Little Muncy Branch Surface: 57 MSHA citations Coal

The operator was reclaiming on a slope in an excavator. The excavator started sliding, the right track was on a flat rock & it turned over landing on its right side. The operator was wearing a seat belt & was still in his seat when the first person arrived at the scene.

EE WAS HELPING TO SET A MOTOR ON A MOTOR BASE & GOT HIS RT. INDEX FINGER PINCHED IN BETWEEN THE MOTOR & BASE & CRUSHED THE END OF HIS FINGER.

DRIVING ROCKTRUCK ON SURFACE HAUL ROAD, SAYS HE DROVE THROUGH A DIP IN ROAD CAUSING PAIN TO HIS BACK.

CLIMBING DOWN FROM D9 DOZER (SERVICING MACHINE) WHEN HE FELL BACK OFF HITTING HIS BACK ON ROLLER FRAME AND THEN HITTING THE GROUND ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT. HE WORKED THE REST OF SHIFT BEYOND 0 400 UNTIL 0530. GOING FOLLOWING DAY TO DR. DID NOT REPORT TO WORK 10-24-01 ON 2ND SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN GETTING ON DOZER AS IT WASRAINING. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED, BUT THE RIGHT FOOT STAYED SOLID CAUSING ALL HIS WEIGHT TO SHIFT ONTO RIGHT LEG. HE SAYS IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING TORE. HE CAME TO WORK ON 10-13-01. WORKED THRU WK 10-21 AND 10-25 GOING TO DOCTOR ON 10-26 FOR EXAM AND THEN RETURNING TO WORK 10-29-01.

STANDING ON LADDER WORKING ON LECTRA HAUL ROCKTRUCK WHEN HE FELL HITTING HIS KNEES, NOTE THIS WAS BEGINNING OF SHIFT, HE WORKED FULL 10 HR SHIFT PLUS TWO HOURS OVERTIME, NEVER REPORTED INCIDEN T TO SUPERVISOR, GATHERED INFO FROM WITNESS.

WAS TRAMMING FROM RECLAMATION SITE OF WORK ON ANOTHER COMPANY PERMIT WHEN HE TURNED ABRUPTLY AND LOST CONTROL. WENT INTO CREEK, BUMPING HIS HEAD CAUSING A BUMP ON HIS HEAD.

WAS FILLING WATER TRUCK & SLIPPED FALLING TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK. SAYS IT BEGAN TO SPASM.SAYS THIS IS COMMON WHEN HE STRESSES HIS BACK DUE TO ON OLD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL INJURY & THEN F ROM AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT FROM THE PAST.

CLEANING THE AUGER OUT ON POWDER TRUCK. PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT LEFT EYE. TRIED TO WASH OUT ON OWN. HAD TO GO TO ER ON 6-10-01 TO HAVE DR. REMOVE IT.

SHUTTING DOOR AND CAUGHT RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN DRILL-ALMOST CUTTING FINGER FROM HAND.

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING ON THE DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER, HURTING HIS RIGHT WRIST.

ROCK LOADER OPERATOR WAS LOADING ROCK INTO TRUCK EE WAS IN TO BE LOADED WHEN A LARGE ROCK DROPPED OUT LANDING IN HIS EMPTY BED CAUSING THE ROCK TRUCK TO JAR HIM KNOCKING HIS HEAD INTO THE RIGH T DOOR WINDOW. THE FOLLOWING MORNING BACK OF NECCK STIFF. WENT TO HOSPITAL 2-22-01 FOR CHECKUP. RETURNED TO WORK 2-23-02. NO RESTRICTED ACTIVITY

DEFECTIVE DIRECTIONAL DETENT CABLE ON DOZER REQUIRING EXTREME WRIST AND HAND EFFORT TO SHIFT FOR CHANGE OF DIRECTION. THIS RESULTED IN DAILY WRIST AND HAND FATIGUE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDI TIONS. STATES LEFT HAND WRIST, FINGERS AND LOWERARM EXPERIENCING PAIN, CONSTANT NUMBNESS, LOSS OF MOTION AND LOSS OF USE.

EE WAS DOING MAINTENCE WORK ON EXCAVATOR UNDER WET AND MUDDY CONDITIONS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON TRACK, HE FELL, CUTTING LOWER PART OF HIS RIGHT LEG ON SHARP PART OF TRACK.

WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM LAST STEP OF LADDER OF HIS ROCK TRUCK, HE HAD ONE FOOT ON STEP AND MOVED HIS OTHER FOOT DOWN ELEVATING HIS BODY TO ONE SIDE AND STRAINING HIS LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

OPERATOR WAS WORKING RECLAMATION WHEN DOZER SLID FROM ROCK JARRING HIM CAUSING SEATBELT TO CUT INTO HIS RIGHT SIDE OF ABDOMEN.

TURTLE VALVE FELL FROM MACK MECHANIC'S TRUCK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE KNEE.

EE REACHED OUT AND GRASPED THE TRUCK DOOR TO CLOSE FROM OUTSIDE AT THE TOP FRAME OF LEFT DOOR. AND WHEN SHUTTING DOOR DID NOT PULL HAND BACK SQUEEZING THE LAST 3 FINGERS. NOTHNING WRONG WITH P RECEEDING TWO FINGERS BUT SMASHED THE END FROM LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP AN EMPTY OIL BUCKET AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL & HIT TRUCK EE PARKED HIS ROCK TRUCK UNDER HIGHWALL A ROCK HIT THE TRUCK CAUSING THE EE TO STRIKE HIS KNEE AGAINST SOMETHING IN THE CAB

EE INFORMED THE SUPERVISOR ON 7-30-98 THAT HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT ON 7-25-98 WHILE DRIVING HIS ROCK TRUCK. HE LEFT WORK EARLY ON 7-30-98 TO GO TO SEE A DR. EE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW HOW HE WAS INJURED.

EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM HIS TRUCK TO THE GROUND, SPRAINING HIS BACK. HE DID NOT USE THE LADDERS THAT ARE ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROCKTRUCK. THE LADDERS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.