Cub Branch Surface: 2 recorded fatalities Coal

Employee was shoveling tracks on an excavator, felt pain in their lower back. Went to the doctor the next day and was told to rest a couple days.

Operator hung dozer up on something and kept shifting dozer back and forth until they snapped the cable, instead of waiting for another operator to pull him.

Employee was operating a water truck coming out of the job. Employee did a brake check at the top of the hill, the truck popped out of gear half way down the steep EE lost control and the truck turned over on its driver's side at the bottom. EE was taken by ambulance to the hospital. EE was X-rayed, no broken bones and had stitches in hand, cuts and bruises.

Employee was operating a rock truck, leaving the pit area into the valley fill they hit a bump in the road and said their lower back was hurting. They left around 11:00 PM and went to the doctor the nest day. X-rays where done and they were treated for a strained back.

Employee was attempting to walk through mud when foot got stuck and lost balance. Employee fell and put out right arm to catch self, employee continued to work the rest of the shift and worked the following day. Employee went to the doctor, the result was a compression fracture in the right arm.

Employee was cleaning out the floor of a 993K Caterpillar Front End Loader. EE hit something sharp in the floor behind a steering control hose and cut EE's middle finger. EE was taken to the ER and glue was applied to the cut. EE returned to work the same evening.

While climbing up on top of berm to check settlement ditch, stepped off of berm twisted lower part of back.

While pulling myself upon dozer pulled something in left hand or wrist.

Started down hill,2nd gear EE broke on 2nd stage very light pressure on peddle, truck started sliding pulled hand spike down feathering brake peddle so truck wouldn't jack knife started sliding faster. Fought truck for 35 to 40 yards turned wheel to the right towards the ditch kept going to the left, jumped out of truck and truck went over the hill.

While working beside of welder got flash burn in right eye.

While standing on right side of dozer track, slipped and fell striking his head on stabilizing jack.

While loading coal/moving coal in coal pit the highwall kicked out resulting in material covering up the 980 G loader. Rock & material came in loader cab resulting in a chipped elbow on the left arm of the operator.

While taking bolts out of a cutting edge on a loader bucket, bolt turned while holding in hand cutting right thumb and right hand index finger.

While putting a bolt in excavator bucket pin, tightening up nut with an airgun, something flew and struck right eye.

While cutting a dozer blader liner off a dozer blade it sprang loose striking him in the left knee and top of left foot.

While climbing off of 310 dozer, slipped and fell on the ground hurting right elbow.

While pushing in a shot, a section of spoil bank broke loose sliding in door glass on a dozer, hitting operator on left foot and leg.

While getting off of his rock truck, slipped and twisted his left knee.

While stepping out of mechanic truck, stepped on some loose rocks, twisting right ankle.

EE stepped off of a 740 truck, hurt low back.

Fuel line of left side of dozer punctured and sprayed fuel on turbo, causing the fire.

While unloading cutting edges for a 16 grader dropping one on top of left foot.

While getting out of his service truck steped on a rock twisted his ankle and causing a fracture to his left foot.

While working on belt structure, EE slipped and fell twisting EE's left knee.

EE got out of grease truck, walking over to service dozer, stepped in print of dozer track in the dirt. fell down and tore ligaments lose in RT ankle.

While striking a pin in chain with hammer, a piece of metal flew off, striking him in the leg.

While walking to his rock truck, slipped on some ice, fell on his dinner bucket hurting his right side.

Cutting strap off of chain, slipped off and cut leg.

Drove rock truck down into the pit and when coming out of the pit hit some bumps and pulled a muscle and inflamed a muscle in his lower back.

Dismounted 992D endloader and came back to climb up, strained his wrist.

While swinging a hammer, hammer flew off of handle, hitting him in mouth breaking two bottom teeth.

While getting filters from filter trailer, stepped on porch, board broke, falling through porch, hurting left hip.

While standing a top of highwall miner track, moving beam away from a track. bumping track with beam causing track to swivel crushed foot right foot.

Slipped and fell injuring buttocks.

Improper lifting of 55 gallon barrel that caused back injury.

Dismounting from D-10N dozer. Lost balance and twisted ankle.

Picking up starter for 992 loader & pulled muscle in lower back region.

Stepping from highwall miner Base Frame unto belly pan area. To fix Pillar block on miner, Twisted knee (left)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SET A PIN ON HM06 HIGHWALL MINER BEAM, A PIECE OF SLATE FELL OFF THE WALL STRIKING THE SHOULDER AREA OF THE EMPLOYEE.

Operator took excavator out of designated work area without permission and slid equipment over the hill.

Tramming dozer up hill, embankment gave way on outside berm turning dozer on its side.

Picked up rodk knocker for 777 rock trk, pulled muscle in lower back on left side.

