Lions Club Coal

The auger was found in the early morning covered with rock. The auger had been left up against the highwall because there were two holes left to be augered.

Rain had occurred a couple of days prior to accident; also heavy rain was present at time of accident. While contractor was loading blasting holes next to highwall, a rock fell from the highwall, hitting the man in his left leg. Man was taken to hospital. He was diagnosed with a left lower shin bruise.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A ROCK WHILE HE WAS CONNECTING WATER HOSES TOGETHER (FOR A WATER PUMP). HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE ROCK AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EE WAS UNLOADING HEAVY BOXES OUT OF THE BED OF HIS PICK UP TRUCK. WHEN HE LIFTED A BOX APPROX. 50 LBX HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS TAKING A BOLT OUT OF SADDLE ON THE BOOM. HE WAS USING A RATCHET WRENCH. HE WAS TRYING TO BREAK A BOLT LOOSE. WHILE PULLING ON RATCHET THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE EE TO LOSE BALANCE , HIS ARM STRUCK A PIECE OF STEEL, WHICH CAUSED A LACERATION.

EE WAS GREASING ROCK TRUCK @ END OF DAY. AS HE RAISED UP HE HIT RT SHOULDER ON HOIST CYLINDER. SHOULDER SWELLED UP LATER THAT EVENING. HE THOUGHT THE SWELLING WOULD GO AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND. I T DID NOT. HE HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR & IS CURR ENTLY BEING TREATED FOR A BRUISED SHOULDER THAT GOT INFECTED.

EE WAS CHANGING A DRIVE SHAFT ON A CATERPILLAR D-9 DOZER. IT BEGAN TO RAIN VERY HARD. WHEN THE EE FINISHED HIS TASK, HE STEPPED ONTO THE TRACK OF THE DOZER TO EXIT THE MACHINE, THE TRACK WAS W ET, HE SLIPPED CAUSING HIS BACK TO WRENCH.

HI-LIFT OPERATOR WAS LOADING COAL INTO CRUSHER. THE CRUSHER HOPPER BECAME JAMMED. THE OPERATOR TRIED TO FREE SOME LARGE LUMPS OF COAL FROM THE HOPPER WITH A SPUD PRY BAR & STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A CATERPILLAR 980 HI-LIFT. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN ONE OF THE CHAIN LINK STEPS BROKE. WHEN THE STEP BROKE IT CAUSED ALL OF THE MAN'S BODY WEIGHT TO PUT PRESSURE ON HIS LE FT LEG, WHICH WAS ON THE STEP BELOW. ALL OF HIS WEIGHT ON ONE LEG CAUSED A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE MOVED A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL ON HIS OWN.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A CATERPILLAR D-9 DOZER. HE WAS WELDING ABOVE HIS HEAD. THE WEATHER THAT DAY WAS VERY WINDY, THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF METAL ( A SMALL FLAKE) UNDER HIS HELMET AND IT LAN DED IN HIS EYE.

EE WAS REMOVING A HYDRAULIC LINE FROM A ROCK TRUCK OIL FROM THE HYDRAULIC LINE WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE

EE WAS WALKING TOWARD ROCK TRUCK AFTER LUNCH BREAK, WHILE DOING SO EE TRIPPED OVER SHOT WIRE. FALLING ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND BODY. POSSIBLE DISLOCATION OR BRUISE OF LEFT RING FINGER.

EE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM A ROCK TRUCK. WHILE HE WAS ON A STEP, THE STEP GAVE WAY. WHEN THE STEP BROKE HE FELL ABOUT 2 1/2 FT TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS KNEES. BOTH KNEES WERE INJURED. AN MRI WAS TO BE DONE TO DETERMINE THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURIES.

MAN WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE TRACK OF THE DOZER TO THE PUSH BEAM. HIS HAND WAS ON THE HANDRAIL. HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 4'. HE HIT HIS RIBSAND SHOULDER ON THE DOZER TRACK. HE WENT TO EMER G ROOM FOR XRAYS. NOTHING WAS BROKEN. BRUISED RIBS. NO TIME MISSED FROM WORK.

