISE A ROCK TRUCK DRIVE LINE BACK IN ITS PLACE BY USING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND HE SPRAINED IT.
1987 · 15 incidents
WHILE CHECKING 7HE OIL LEVEL OF A DOZER, THE CAB DOOR CLOSED ON VICTIM STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT ELBOW CHIPPING A BONE IN HIS ELBOW. DOZER WAS PARKED ON AN ANGLE WHICH CAUSED THE DOOR TO CLOSE AS IT DID. 3
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 TURNING A PIN WITH A BAR WHILE INSTALLING A BED ON A ROCK TRUCK. THE PIN SLIPPED AND THE BAR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S NOSE. THE NOSE WAS BROKEN.
WHILE REPLACING3DIESAL FUEL HOSE NOZZLE ON TO HOOK ON FUEL TANK, VICTIM SPRAINED A MUSCLE AND TENDON IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
WHILE BACKING U1 A RAMP IN HIS ROCK TRUCK TO DUMP,VICTIM STRUCK HIGHWALL WITH THE RIGHT CORNER OF TRUCK BED CAUSING A WHIPLASH ACTION THAT INJURED HIS NECK.HIS LOWER ABDOMEN AREA WAS INJURED WHERE HIS SEAT3BELT LAPPED OVER HIM.
WHILE ASSISTING3A MECHANIC WORKING ON A LIFT JACK THE HEAD OF THE JACK WAS TAPPED TO LOOSEN IT AND IT SUDDENLY BROKE LOOSE AND SLID DOWN THE JACK ROD SMASHING AND LACERATING THE VICTIMS LEFT F IFTH FINGER 3
WHILE BEING USE8 TO BUILD AN ACCESS HAUL ROAD THE INTERNATIONAL TD 25 DOZER CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO UNDETERMINED ORIGIN AND SUFFERED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE NO INJURIES OCCURRED
WHILE STEPPING 2UT OF RECESS INT HE BACK DECK OF A TIRE TRUCK THE VICTIM STEPPED BACKWARDS ON TO A PIECE OF PIPE THAT TWISTED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL & TWIST HIS RT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF OF THE RUNNING BOARD OF THE STEAM TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING INTO A HIGHWALL DRILL HOLE & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE
VICTIM CLAIMS H9 HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A GASOLINE TYPE WATER PUMP.
WHILE TRYING TO3FREE UP AN OVERSIZED PIECE OF SLATE THAT WAS HUNG UP ON CONVEYOR BELT VICTIM LIFTED HARD AND CAUSED STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER
WHILE ALIGNING 6P A U-JOINT ON DRIVE LINE OF EDLAODER, THE JOINT WAS TWISTED ANDCAUGHT VICTIM'S LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO LEFT INDEX FINGER.
WHILE BACKING U1 AN ENDLOADER, THE VICTIM S MACHINE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON LURCHED TO ONE SIDE AND JURKED HIS BACK CAUSING AN ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.
VICTIM RECEIVED3A CONTUSION AND CHIP FRACTURE OF LEFT ELBOW CAUSED WHEN IT STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS ENDLOADER WHEN A BOULDER ROLLED OFF OF HIGHWALL AND STRUCK THE LOADER WITH GREAT FORCE.
WHILE TRYING TO3STEP FROM HIS ROCK TRUCK ONTO AN ENDLOADER THAT WAS PARKED BESIDE HIM, VICTIM FELL AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.
VICTIM WAS GRIN8ING A PIECE OF METAL WITH AN INDUSTRIAL SIZE DISC GRINDER WHEN IT SUDDENLY "KICKED BACK" AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A MODERATE LACERATION. VICTIM WAS WEARING G LOVES AT THE TI4E.
1986 · 3 incidents
WHILE GETTING O6T OF CAB OF POWDER TRUCK, HIS FEFT KNEE JOINT SUDDENLY "LOCKED UP" AND INEXPLICABLY WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DIDNT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH TH E KNEE. HE DIDN7 FALL, SLIP, STRIKE AGAINST OR WAS STRUCK BY ANYTHING
WHILE CHANGING 8TEEL ON HIGHWALL DRILL VICTIM ALLEGEDLY INJURED BACK WHEN HE PICKED UP A BREAKOUT WRENCH
VICTIM WAS HOLD3NG AN ELECTRIC DISC GRINDER. HE INADVERTENTLY LET IT SLIP FROM THE GRASP OF HIS LEFT HAND, STARTED IT AT SAME TIME AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A SEVERE CUT THAT SE VERED A TENDON.3
1985 · 1 incident
CHAIN HOLDING TIRE BEING PUT ON 773-B CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCK BROKE LETTING TIRE FALL ON TIRE TRUCK OPERATOR BRAKING LEFT ANKLE.