Millstone Reclamation: 98 MSHA citations Coal

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF CLOSING THE DOOR OF A DK45 DRILL TECH HIGHWALL DRILL, WHEN CLOSING DOOR EE CAUGHT LEFT THUMB AGAINST DOOR JAM AND HINGED AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF BREAKING COAL IN PIT AREA WITH A 988 B CAT FRONT END LOADER, FRONT END LOADER BUCKET CAUGHT GROUND AND STOPPED ABRUPTLY, CAUSING EE TO BUMP INTO FRONT END LOADER STEERING WHEEL.

EE WAS CHECKING BATTERIES ON D-10 DOZER (CAT). A METAL BATTERY COVER HAD BEEN RAISED TO GAIN ACCESS TO BATTERIES. HE FAILED TO SECURE LID COVER. HE WAS STRUCK BY COVER WHILE WORKING ON BATTERI ES. THIS COVER IS HINGED AND ATTACHED TO MACHINE FRAME.

EE TRAMMED ESCAVATOR OVER ROUGH TERRAIN AT TOO HIGH RATE OF SPEED CAUSING ABRUPT MOVEMENT AND EVENTUAL PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

MATERIAL BEING EXCAVATED FROM HIGHWALL CAME LOOSE FELL FROM WALL THRU CAB AND STRUCK VICTIM ON LEFT LEG AND RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SCRAPES & BRUISES. FIRST AID ONLY NO MEDICAL TREATMENT ADMINISTER D

EMPLOYEE INJURED RIGHT GROIN AREA, WHILE STEPPING UP ON LADDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO BULK BIN COVER TO DETERMINE LEVEL OF BULK IN BIN.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF OPERATING THE CONTROL LEVERS ON A D-65 EX-12 KOMATSU DOZER. THE MOVEMENT OF THE LEVERS TO TRAM & MANEUVER MACHINE CAUSED PAIN IN LEFT HAND & EVENTUAL PULLED LIGAMENT IN HA ND DIAGNOSIS.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF STEPPING OFF OF 777-A HAUL TRUCK LADDER. WHILE STEPPING OFF SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE WHEN CONTACT WAS MADE WITH GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING HIGHWALL WITH 350C CAT EXCAVATOR ON UNDETECTED ROCK OF SMALL SIZE WAS UNDETECTED BY INJURED. ROCK HIT PROTECTIVE CAB, CAUSING JAR AND BRUISE TO RIGHT LEG. CAB WAS POSITION ED AWAY FROM HIGHWALL DURING THE PROCESS OF SCALING HIGHWALL.

VICTIM WAS OPERATING CAT D11N DOZER IN ROAD PREPARATION WORK. THE ROADWAY BECAME SOFT AND ELEVATED, HIDDEN AREAS CAUSED TO DOZER TO SLIDE & OVERTURN. THE VICTIM RECEIVED INJURY TO LEFT SHOULD ER AND ONE RIB. TREATED & RELEASED AFTER INITIAL TREATMENT. (RAIN & VISIBILITY WERE FACTORS).

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER(CAT D-ION) ON SPOILAREA,BACKED UP AND OVER ROCK IN ROADWAY, TRACKEDSLIPPED OFF ROCK,JARRED EMPLOYEE CAUSING PAIN IN NECK AREA FROM SUDDEN JAR & IMPACT.

EE WAS USING A 1 1/2" AIR IMPACT TOOL WHILE STANDING ON LADDER AND REACHING OVER HEAD TO TIGHTENCOLLET BOLTS OF 922-C CAT FRONT END LOADER BOOM PINS. EE FELT SMALL PAIN TO LOWER BACK, NOT SIGN IFICANT AT TIME. REPORTED 2 DAYS LATER AS STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE OPERATING 375 KOMATSU DOZER, CLEANING HIGHWALL OF DEBRIS AND TREES, SLID OFF TREE AGAINST HIGHWALL WITH DOZER FRAME, CAUSING SUDDEN IMPACT IN CAB AND SEAT COMPARTMENT .

