No 27 Strip Coal

Employee stated was climbing up ladder to get on hauler. EE was standing on the bumper or step above so as to set thermos onto the catwalk. As EE did, hand slipped off the hand rail and EE fell backwards onto the ground. EE landed on back resulting in nine fractured ribs to the right side.

Employee was walking across shot rock to the foreman's truck when their right foot slipped off of a rock and into a crevice. This caused the foot to bend backwards. Went to ER that night to get checked due to increasing pain. X-rays were negative but lost time started on 07/25/17.

Employee stated that he was operating a hauler and was being loaded with mine spoil. The loader operator accidentally dropped a large rock into the hauler bed causing it to jar the employee. This motion caused pain in his neck area. Went to ER later in shift to get checked. Missed the next work shift, thus reportable.

Employee stated that he was getting up into the hauler. The first step was a little high off of the ground. He grabbed the handrail to pull himself up the ladder. When he did, he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. Went to ER that night to get checked. Kept off of work for the next two days.

Employee stated that he was operating excavator moving spoil material. A rock rolled out of the spoil and hit a foot long stick laying on the ground. The stick flipped into the air and through the windshield cab guard and busted the windshield. A foreign body got into his right eye. Would not flush out so he went to doctor to have removed. Given eye drops (used for 2 days).

Employee stated that he was operating dozer in the shot when he got off for a moment. When he was getting back on the dozer, his foot was on the step on the push beam and his hand was on the hand hold. As he was pulling himself upon the track, his hand slipped off causing him to fall back onto the ground. Had some back pain, went to ER, and missed one shift of work on 5/2/2014.

Employee stated that he was helping the mechanic put the bottom foot plate on the left leveling jack on the drill. When he raised up, he hit the back of his head on the leveling jack causing a head injury. Has not missed any work shifts but is reportable due to being on light duty.

Employee stated that he was removing the bit ring from the drill bit/sub with a hammer. As he was striking with the hammer, a piece of metal flew off, struck and imbedded in top of right hand behind thumb. Became reportable on 5/16/13 when he decided to have it surgically removed and lost 2 days work.

Employee stated that he was using a pry bar to lift up on the dozer track so as to put it back together. When he let loose of the bar, he felt pain in between the shoulder blades. Went to doctor on 8/20/12. No lost time but is on work restrictions.

Employee stated that he was changing cutting edges on dozer. He was using a grinder, cutting torch, and air wrench. Sometime during this process, a piece of metal got into his left eye. Noticed it later that day but could not rinse it out. Went to doctor on 1/26/12 & had it removed from eye.

Employee stated that he was pushing out shot rock with his dozer. As he was backing his dozer, he ran over a rock causing the dozer to shift and become unbalanced. This motion jarred the employee resulting in low back pain. Went to doctor on 1/24/12 & became reportable.

Employee stated that he was digging rock off of the coal seam. The loader struck some tight rock and came to a sudden halt causing a whiplash type motion to the employee's neck area.

Employee stated that he was removing the bolts from the lip saver on a loader bucket. Holding bolt head with right hand while using air wrench with left hand. The bolt spun in his hand causing laceration to right middle finger. Reportable due to requiring sutures.

Employee stated that he was getting out of his mechanic's truck. As he stepped onto the ground, he stepped onto a ridge of dirt and sprained his right ankle.

Employee stated that he was aligning sprocket and chain up with hole in the pull down cylinder. He was moving a shim in the hole when the sprocket fell down on top of his left middle finger causing a laceration. No lost time but reportable due to having to glue/suture laceration.

Employee stated that he was laying on his left side using a cutting torch to cut out bogie pins on dozer roller frame. A piece of metal slag popped off and into his right ear. To ER doctor-burn, ear drops. To comp doctor on 12/6 & 12/13 - puncture ear drum. To ENT doctor on 12/16-same diagnosis. Talked to MSHA/Denver 12/22 and report as first aid case per them. No lost time.

Reported 9/8/10 - attempting to hook up hose from tanker to tractor to blow off product, slipped and fell backward hit catwalk and landed on tail bone.

Employee stated that he was helping the mechanic change the cutting edges on a dozer blade. He bent over to pick up an air impact wrench. As he picked it up, he felt a sharp pain in his back going down into his left leg. He did not report the injury until 11/09/2009 when he incurred lost work days.

Employee stated that he was operating a loader in soft material. The swaying/rocking motion of the loader in this material caused pain in lower back area radiating down his legs. Missed first work shift on 5/21/08 thus being a reportable injury.

Employee stated that he was helping the mechanic to lower the pull bar on a fuel tanker so as to hook it to his dozer in order to move the tanker. As they were pulling down on the bar, it fell and struck the employee's leg causing a deep laceration above his right knee.

