Kane Plant: 140 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

EE was driving truck too fast downhill into pit. EE did not utilize a lower gear, retarder or emergency brake. Left side tires clipped the berm and caused the bed to overturn. The cab did not overturn. As a precaution we had a supervisor drive the operator to the hospital where minor bruises were found and the operator was allowed to return to work that day.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING OFF NUTS TO CHANGE JAW PLATE AROUND JAW CRUSHER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 5-N-1 TOOL TO LOOSEN NUTS WITH. EMPLOYEE TAPPED THE PIN ON THE 5-N-1 TOOL WITH A HAMMER TO RELEASE IT AND WHEN HE DID THE HANDLE SPUN AROUND HITTING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING RETURN ROLLER IN HANGER ON CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE SAID HE DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING PULL, POP OR STRAIN AND WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY AND ALL OF THE NEXT DAY. HE CAME IN ON 2/27/04 AND COMPLAINED OF SHOULDER PAIN. RETURN ROLLER WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 10 POUNDS.

CLEANING OFF SHELVES IN THE IMPACTOR AND ATTEMPTED TO PICK-UP A #70 CURTAIN TO MOVE IT OUT OF HIS WAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING BAR TO DISLODGE MATERIAL IN BIN AND ON RETURN SWING EMPLOYEE CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN BED OF TRUCK AND BAR.

EMPLOYEE TURNED WHEELS OF STOCKPILE TRUCK TO THE LEFT FOR THE RATE OF SPEED TRAVELING, THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING TRUCK TO OVERTURN ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. EMPLOYEE STATED TRUCK ROLLED OVER SLOWLY AND EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT AS HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PIT LOADER IN MINING AREA LOADING SHOT ROCK INTO HAUL TRUCK, WHEN LOADER BUCKET HIT A TOENAIL CAUSING A SUDDEN STOP AND EMPLOYEE HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON THE INSIDE OF CAB.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING NTO THE LOADER IN THE PIT AREA, STEPPED WITH LEFT FOOT ONTO BOTTOM STEP OF LOADER WHEN FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ON THE GROUND. FALL CAUSED PAIN AND S WELLING TO LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO WASH FRONT WINDOW ON 980C LOADER, EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT ON LEFT SIDE OF LOADER ONTO PLATFORM AND WITH LEFT FOOT STEPPED AROUND THE RAILING ONTO LEFT FENDER OF LOADER, EMPL OYEE LET GO OF THE RAILING AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF FENDER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL FORWARD INTO HEAD LIGHT HITTING ABDOMEN ON THE HEADLIGHT AND HE FELL ONTO THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AIR GUN TO REMOVE NUTS OFF CUTTING EDGE BOLTS ON CAT 950 YARD LOADER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INJURED THE EMPLOYEE, WAS HOLDING BOLT IN PLACE ON CUTTING EDGE WHEN BOLT CAME LOOSE AND SPUN CUTTING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.

STEPPED OUT OF STOCKPILE TRUCK ONTO A CATWALK BESIDE ROCK BIN AND EE TWISTED RT. KNEE WHICH RESULTED TO THE KNEE SWELLING.

EE STEPPED OUT OF HAUL TRUCK AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS DRIVING IN THE 4WHEEL DRIVE PU TO DRILLING LOCATION WHEN EE MISSED THE ROADWAY & WENT OFFTHE EDGE

EE WAS BEATING ON THE SIDE OF THE BIN WITH A BAR WHEN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER POPPER CAUSING HIS ARM TO GO NUMB AND FINGERS BEGAN TO TINGLE.

EMP WAS STANDING ON GROUND SCOOPING MATERIAL FROM UNDERNEATH THE JAW WHEN A ROCK FELL DOWN FORM OVERHEAD, HIT THE GRIZZLY BELT, BOUNCED OFF BELTAND HIT EMP ON TOP OF HEAD. IMPACT OF ROCK CUT E MPS HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES. EMP DID NOT LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS AT ANYTIME. HARD HATS ARE ISSUED TO EMPS BUT EMP WAS NOT WEARING HIS AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING HAMMERS IN THE IMPACT CUSHER. EMPLLOYEE WAS HITTING ON HAMMERS WITH A LARGE SLEDGE HAMMER AND A PIECE CHIPPED OFF THE HAMMER THAT WS LOCATED IN THE IMPACT CRUSHER AND CU T EMPLOYEE ON THE MIDDLE FINGER BEHIND THHE KNUCKLE ON THE LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE THE #8 BIN STANDING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF BIN SCRAPING THE ROCK OUT THAT WASSTUCK TO THE SIDES WHEN A CLUMP OF #8 MATERIAL FELL FROM THE CROSSBAR THAT WAS DIRECTLY ABOVE TH E EMPLOYEE HITTING HIM ON TOP OF LEFT SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEES WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING SCREEN MOTOR STARTED,THEREFORE EMPLOYEE ENERGIZED THE BREAKER BOX SO SOME ELECTRICAL TESTING COULD BE DONE.AS SOON AS THE BREAKER BOX WAS ENERGIZED A BUZZ ING SOUND OCCURRED WITHIN THE BOX AND BEFORE THETURNED OFF A BALL OF FIRE OCCURRED CAUSING THE SWITCH BOX DOOR TO COME OPEN. HE DETERMINED PROBABLE CAUSE TO BE CARBON ARCING BETWEEN ONE OF TH

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEAT ON THE HAMMERS LOCATED ON THE INSIDE OF THE IMPACTOR TO REMOVE THEM WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF THE SLEDGE HAMMER. THE PIECE OF STEEL WENT THRO UGH THE EMPLOYEE'S SHIRT AND LODGED IN THE UPPER PART OF THE RIGHT ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A ROCK OUT OF THE JAW CRUSHER WITH A BAR & WHILE MOVING BAR FROM SIDE TO SIDE EMPLOYEES RT HAND HIT THE FEEDER WHILE BAR WAS STILL IN HIS HAND