INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE PUTTING BATTERIES IN ROCK TRUCK
Logan Surface Mine No 978 Coal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Years on record
- 1983–1989
- Latest incident
- Oct 1989
Reportable incidents
18 on file1989 · 4 incidents
DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK, HIT HOLE AND JOLTED BACK.
EMPLOYEE BACKED TRUCK INTO HIGHWALL AT VERY LOW SPEED IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT I NAME COULD HAVE SUFFERED INJURY FROM SLIGHT IMPACT INVOLVED
WAS GETTING OFF DOZER HAD MUD ON FEET AND SLIPPED AND FELL AND SET DOWN HARD
1988 · 1 incident
WHILE RUNNING THE GRADER, THE BLADE HIT A ROCK AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN FORWARD AT WHICH TIME, HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR.
1987 · 1 incident
HIT ROCK AND HU9T BACK.WHILE RUNNING DOZER,HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND IT THREW HIM INTO ARMREST.
1984 · 6 incidents
CLAIMANT WAS OPERATING THE 773 CATERPILLAR TRUCK, TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FILL AREA. THE JERKING MOTION OF THE ROCK TRUCK, CASED THEEMPLOYEE\S NECK AND SHOULDER MUSCLE TO BECOME ST RAINED.
CLAIMANT WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF THE COAL WITH THE 988B WHEEL ENDLOADER WHEN HE HIT SOLID ROCK WHICH DID NOT GIVE THEREFORE THE LOADER STOPPED AND JERKED THE OPERATOR AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL
CLAIMANT AND MECHANIC WERE HOISTING A 773 CATERPILLAR TRUCK TIRE ONTO THE TIRE TRUCK CLAIMANT WAS WATCHING THE TIRE AND WALKING BACKWARDS AT THE SAME TIME WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A CUT IN HALF WH EEL RIM CONSEQUENTLY CLAIMANT FELL INTO A SITTING POSITION INJURING HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP
EE WAS TRYING TO LOAD A ROCK & THE LOADER BUCKET SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK CAUSING THE LOADER TO BOUNCE & JERKING THE OPERATOR IN THE CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING A LOADED RAILROAD CAR, AND WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE RAILROAD CAR, HE STEPPED WRONG, THUS PULLING A MUSCLE IN THE GROIN AREA
EE WAS TAKING HEADS OFF OF CAT D-8 DOZER.
1983 · 6 incidents
STEAM CLEANING 773 CAT TRUCK CLIMBING DOWN OFF TRUCK SLIPPED AND HURT RIGHT HIP.
MACHANIC WAS INSTALLING THE RT FRONT WHEEL ON THE 773 CAT TRUCK WHEN THE BOOM FROM THE TIRE TRUCK KICKED OVER AND PINNED THE RT LITTLE FINGER AGAINST THE NUT OF THE WHEEL
EMP WAS WELDING ON THE BLADE OF THE 455 KOMATUS WHEN SHAVING FROM THE WELD FLEW IN BEHIND HIS WELDERS HELMET INTO HIS RT EYE
EE WAS STARTING THE ENGINE ON THE 733 CAT TRUCK S/N:63G677WHEN DIRT & OTHER FOREIGN DEBRIS BLEW FROM THE FAN, LODGING A FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE LEFT EYE.
EE WAS OPERATING THE 733 CAT TRUCK, WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR TO THROW OUT A PIECE OF PAPER, THE DOOR CLOSED & SMASHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.
EMPLOYEE ADVISED HE WAS FUELING THE 455 KOMATSU DOZER ON MONDAY, FEB. 14, 1983 AT APPROX. 3:00PM WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK AND SLID OFF THE DOZER HURTING HIS LEFT ELBWO AND KNOCKED ONE TOOT H LOOSE.