EE BECAME WEAK FROM HEAT & LOSS OF FLUID DUE TO 95 DEGREE TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY.

WHILE GRINDING METAL BOX, EMPLOYEE FELT OBJECT ENTER EYE, METAL CAUSED DISCOMFORT TO EMPLOYEE LATER IN THE DAY AND WAS REMOVED IN EMERGENCY ROOM. EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSE S.

EE WAS EXITING LOADER (992) CAB BY MEANS OF EQUIPMENT LADDER, STEPPED TO GROUND FROM BOTTOM STEP (2 FT) TWISTED BACK.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STEPPING FROM BULK TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF STEP AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE AND FRACTURE. (APPROXIMATELY 2' DROP)

OPERATOR WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN ON CAT DION BULL DOZER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK FILL AGAINST HIGHWALL. OVERBURDEN WAS ROUGH CAUSING THE MACHINE TO SUDDENLY JERK, RESULTING IN BACK INJURY. O PERATOR WAS SEEN BY A DR AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKEA FEW DAYS OFF AND RETURN TO DR ON 9-2-99 FOR AN X-RAY.

OPERATOR WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN, WHICH CONTAINED LANRGE SNADSTONE ROCKS. THIS CONDITION SOMETIMES CAUSES THE MACHINE TO SUDDENLY JERK & JAR. OPERATOR STATED AT THE END OF SHIFT, HIS NECK WAS HURTING. THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS WORSE, DR., STATED THAT HE HAD SPRAINED NECK AND UPPER BACK. ADVISED HIM TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF AND SHOULD BE OKAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH A TORCH, THEN USING A DIE GRINDER AND AIR CHISEL TO REMOVE SLAG AND DIRT, A PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS USING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.

EE WAS EXITING HIS TOOL TRUCK, WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON UNEVEN GROUND CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO CREEL.

EE WAS ATTEMPTNG TO STEP OFF REAR BUMPER OF TOOLTRUCK IN DOING SO HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE. GROUND WAS FROZEN

INSTALLING A BUSHING IN THE BOOM OF A PC220 EXCAVATOR WITHA HAMMER WHEN A PEICE OF THE BUSHING BROKE OFF HITTING HIM IN THE UPPER PART OF THE ARM.

THE EE WAS REPAIRING A LOADER RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON CUTTING HIS HEAD. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK BUT DID HAVE STITCHES.

THE MECHANIC WAS PULLING THE ENGINE OUT OF A HAULER. HE STARTED TO STEP FROM THE FRAME TO THE LADDER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A MECHANIC TO SET SOME CRIB BLOCKS TO ACK UP A LOADER, AND MASHED HIS RIGHT RINGER FINGER.

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF HIS DOZER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. HE STEPPED ON THE TRACK, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THE TRACK WAS MUDDY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD WATERED THE ROAD TO KEEP TH E DUST DOWN. SAFETY HAND RAILS WERE THERE, BUT EVIDENTLY NOT USED.

THE EE WAS OPENING THE UTILITY BOX DOOR ON A DOZER. AT THE SAME TIME OTHER WAS CLOSING THE DOOR TO THE OPERATION COMPARTMENT AND THE TWO DOORS CROSSED CAUSING A PINCH POINT WHERE EE FINGERS WE RE.

THE EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO A HAULER TO DO SOME MECHANICAL REPAIRS WHEN PAIN HIT HIM IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK AND CONTINUED TO HURT.

EE WAS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO REMOVE A BUCKET PIN FROM A LOADER WHEN A METAL FRAGMENT HIT HIM UNDER HIS RIGHT EYEBROW.

HE WAS DOING MECHANICAL REPAIRS TO A DOZER. WHILE KNOCKING A CHIESAL OUT OF TWO PIECES OF METAL WITH A HAMMER, THE CHIESEL FLEW OUT AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A TORQUE IN A LOADER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE FRAME. AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED, HE DID NO THINK IT WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO SEEK MEDICAL AT TENTION. HOWEVER ON 12-22-95, HIS KNEE WAS SWOLLEN AND HE WAS HAVING PAIN. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR.