Knoxville Mine: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was cleaning out a lifter hole by hand when some rock sluffed off the face and struck them in the back. Result was fractured ribs.

Employee was backing up to dump, upon raising box, the rubber pads/bushing pulled apart from the suspension on the rear driver's side wheels causing the weight to shift on the box and tipping the truck over

Employee was getting out of a haul truck with left hand on handrail behind door frame and right hand on door. Went to get down and turned body away from truck releasing right hand from the door and upon going to step down did not release left hand and dropped dislocating shoulder.

The crushing plant had gotten plugged. After getting the plant unplugged EE was helping up a access door back on when EE's coat was snagged by the conveyor belt. EE's arm was pulled into the conveyor and tail pulley.

Employee was fixing/removing a guard on a tail section of plant. He stood up lifting guard and twisted right knee.

ROOF FALL IN ABANDON HEADING NO DAMAGE OR INJURYFILED 30FT OF HEADING BELEIVE THE AREA ABOVE HEADING IS OLD RIVER CHANEL DUE TO WATER EROSION LOST ROOF SUPPORT NO WAY OF KNOWING THIS AREA WAS AS LARGE OTHER AREA OF MINE ARE OK

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A P4 WILDEN DIAPHRAM PUMP OUT OF FACE AREA. HE PICKED PUMP UP WITH ONE HAND (APPROX 20LB.) AND TWISTED TO THE SIDE TO SET THE PUMP DOWN AND FELT PAIN UNDER LEFT SHOULDER B LADE AND BACK.

EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL 30" DIA X 10' VENTILATION TUBING (FIBERGLASS), WHILE LIFTING AND HOLDING THE TUBING IN PLACE. HE FELT PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.

EE WAS HELPING INSTALL ROCK BOLTS IN THE ROOF USING A ROCK DRILL AND AIR LEG. WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE HOLE JUST DRILLED THE EE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BASE OF THE DRILL AND THE AIR L EG. THE DRILL SHIFTED PINCHING HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

EE WAS HELPING TO APPLY SHOT CRETE LINING TO THE TUNNEL AND EXCESS MATERIAL ACCUMULATED IN EES BOOTS WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. THE MATERIAL INFLICTED ALKALINE BURNS TO HIS ANKLE AND FEET.

EE WAS STANDING BY RIB WITH LEFT ARM OUT STRETCHED LEANING ON ARM 2 OTHER EE'S WERE ELEVATING A SECTION OF 2" PLASTIC WATER LINE & IT SLIPPED & STRUCK EE'S OUTSTRETCHED ARM AGGRAVATING A PRE EXISTING CONDITION

EE WAS USING A SHORT HANDEL SPADE TO CLEAR ROCK AND MUD AWAY FROM THE LOADING APRON ON AN AM50 ROAD HEADER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN GROIN.

EE DIAGNOSED BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME LIMITED USE BOTH HANDS

AN UNPLANNED ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE LEFT FACE OF THE TOP HEADING. THE FALL WAS APPROX 25 FT IN LENGTH AND RANGED IN THICKNESS FROM 5 FT TO 3 FT. THE ROOF FALL BRIDGED ACROSS THE OPERATOR CAN OPY ENTRAPPING THE OPERATOR 25 TO 30 MIN. THE EEWAS REMOVED, NO APPARENT INJURY.

EE WAS SITTING IN OFFICE FOR 10-15 MINUTES AND BACK BECAME SORE. WORKED ON USUAL ROUTINE FIRST HALF OF SHIFT.

EE WAS DRILLING FLOOR WITH A SINKING HAMMER. HE PULLED THE DRILL AND STEEL UP TO MOVE TO ANOTHER HOLE LOCATION AND FELT A SHARP PAIN DOWN HIS RIGHT ARM CHEST AND SIDE.

EE WAS REMOVING 30" FIBERGLASS VENTILATION LINE FROM OVERHEAD. THE SECTION HE WAS REMOVING WAS ATTACHED TO SEVERAL SECTIONS WHICH FELL AFTER HE UNTIED THE WIRE SUSPENDING THE VENTLINE. EE WAS HOLDING THE VENT LINE BY A "D" RING AND WAS UNABLE TO LET GO FAST ENOUGH PULLING MUSCLES IN SHOULDER OF RIGHT ARM. STARTED MISSING WORK 5/9/99.

EE WAS SUPERVISING THE REPOSITIONING OF A CEMENT PUMP WITH AN END LOADER AND CHAIN. HE RESTED HIS ELFT HAND ON THE BUCKET CLOSE TO WHERE THE CHAIN WAS ATTACVHED. THE CHAIN SLIPPED UNDER LOAD A ND SHIFTED ACROSS RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND, FRACTURING 1ST BONE AND INFLICTING A LACERATION WOUND TO THE FINGERTIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A LATTICE GIRDER SECTION OUT OF A LOADER BUCKET WHEN HE SAT IT DOWN ON TEH INVERT IT SHIFTED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT SHIN CAUSING AN ABRASION TO HIS LEG. ABRASION BECAME I NFECTED ON 4-18-99, EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL.

THE ROAD HEADER MINER HAD BEEN BACKED UP 10-12FTFROM FACE AREA AFTER CUTTING AND CLEANING MUCK OFF THE INVERT. THE FACE WAS BEING MEASURED & PAINTED FOR THE NEXT CUT CYCLE. THE OPERATOR HAD DEENEGERIZED THE CUTTER HEAD AND LOWERED THE BOOM WHICH SUPPORTS THE CUTTER DRUM. THE OPERATOR PROCEEDED TO HELP WALKING PAST THE HEAD WHICH WAS STILL ROTATING HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BY A

EE WAS CLEANING A SHOTCRETE WITH A PRESSURE WASHER. HE DISASSEMBLED THE NOZZEL AFTER CLEANING THE EXTERIOR PORTION AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN SMALL COMPENTS BY HOLDING THEM IN HIS LEFT HAND AND US ING THE SPRAY WAND IN HIS RIGHT HAND. HE INFLICTED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

EE WAS MOVING SOME AREA LIGHTING IN THE TUNNEL AND A PIECE OF ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 30-40 PDS ROLLED DOWN THE FACE AND ACROSS HIS RIGHT LEG AND FOOT, HE TWISTED AROUND AND PULLED HIS FOOT OUT F ROM UNDER ROCK RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO HIS ANKLE

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FILL A PRESSURIZED TANK WITH ACCELERATOR AND DID NOT BLEED THE AIR PRESSURE FROM TANK BEFORE OPENING FILL COCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 90 LB AIR HAMMER TO DIG A FOOTING IN ROCK. EMPLOYEE POSITIONED HAMMER TO BREAK ROCK. WHILE OPERATING HAMMER, THE BIT BOUNCED OFF THE ROCK AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT. THE BIT PUNCTURED THE LEFT FOOT REQUIRING SUTURES.

EE WAS HELPING SET A 3 PEICE LATTICE GIRDER ASSEMBLY WHICH WAS BEING SUPPORTED BY AND END LOADER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SECURE THE GIRDER WITH 9 WIRE THE GIRDER SHIFTED AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM.

EE WAS CUTTING EXCESS CEMENT OFF THE SIDE WALL OF THE SLOPE USING AN AIR OPERATED HAMMER & OVER EXTENDED HIS RIGHT WRIST.