Employee stated that he was operating a loader in the strip pit when the loader bucket struck the highwall causing loader to stop abruptly. This jarred the employee causing low back pain. Not reportable until lost time incurred on 10-24-06.

Employee stated that he was operating a dozer pushing out shot rock. The right front corner bit of the dozer blade slipped out of the tight rock causing it to jar the employee in the cab resulting in pain in back area.

Moving an Auger around on a shot loader when a rock fell down off the high wall striking left thigh & forehead

Loading powder truck, he bent down to go under the anfo bin, straightened up, felt something pull in neck.

Employee stated that he had parked his truck, set brake, & got into truck bed to look for a pin in tool box. The truck started sliding and slid into rear end of a parked tractor trailer. Employee was thrown into the side of the tool box.

Job mechanic had removed the old filtering system from the diesel fueling station so as to install a new larger system. Some spillage resulted. As he proceeded to weld on the bumper of the fueling station, the diesel spillage caught on fire and spread along the station. He could not control the fire in time by extinguishers, thus destroying the fueling station.

Employee stated that he was loading a truck with bags of slurry. He reached down and picked up 2 bags of slurry (40lbs each bag), one in each hand. He raised up and turned to go toward the truck with the slurry bags. As he did, he felt pain in his lower back area.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAULER WHICH WAS USED TO HAUL SPOIL FROM THE PIT AREA TO THE DUMP AREA. DURING THE HAUL, THE SEAT IN THE HAULER BOTTOMED OUT JARRING HIM, RESULTING IN PAIN IN HIS LOWE R BACK AREA. LOST TIME WAS INCURRED STARTING 3-4-04.

EE STATED THAT WHILE HIS HAULER WAS BEING LOADED WITH SHOT MATERIAL DIRT OFF A SPOIL BANK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL DOWN AGAINST THE HAULER CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE THE EE AROUND INSIDE THE CAB. THIS RESULTED IN A WHIPLASH TYPE OF INJURY TO THE EE NECK/SHOULDER AREA.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A HAULER IN THE MINE PIT. AS HE WAS BEING LOADED, THE FRONT END LOADER TIRE RAN UPON A ROCK ON THE GROUND CAUSING THE LOADER BUCKET TO STRIKE THE CAB SHIE LD ON THE HAULER. THIS RESULTED IN THE HAULER JARRING THE EMPLOYEE.

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING THE BOTTOM ENGINE GUARDS WHEN THE END OPPOSITE INJURED FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING THE GUARD TO HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT HAND. THE GUARDS WERE HEAVIER THAN NORMAL DUE TO MUD AND DIRT. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE GUARD,A CRANE WAS NOT AN OPTION AND HAD TO BE REMOVED BY HAND (TWO MEN).

EE STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE LOADER FOR AN OIL LEAK. AS HE OPENED THE DECK LID TO LOOK, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DECK LID AND HANDLE, MASHING HIS FINGER. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, HE J ERKED HIS FINGER OUT CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF HIS RT. RING FINGER. NO LOST TIME INVOLVED BUT REPORTABLE DUE TO FRACTURE.

EE WAS CHECKING A LOADER RADIATOR THAT WAS OVER-HEATING. THE RADIATOR CAP WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED. IT WAS HOT TO THE TOUCH SO HE STEPPED ON TOPOF IT WITH HIS FOOT. AS HE DID, THE CAP BLEW OFF AND HOT FLUID/STEAM BLEW ONTO HIS FACE & ON THE RIGHT ARM.

EMPLOYEE STATES; I WAS WALKING PAST THE DRILL ONTHE JOB, AND A PIECE OF METAL CAME LOOSE FROM THE DRILL AND STRUCK ME IN THE LEFT SHOULDER. DRILL WAS BEING OPERATED BY GREATER WISE, JENICE POW ERS.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE LOADER WOULD NOT START . HE RAISED THE LID ON THE BATTERY BOX TO CHECK THE TERMINAL ENDS. AS HE SHUT THE LID ON THE BATTERY BOX, THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN BODY INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE FOREIGN BODY WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND WENT TO DOCTOR ON 8-19-98 TO HAVE IT REMOVED. ONE LOST WORKDAY THUS INCURRED.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A HAULER WHICH WAS BEING LOADED WITH SHOT MATERIAL. AS THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS APPROACHING THE HAULER WITH A BUCKET FULL OF SHOT, THE LOADER RAN OVER A RO CK CAUSING IT TO BECOME UNBALANCED. THE LOADER OPERATOR LOWERED THE BUCKET AND STRUCK THE HAULER BED WITH THE BUCKET CAUSING IT TO JAR THE INJURED EMPLOYEE. 1/22/98 1ST LOST DAY.

EE STATED THAT HE HAD CLIMBER UP A STEP LADDER TO FUEL UP HIS HAULER. AS HE WAS STEPPING DOWN, HE MISSED A STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND & ONTO HIS RIGHT LEG RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO THE FIBULA. THE FALL WAS APPROS 3'FROM LADDER TO GROUND.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING THE COAL PIT WITH A COAL LOADER. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL SOME TIGHT ROCK OFF OF THE TOP OF THE COAL SEAM, HE HAD TO DIG THE ROCK OFF WITH THE LOADER S TRIKING THE BUCKET AGAINST THE ROCK. THE IMPACT OF THE LOADER STRIKING AGAINST THE ROCK CAUSED PAIN IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LOWER BACK AREA.

EE STATE THAT HE WAS STANDING ON THE SPOIL DUMP WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW DIRT INTO HIS EYES. HE FLUSHED OUT HIS EYES BUT COULD NOT GET THE FOREIGN MATERIAL OUT OF HIS LEFT EYE. HE WENT TO DR O N 11-5-96, AND HAD THE FOREIGN MATTER REMOVED . NO LOST TIME BUT REPORTABLD DUE TO MEDICATION ADDED TO HIS EYE.

EE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEANING COAT PIT WITH THECOAL LOADER. AS HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER, THEBUCKET ON THE LADER STRUCK A ROCK IN THE SPOIL ON ON THE PIT EDGE CAUSING THE LADER TO STOP ABRUPTLY. THIS JARRED THE EE AND CAUSED PAIN TO HIS BACK AREA. NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL HE LOST WORKDAYS STATING ON 10/23/96

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WA ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A LARGE BOULDER WITH THE BUCKETT OF A FRONT END LOADER. AS HE WAS MOVING THE BOULDER, IT CAM EOFF OF THE LAODER BUCKET CAUSING THE LOADER TO BOUN CE SEVERELY ANDJAR THE EMPLOYEE. THIS CAUSED A STRAIN TO THE EMPLOYEE'S LOWER BACKK AREA RESULTING IN LOST TIME BEGINNIG WITHT HE 7-3-96 SHIFT.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE FRONT END LOADER CLEANING COAL. A ROCK FELL OUT/OFF OF THE HIGHWALL AND STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE GLASS ON THE LOADER. THE GLASS PANEL SHATTERED AND PIECE S OF GLASS STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S FACE AND EYES. A PIECE OF GLASS CAUSED A CORNEAL ABRASION TO THE RIGHT EYE. NO LOST TIME BUT REPORTABLE DUE TO MEDICATION PUT IN RIGHT EYE.

EE STATED THAT HIS PICKUP TRUCK WOULD NOT START.HE RAISED THE TRUCK HOOD & WIGGLED THE WIRES AT THE BATTERY POST. THE TOP OF THE BATTERY EXPLODED & SPRAYED BATTERY ACID IN EE'S LEFT EYE. IRRIG ATED EYE WITH WATER. DR. CHECKED OUT & GAVE A PRCRIPTION FOR ANTIBIOTIC DROPS FOR EYE. NO LOST TIME BUT REPORTABLE DUE TO PRESCRIPTION.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DIGGING INTO SHOT MATERIAL TO LOAD HAULERS. HE HIT A TIGHT SPOT IN THE BOTTOM OF SHOT ROCK. AS HE PULLED UP ROCK WITH BUCKE TTEETH, THE ROCK ROLLED OVER AND BUCKE TSCOTTED ACROSS HE ROCK CAUSING BUCKET OT ROLL BACK, HHIT THE BUCKET STOP AND JAR THE EMPLOYEE. THIS REEAGGRAVATED AN OLD INJURY (NON-JOB RELATED) AND RESULTS IN A LOST TIME INJURY BEING REP

EE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A BLOADER IN SHOT MATERIAL. A FEW ROCKS FELL OUT OF THE HIGHWALL. ONE SMALL ROCK BROKE OUT THE SIDE WINDOW ON THE LOADER CAB. ANOTHER LARGER ROCK FELL INTO A MU D HOLE ON THE GROUND WHEN IT STRUCK THE MUD, MUDSPLASHED ONTO THE LOADER AND THRU THE BROKE WINDOW. EE LEFT EYE WAS STRUCK BY SOME MUD.

