CUTTING CATWALK WITH TORCH. CATEWALK GAVE WAY & EMPLOYEE FELL.
Colt Strips Coal
MSHA record for Colt Strips (mine ID 3605207). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 47
- Years on record
- 1983–1995
- Latest incident
- Mar 1995
Reportable incidents
47 on file1995 · 1 incident
1994 · 2 incidents
BACKING PICKUP TRUCK OVER DITCH MAKING STEERING WHEEL SPIN.
CLEANING FROZEN COAL FROM STACKER DURING COLD WEATHER.
1992 · 1 incident
WHILE DRIVING TRUCK EMPLOYEE FELT STRESSED. TOLD SUPERVISOR, THEN WENT TO SEE DOCTOR.
1991 · 4 incidents
DISMOUNTING DOZER AND STEPPED ON STONE.
LIFTING BAGS OF SEED FROM BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK.
ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING ONTO MANIFOLD.
GETTING ON DOZER AND SLIPPED ON TILT CYLINDER.
1990 · 1 incident
WHILE PACKING ROD, I SLIPPED, PUTTING MY BACK IN A TWIST AND PULLED A MUSCLE.
1989 · 9 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING CAB OF DRILL TRUCK SLIPPED ON STEP & SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
WHILE LIFTING 8"X8"X6" WOOD BLOCKING ON BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK EMPL PULLED LEFT GROIN AREA.
OPERATING DOZER AND AS DOZER WAS RUNNING OVER ROCKS THE VIBRATIONS CAUSED INJURY TO LOWER BACK.
DISMOUNTING LOADER SLIPPED ON CATWALK AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP FALL AND PULLED A MUSCLE.
WHILE PLACING DRILL STEEL IN RACK FOREARM HIT STEEL ROD & CUT RT ARM
OPERATING DOZER STRIPPING SANDROCK & SPRAINED LOWER BACK.
LIFTING TIMBER & ROCKS & SPRAINED BACK.
OPER DOZER BACKING UP, RAN OVER LARGE BOULDER
WHILE INSTALLING HOIST CYLINDER ON TRUCK SLIPPED ON FRAME AND FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING LOWER BACK
1988 · 6 incidents
PERSON WAS LIFTING PRESSURE WASHER PUMP ONTO THE BACK OF PICKUP
WHEN GETTING ON DOZER EMPLOYEE USED HOT HAND HOLD AFTER IT HAD BEEN WELDED.
OPERATOR THINKS VIBRATIONS FROM DOZER CAUSED INJURY.
AIR WRENCH EMPL WAS USING FELL OFF PUSH ARM OF DOZER BROKE TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.
WHILE DISMOUNTI3G MACHINE,OPERAOR SLIPPED ON MUD AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
WAS TRYING TO L9VEL WATER PUMP AND TONGUE SLIPPED AND LANDED ON RIGHT FOOT FRACTURING BONE.
1987 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING A 4" SUCTION HOSE OUT OF THE MUD HOLE, STRAINER PULLED OFF THE HOSE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE.
DRILLER STEPPED3OUT OF DRILL CAB AND SLIPPED ON WET GROUND INJURING LOWER BACK
WHILE LIFTING T3MBERS FOR BLOCKING EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK.
WHILE DIGGING T9ENCH FOR PIPE HELPER DIDN'T SEE EMPLOYEE'S ARM BESIDE HIM AND HIT HIS WRIST WITH A PICK.
1986 · 6 incidents
THERE WAS APPRO3. 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER IN PIT AND WHEN BACKING DOZER INTO IT BACK OF DOZER DROPPED 3 FT OVER EMBANKMENT AND INJURED NECK.
PERSON WAS SPRE5DING LIME BY HAND ON DITCH WHEN PLACING THE BAG OF LIME ON THE GROUND WIND BLEW LIME INTO RT EYE
PERSON WAS WORK3NG WITH CABLE COME-ALONG WHEN CABLE SLIPPED CAUSING HANDLE TOHIT PERSONS FACE.
AFTER EMPLOYEE 7HANGED THE ROD ON THE DRILL, WHEN DISMOUNTING FROM DUST COLLECTOR, SLIPPED AND JAMMED WRIST ON DUST COLLECTOR.
OPERATING LOADE9 WHILE CLEANING RAMP-LOADER STALLED AND DRIFTED BACKWARDS ONTO SPOIL PILE AND TIPPED ON ITS SIDE
WHILE OPERATING3DOZER ARM STARTED TO HURT AND COULD NOT HOLD UP HEAD
1985 · 1 incident
INSTALLING ROLLOVER PROTECTION ON DOZER.
1984 · 6 incidents
EMPL REFUELING TRUCK.WALKED AROUND TRUCK AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO BED OF TRUCK.HIT HEAD ON BED WHICH SPRAINED HIS NECK.
EMPL PUTTING PIN IN ARM OF END CLAMP CONNECTING BED OF TRUCK TO REAREND.BED OF TRUCK WAS BEING PICKED UP SO HOSE IN STABILIZER ARM AND HOLE IN BRACKET WOULD LINE UP.WHEN MECHANIC WENT TO PUT P IN IN HOLE,BED SHIFTED PINNING FINGER BETWEEN HEAD OF PIN AND BED.
EMPLOYEE WORKING ON HIGHLIFT CHANGING TRANSMISSION FILTERS. LOCATION OF FILTERS HARD TO REACH. EMPLOYEE HIP WAS PINCHED IN AS HE WORKED.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING WATER HOSE TO PUMP WHEN HE TWISTED HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A TRACK ROLLER ON A 31 FIAT DOZER. HE WAS USING A BAR TO LINE UP ROLLER AND BAR PINCHED FINGER AGAINST FRAME OF DOZER.
EMP WAS GET TING A TOOL OUT OF THE BACK OF A PICK-UP TRUCK AND WAS STEPPING DOWN. USING A 5 GAL. BUCKET FOR A STEP THE BUCKET TIPPED AND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, LANDING ON LEFT FOOT
1983 · 6 incidents
EMPL CARRYING DRAGLINE TOOTH UP OUT OF PIT WHEN FELL ON ROCK AND HURT BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HILIFT WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE BATTERY BOX AND FELL TO THE GROUND, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE MECHANIC TRUCK FUEL TANK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHUTTING THE ROOF DOORS ON DRAG AND SHUT THUMB IN THE DOOR.
OPERATOR WAS DISMOUNTING HIS MACHINE TO REPLACE A BOLT IN A KEEPER ON HIS MACHINE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL OFF MACHINE A DISTANCE OF 8FT TO THE GROUND
EMPLOYEE GRABBED ONTO HANDRAIL OF MACHINE TO PULL HIMSELF UP WHEN HE FELT A PULLING IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
DOZER OPERATOR WAS CHECKING OIL ON DOZER AT TIPPLE SITE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, LANDING ON THE TRACKS. OPERATOAR RECEIVED INJURAIES TO MUSCLES AND LIGAMENT OF LEFT SHOULDER. MISSING WORK A ND TAKING THERAPY UNDER DOCTORS ORDERS.
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