CABIN RUN Coal

employee fell off dozer while entering or exiting and sprained their left ankle

Employee was inspecting truck. Strained back raising hood.

Operator was removing material from the Borden shot area. He pushed material off the highwall side of work area and traveled over the highwall coming to a rest on the Sewickley bench below. Emergency rescue personnel extracted the operator from the dozer and took for medical evaluation as a precautionary measure.

Injured employee mistepped and fell while dismounting a grader after turning on the equipment master switch. He fractured his left wrist in attempt to brace himself while falling.

Injured employee was struck by a hoist cylinder when it unexpectedly broke loose from lifting devices, as it was being removed from a 777D rock truck. The 630 lb. cylinder struck his left leg as he was kneeling in close proximity to the work area fracturing the femur and fibula in his left leg.

EE WAS GETTING OFF AN EXCAVATOR. HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS AND FELL, CAUSING A BRUISE TO LOWER BACK.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST AIR PRESSURE. EE HIT THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ON ITS TOP, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF EE'S LEFT LEG. (EE WAS NOT THROWN FROM VEHICLE.)

INJURED WAS RUNNING A ROCK TRUCK. DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY, HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND PUSHED OVER THE BARRIER AND WENT OVER THE DUMP SITE.

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A BLADE JACK AND SLIPPED ON A BAR ON FRONT OF DOZER CAUSING HIM TO FALL & STRIKE HIS JAW & EAR CAUSING A BRUISE.

INJURED WAS BACKING UP DOZER AND RAN OVER A PILE OF DIRT. GOT WHIPLASH CAUSING A PINCHED NERVE IN NECK.

INJURED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, LOADING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN A ROCK CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE LOADER STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RT.LEG CAUSING A BRUISE.

INJURED WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON SHOVEL. WHILE LOOSENING RADIATOR CAP THE PRESSURE PUSHED ANIT-FREEZE OUT CAUSING A BURN TO RIGHT ARM.

DRIVIER WAS USING A PRESSURE WASHER TO CLEAN HISTRUCK OUTSIDE THE SHOP AREA. HE WENT INSIDE TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND TRIPPED, RESULTING IN A SEVERE SPRAIN.

INJ WAS WORKING ON DOZER WHEN HE SCRAPED HIS MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND ON TRACK OF DOZER CAUSING AN ABRASION. HE KEPT WORKING & ON 2/20/01 ENT TOHOSP AFTER HIS FINGER BECAME INFECTED

INJ WAS STEPPING OFF THE BUMPER OF A MECHANIC TRK ONTO FROZEN GROUND WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHTANKLE CAUSING A SPRAIN

INJURED WAS FILLING UP A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHENTHE FUEL NOZZLE FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE JAW CAUSING A BRUISE.

INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS AND FELL INJURING RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING A STRAIN RIGHT KNEE.

A RISH EQUIPMENT MECHANIC PULLED HIS SERVICE TRUCK INTO THE PIT NEXT TO A HITACHI SHOVEL. AFTER MECHANIC WORK WAS COMPLETED ON THE SHOVEL, THE MECHANIC GOT INTO HIS TRUCK TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY . THE SHOVEL OPERATOR STARTED THE SHOVEL AND SWUNG AROUND BEFORE THE MECHANIC WAS CLEAR. THE SHOVEL'S COUNTERWEIGHT STRUCK THE CAB OF SERVICE TRUCK INJURING THE MECHANIC.

COAL TRUCK WAS WITHIN ONE BUCKET OF BEING LOADED IN THE PIT. A SECTION OF THE HIGHWALL FELL IN ON THE FRONT SECTION OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF THE EVENT.

EE WAS UNDER THE DRAGLINE CUTTING A NUT OFF WHEN PIECE OF SLAG FELL INTO LEFT EAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING TRACK HOE ON A BUCKET AND GRINDING. A PIECE OF METAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS FALLING A CABLE ON DRAGLINE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON DRAG LINE WHEN BRAKE BAND SLIPPED OFF AND CAUGHT RIGHT HAND CUTTING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE HAD BURNED HOLES IN TRUCK BED AND WENT DOWN OFF TRUCK TO GET A LADDER AND BOLTS TO FINISH JOB.AFTER CLIMBING UP THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK BED WITH THE LADDER IN ONE HAND,THE EMPLOYEE STEP PED OVER THE TOP OF THE TRUCK BED AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK BED.

ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL AND HIT INJURED BREAKING RIGHT LEG AT KNEE.

STEERING CLUTCH ON CAT D-7 DOZER NEEDED REPAIR TO FACILITATE WORK OPERATORS SEAT HAD TO BE REMOVED WHILE LIFTING THE SEAT THROUGH THE DOOR OF THE DOZER THE SEAT SLIPPED CRUSHING THE VICTIMS L ITTLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE SEAT & THE DOZERS TRACK CLEATS