EE WAS TAKING A HOSE OFF OF A 992 HI LIFT WHEN HE PULLED ON THE HOSE HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF LADDER ON A EUCLID ROCK TRUCK WHILE STEPPING ON TO LAST STEP HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE CAUSING PULLED LIGAMENTS IN HIS ANKLE

EE WAS HELPING DRILLER CHANGE BIT ON DRILLTECH & WAS PUTTING NEW DRILL ONTO DRILL STEEL DRILLER ROTATED THE STEEL & EE HOODED JERSEY GOT CAUHT ON THE DRILL STEEL PINNING HIM AGAINST THE DRILLS LIFT CHAINS CAUSING BRUISES TO HEAD NECK & RT SHOULDER

INJURED AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE CHEKCING THE STEERING ON A 350 PAYHAULER. HE GOT BEHIND THE TIRES WITH OUT NOTIFIYING THE OTHER MEN. NOT KNOWING HE WS BEHIND THE TIRES, THEY BEGAN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, PINING HIM BETWEEN THETIRES,FUEL TANK AND FRAME.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL, HE GOT OUT OF THE CAB OF THE DRILL TO MOVE CONES FOR HIS NEXT HOLE. HE SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR, HE FELL OUT OF THE CAB ONTO THE GROUND. IT WAS RAINING ON THIS DAY. W HEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF A 245 CAT BACKHOE ONTO TO A CAT HIGHLIFT HE STEPPED ONTO THE TIRE OF THE HIGHLIFT WHICH WAS MUDDY. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF TH TIRE AND HE FELL ON THE TIRE. THIS FALL INJURE D HIS KNEE.

MAN WAS BACKING ROCK TRUCK TO DUMP AREA. TRUCK RAN OVER AN OLD AUGER HOLE, DIRT ON TOP OF AUGER HOLE SETTLED. SHIFTING WEIGHT OF TRUCK TO LEFT SIDE AND SINKING INTO AUGER HOLE. WHEN THIS HA PPENED MANS' LEFT ARM WAS FORCED AGAINST DOOR, CAUSING HIS ELBOW TO SWELL. MAN WAS TAKEN FOR X-RAYS. ONLY BRUISING OCCURED.

MAN WAS WELDING ON TEREX DUMP BODY FOR ROCK TRUCK HE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN FROM WELDING DONE BY FELLOW WORKERS.

CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE FIAT ALLIS 31 DOZER LOST BALANCE AND FOOTING CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD AND HIT BACK OF LEFT SHOULDER.

INJURED WAS WALKING AROUND HIS TRUCK HE STEPPED IN A HOLE WHICH TWISTED HIS KNEE THE KNEE WAS INJURED IN AUGUST THIS OCCURENCE REAGGRAVATED HIS PREVIOUS INJURY.

HE AND ANOTHER MAN WERE LIFTING A 30-40 LB HOOD OFF A WATER PUMP. THE HOOD WAS WET FROM DEW. THEY LIFTED THE HOOD APPROX. 30 INCHES WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND.

THE MEN WERE LIFTING A WATER PUMP WITH A HILIFT, TO MOVE THE WATER PUMP INTO THE PIT AREA. THE HILIFT OPERATOR (E.NAME) LIFTED THE PUMP OFF OF THE GROUND THE CABLE HOLDING THE PUMP MUST OF BEE N TWISTED. THE PUMP SPUN AND HIT I.NAME IN THE RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE CAUSING THE INJURY.

I NAME WAS TAKING A LOAD OF ROCK OUT OF THE PIT AREA TO MAKE A NEW HAULROAD ROAD WAS JUST WATERED DOWN THE TRUCK WAS CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD THE WHEELS OF THE TRUCK STARTED SLIDING THE D RIVER COULDNT STOP THE TRUCK FROM SLIDING THE TRUCK THEN SLIP INTO SOFT DRIRT & OVER TURNED IT COMPLETELY ROLLED OVER COMING TO A REST ON ITS WHEELS

CLEANING BATTERY TERMINALS ON P/U TRUCK. HE WENT TO PUT TERMINAL BACK ON. WHEN TERMINAL TOUCHED BATTERY, THE BATTERY EXPLODED. THE ACID FROM THE BATTERY HIT HIS FACE AND HIS EYES.