STANDING ON 992 FENDER, BROKE OFF, FELL ON LEFT LEG, TWISTED KNEE.

STANDING ON A LADDER, TRYING TO KNOCK OUT A BOOM PIN ON A 992 LOADER. WHILE SWINGING A HAMMER, LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK. THE WIND CAUGHT THE DOOR, SLAMMING THE DOOR BACK ON EE'S HAND.

PULLING PINS ON HIGHWALL MINER BEAMS, HE DROPPED A PIN ON TOP OF FOOT.

CLIMBING DOWN FROM 950 LOADER AND SLIPPED & FELL.

CHANGING MINER BITS ON HIGHWALL MINER. STRUCK BIT WITH HAMMER, GOT PIECE OF METAL IN EYE.

STEPPED OUT OF PERSONAL VEHICLE TWISTED ANKLE.

TAKING TRANSMISSION OUT OF HOUSING WITH SLATE BAR. PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN AREA.

WORKING ON HIGHWALL MINER BEAM STARTED TO STEP OFF OF BEAM. FOOT GOT LODGED IN BEAM. THEN FELL BACKWARDS ON BEAM AND CAUSED BACK INJURY.

WELDING BALL SOCKET ON D11 DOZER USING 3/8" CHAIN & RED DEVIL. HELPER UNHOOKED CHAIN & DID NOT TELL EE. EE PULLED CHAIN CAUSING RED DEVIL TO FALL & HIT HIM ON FOREHEAD.

DRIVING WATER TRUCK DOWN HILL TO OFFICE. TRUCK RAN AWAY AND WRECKED AT BOTTOM OF HILL.

EE WAS LIFTING A PIN THAT GOES IN A BUCKET WHEN HE FELT HIS LEFT ARM TWIST.

MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON A 988 ENGINE ON LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON THE HAND RAIL.

WHILE CLEANING ON A PIECE OF METAL, IT GOT ON EE'S HAND AND THEN EE WIPED HIS RIGHT EYE.

HE WAS USING A RAG TO CLEAN METAL OFF AND WHEN HE LAID RAG ON HIS SHOULDER METAL WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

WHILE WELDING ON UNIT #205 CAT 992-C LOADER, A PIECE OF HOT SLAG HIT HIS LEFT EYE. INJURY OCCURRED ON 6/21/00, BUT HE DIDN'T GO OUT ON INJURY UNTIL 7/3/00.

WHILE STEPPING OVER TILT ARM AND BUCKET FRAME OFTHE 206 LOADER HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE

WHILE PUTTING TRACK ON EXCAVATOR HOOK SLIPPED OFF TRACK CUTTING FINGER

EE STATED HE FELL OFF 922-C COUNTER WEIGHT WHILE DISMOUNTING.

GPF-OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

EE STATED THAT THE ROCK TRUCK HE WAS IN WAS BEING LOADED WITH ROCK. A ROCK SLID DOWN THE HIGHWALL, FLIPPED AND HIT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK CAUSING THE TRUCK TO LIFT OFF THE GROUND AND COME BACK DOWN.

THE EE TRIED TO COMMITT SUICIDE.

EMPLOYEE HAD OIL ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS BOOTS AND WHEN HE WAS STEPPING DOWN OUT OF A DOZER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO PARKING AREA.

EE WHICH WAS WORKING AS A SECURITY GUARD, WAS BURNING GARBAGE AND A GLASS BOTTLE BROKE CAUSING A PIECE OF GLASS TO HIT THE EE IN THE RT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS JUMP STARTING A BATTERY ON A DOZER. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT HOOK THE GROUND UP FIRST AND THIS CREATED A SPARK WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE BATTERY TO EXPLODE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO GREASE TRUCK TO TURN LIGHT OFF WHEN EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. TRUCK WAS LOCATED IN PARKING LOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAPPING AHOLE FOR TRANSMISSION BRACE WHEN FOREIGN BODY WENT INTO LEFT EE.

EE HAULING LOAD TO STOCK PILE WHEN TRUCK RAN INTO A HOLE AND JOLTED EE.

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRING COAL IN A TRIPPLE 7 CATEPPILLAR ROCK TRUCK FROM THE PIT TO THE STOCK PILE WHEN HE RAN INTO A HOLE & THIS JOLTED THE EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 12/8/94 OF THIS INCIDENT.

WHILE CLIMBING UP INTO TRIPPLE 7 CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCK, STRETCHED UP AND PULLED UP, TWISTED BACK.

ENLOADER MAN DROPPED ROCK ON TOP OF CAB PROTECTOR & JARRED HIM

WHILE PUTTING ROLLERS ON A DOZER, PULLED A BACK MUSCLE.