Mahoning Valley No 36: 13 MSHA citations Coal

Replacing hoist jack on 480 Michigan loader. EE positioned himself on platform on front differencial housing w/pry bar to align eye on jack to be pinned. Bar slipped out of eye, causing EE to lose balance and fall from platform to ground, approx 5' landing on his left foot.

EE was getting ready to mount the mechanics service truck he slipped off a small wooden block and fell to the ground he caught himself with his right hand and broke his right wrist.

Laborer was loading his truck. He was climbing down the ladder from the bin he was loading from and hit his elbow on the cage around the ladder. The employee did not report the incident or see a doctor until 12/19/05. The office was not aware that this injury occurred at a mine until 1/6/05.

Employee was repairing crawler on shovel. When he was aligning the thrust washer, it slipped off of dowel catching his finger.

MINER WAS CUTTING 6" PLASTIC PUMP HOSE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND LACERATED HIS LEFT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING THE AFTERNOON SHIFT ON 8-7-98 AT 9:15 PM. THE SHOVEL GROUNDMAN FOUND HIM SITTING IN HIS TRUCK WITH A CUT ABOVE AND IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT EAR, FROM AN UNKNOWN CAUSE.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM THE FUEL TANK OF THE PUMPERS TRUCK TO THE FUEL PLATFORM A DISTANCE OFF 3'4". HE SLIPPED AS HE MADE THE STEP FALLING A DISTANCE OF 6'2" FALLING BETWEEN THE PUMPERS TRUCK A DN THE FUEL STAND. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAIST THE STAND AS HE FELL. THIS CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT ELBOW.

EMPLOYEE THINKS CABLE CARRIER MIGHT HAVE QUIT RUNNING WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF POWER CAUSING CABLE CARRIER TO RUN OFF ROAD. EMPLOYEE TOOK OFF HIS SEATBELT TO JUMP OUT BUT DECIDED AGAINST JUMPING. HE WAS THROWN AROUND THE CAB CAUSING A BROKEN L1 AND L2 VERTEBRAE.

IN PIT AT THE FUEL TRUCK WITH D-9L DOZER CO. #03-8308. WAS GOING FROM DOZER TO FUEL TRUCK PLATFORM AND HIS FEET SLIPPED ON ICE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND LEVEL. WEATHER CONDITIONS: WAS FRE EZING RAIN AND ICE BUILT UP THROUGH OUT AREA DURING THE ENTIRE DAY.

ON JOY HIGHWALL AUGAR MINER LAUNCH, WHILE PUTTING CRIB BLOCK UNDER CORNER OF THE SHOVEL TO DO SOME WELDING HE GOT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN CRIB BLOCK & THE SHOVEL AS THE OPERATOR L OWERED THE SHOVEL ONTO THE CRIB BLOCK.

EE WAS HOLDING DRILL STEEL IN HIS HAND HE DROPPED HEAD & HEAD OF DRILL STEEL PUSHED INTO RT UPPER LEG

INJURED WAS MOVING A BOLTER AND WAS CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN KITCHEN OF BOLTER AND THE RIB OF COAL SEAM.

WHILE CONNECTING CRAWLER PADS ON D-9 DOZER AT QUONSET HUT. AS HE SQUATTED DOWN TO LINE UP THE ALLIGATOR CLAMPS, HE LOST HIS BALANCE, AND REACHED FOR SUPPORT TO KEEP FROM FALLING. HE GRABBED TH E EDGE OF THE CRAWLER PADS, WHICH CLAMPED DOWN ON HIS SMALL FINGER OF THE RT. HAND BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD JOINT.

SILVER SPADE STRIPPING SHOVEL REPAIR JOB TO STEERING STRICT WERE IT HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE STATIONARY DECK WHILE USING AIR HAMMER CHISEL TO CLEAN TO WELD FLU FROM THE OVERHEAD WELDED AREA H E STEPPED FROM THE PLATFORM WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT ONTO THE STEERING JACK TO BRACE HIMSELF AT WHICHTIME HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 9 FT 6 INCHES TO GROUND LEVEL.

SILVER SPADE PIT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN HIS COAL HAULER AROUND TO GET LOADED WITH COAK, WHEN A FIRE ERUPTED AND IMMEDIATELY ENGULFED THE DECK AND CAB AREA. HE EXITED THE OPERATORS CAB ON L EFT SIDE AND SEEING NO EXIT, HE JUMPED FROM LEVEL OF CAB TO GROUND LEVEL WHICH IS 10'2". HE LANDED ON BOTH FEET AND THEN BACKWARDS ON HIS BACK. FIRE LASTED 20 MIN.

ON SILVER SPADE STRIPPING SHOVE, WAS INSTALLING NEW 4 INCH DAIMETER BY 23 INCHES LONG PAD PIN ON #2 CRAWLER #4 OUTSIDE BELT). INJURED WAS HITTING PIN WITH SLEDGE HAMEMR TO DRIVE PIN INTO PAD, AND A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF TOP OF PIN, AND STRUCK INJURED IN UPPER INSIDE OF RIGH TLEG 6 INCHES ABOVE KNEE.

AT QUONSET HUT GARAGE REMOVING THE LEFT PIN FROM THE BUCKE TAND HYDRAULIC JACK ON THE CLARK 475C END LOADER AT WHICH TIME THE LADDER HE WAS WORKING OFF OF CAME UNSECURED AT THE TOP END ALLOWIN G THELADDER TO TILT AND LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING 3' TO THE GROUND HITTING HIS RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING ALACERATION JUST BELOW THE ELBOW.

USING RAGS AND SOLVENT TO CLEAN GREASE AT FLOOR LEVEL SHOVEL CHANGED DIRECTION DECK CLOSED UP AROUND JOURNAL R INDEX FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THEM

EE WAS ON SILVER SPADE STRIPPING SHOVEL. HE WAS GIVING SIGNAL TO THE CRANEMAN IN THE SHOVEL HOUSE, WHILE LOWERING SWING SHAFT TO GROUND TO REPLACE BRUSHING, SOMETHING BROKE AND HIT THE OUTSIDE OF RIGHT LOWER LEG ABOVE THE ANKLE.

INSTALLING HIGH VOLTAGE ARMOUR CABLE FROM REEL TO ROOM AND CABLE BECAME CAUGHT IN TRUOGH AS THEY THREADED CABLE THRU.I.NAME PRYED ON CABLE AND IT RELEASED CATCHING & PINCHING LITTLE FINGER BET WEEN 2ND AND 3RD JOINT RIGHT HAND CAUSING LACERATION.RETURN TO WORK AND FINISHED REGULAR SHIFT.