GETTING DOWN OFF OF THE POWDER TRUCK, HE HAD A HOLD OF THE GRAB BAR (HANDLE) WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HE SLIPPED OFF THE STEPS OF THE TRUCK BUT WAS STILL HOLDING THE GRAB BAR, THIS CAUSED HIS MUSCL ES TO BE TORN HIS SHOULDER AND ARM.

WHILE DRAINING WATER HOSES, HE WAS PULLING ON THE 4" HOSE AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

HE WAS LOADING POWDER ONTO TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL TO BED OF TRUCK LANDING IN SPLIT POSTION.

I,NAME WAS TAKING THE REAR END APART ON A DOZER. HE WAS STANDING IN A HOLE ON THE DOZER, LIFTING THE FLANGE FOR THE FINAL DRIVE OUT OF THE MACHINE. (APPROX. 3 FT & 80 LBS.) HIE FOOT SLIPPED & HE DROPPED THE FLANGE. HIS BACK TWISTED WHEN HISFOOT HIT THE BACK OF THE HOLE.

I NAME WAS PUSHING FLY ASH WITH A DOZER HE WAS CUTTING A TRENCH TO COVER UP A RIDER SEAM OF COAL THE STEAM AND DUST FROM THE FLY ASH ROSE UP IN THE DOZER HE THOUGHT HE HAD POISON IVY OR OAK TH E DR SAID IT COULD POSSIBLY BE WORK RELATED NOT DEFINETLY

FD 40 WAS SHUT DOWN FOR REPAIRS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL MOTOR I.NAMES FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACK HE WAS USING A 3/4 DRIVE RATCHET AT THE TIME HE FELL ONTO THE TRACK INJURING HIS LOWER BACK

I.NAME JUST FINISHED HIS SHIFT RUNNING A PAN AFAR HIS EQUIPMENT WAS SHUT DOWN HE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS CAR PICKUP WITH ANOTHER MAN I.NAME SAID HE FELT FAINT OR ILL HE THEN COLLAPSED CPR WAS ADMINISTERED UNTIL UNIPORT RESCUE SQUAD ARRIVED AT SCENE THEY T HEN T OOK OVER BELVADERR PARAMEDICS TRANSPORTED HIM TO ST.JOHNS HOSPITAL

2400 LIMA WAS SHUT DOWN FOR REPAIRS THE HOIST UNIT WAS BEING PUT INTO PLACE AS I.NAME TRIED TO MOVE THE GANTRY LEG HE DIDNT KNOW IT WAS FROZEN TO ANOTHER GANTRY LEG THE BACK GANTRY LEG CAME DOWN HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND UP TO TRY AND STOP THE GANTRY FROM HITTING A FELLOW WORKER IT KNOCKED HIM TO THE FLOOR THE GANTRY THEN HIT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND SMASHING IT AGAINST THE

I,NAME WAS FILLING AN OUT BOARD ON HID 31 DOZEN. HE DROPPED THE FUNNEL WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE HOSE FROM THE DRUM. THE DRUM FELL AND HIT IN THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIM OFF BALANCE. HE STEPPED ONTO A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

THE INJURED WAS HELPING PICK UP STEEL PLATE BACK INTO HI-LIFT BUCKET WHICH HAD FALLEN OUT.THIS PLATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 LBS AND HE LIFTED IT APPROX 1 1/2FEET.

I NAME WAS CLIMBING UPON ON A SCRAPER HE MISSED THE HAND HOLD AND FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE PAN. HE FELL APPROX. 4-5 FT LANDING ON LOWER BACK. HE WAS SERVICING THE PAN FOR A BREAKDOWN.

SHOVELING DIRT INTO DRILL HOLE & TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ONTO DOZER SLIPPED ON DOZER TREACKS FELL APPROX. 4 FT TO GROUND.

I.NAME PRYING RADIATOR BACK INTO PLACE ON LIMA DRAGLINE.LEFT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING PRYBAR TO SLIP.TWISTED LEFT ARM AND SIDE.