EMPLOYEE STA TED THAT HE WAS TRAMMING DOZER TO FUEL STATION HE LOOKED BACK BEHIND HIM FOR ANOTHER DOZER HIS DOZER RAN OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD & AS THE FRONT END SAT DOWN IT BOUNCED HIM & CAUSE D HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON A RADIO BRACKET CAUSINGLACERATIONS TO HIS HEAD WENT TO DOC LACERATIONS REQUIRED SUTURES THUS MAKING INJURY REPORTABLE NO LOST TIME

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING UP ON A SIX INCH WATER PUMP (TONGUE FO TRAILER) TO HOOK ONTO TRUCK BUMPER. HE DID NOTNOTICE THE SAFETY CHAIN OF THE TRAILER FROZEN TOT HE GROUND. AS HE TR IED TO LIFT UP, IT CAUSED PAIN TO LOWER BACK AREA RESULTING IN A MILD LUMBAR STRAIN. WENT TO DR ON2-11-94.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING BLAST HOLES NEAR A HIGHWALL HE STATED THAT HE WOULD PERIODICALLY CHECK THE HIGHWALL FOR DRIBBLING ROCKS AS HE WAS LOADING HOLES A FEW ROCKS FELL OUT OF OROF F OF THE HIGHWALLL WHEN HE NOTICED THE FALLING ROCKS HE TURNED TO MOVE AWAY BUT A ROCK STRUCK HIS HARD HAT GLANCED OFF & STRUCK EMPLOYEES RT SIDE FACE/EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UP ONTO HAND RAILS & CLIBING ONTO DRILL WHEN HE FELT A STINGING PAIN IN LOWER BACK AREA. THIS WAS A RE-INJURY TO HIS BACK, FROM A REPORT DATED 6-2-92 (ACCIDENT DATE). THI S IS BEING RELUCTANTLY REPORTED AS A NEW INJURY WITH THE FIRST LOST WORK DAY OCCURING ON 1-18-93.

LIFTING BIT CAGE STRAINED LOWER BACK

EE WAS AT THE EXPLOSIVE MAGAZINE GETTING BLASTING SUPPLIES WHEN HE RECEIVED A BEE STING TO THE LEFT HAND AND TO THE RIGHT LEG CAUSING A LOCAL REACTION TO THE BEE STING EE WENT TO DR AND RECEIV ED AN INJECTION OF DECADRON AND RETURN TO WORK. NO LOST RESULTED.

DRIVING METAL PIN IN TOOTH ON CAT PC OF METAL FLEW OFF PIN STRUCK LODGED IN EMP LHAND

EMPLOYEE WAS OUTSIDE OF HAULER CLEANING THE WINDOWS WHEN THE WIND BLEW FOREIGN MATTER (DIRT) INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 11-5-90 TO REMOVE FOREIGN MATTER FROM EYE. NO LOST TIME RESUL TED BUT REPORTABLE DUE TO USING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR EYE. (MILD CORNEAL ABRASION).

EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF HAULER CAB TO CLEAN MIRRORS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON CATWALK DUE TO RAIN (SLICK) CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL AND STRIKE RIGHT KNEE AGAINST METAL RAILING RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO RIGHT KNEE AREA REQUIRING FIVE STITCHES.

EMPL WAS OPERATING DOZER WHEN A ROCK ROLLED BETWEEN TILT JACK AND GUARD ON R SIDE OF DOZER BLADE EMPL STOPPED DOZER TO REMOVE ROCK EMPL THEN POSITIONED HIMSELF TO MOVE ROCK AND AS HE ROLLED TH E ROCK OVER TO THE SIDE OFF OF DOZER BLADE THE EXERTION CUASED STRAIN TO LOWER BACK AREA

EMPL ENGAGING AUGER LEVER ON BULK TRUCK WHEN HYDRAULIC HOSE BURST AND HYDRAULIC OIL STRUCK EMPL RIGHT EYE.EMPL WENT TO DR ON 10-18-88 DUE TO REDNESS OF EYE.GIVEN RX FOR EYE DROPS AND WENT BACK TO WORK.NO LOST TIME.

EMPL DRIVING METAL PIN INTO LOADER BUCKET WHEN PIECE OF METAL FROM BUCKET PIN FLEW OFF STRUCK AND LODGED IN EMPL RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND 1ST FINGER.METAL WAS CUT OUT BY DR AND STITCHED WI TH NO LOST TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING CUTTING EDGE BOLTS. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE TURNED, HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING A PULLED LIAIGAM IN THE KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF DRILL AND ONTO GROUND WHEN FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST SPRAIN RIGHT KNEE. WENT TO DOCTOR AND FIRST LAST WORK DAY OCCURRED ON 7-22-88 ALTHOUGH ACCIDENT O CCURRED ON 7-19-88.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO INSTALL A TOOTH COVER AUTO LOADER BUCKET,THE HAMMER ACTION CAUSED A METAL CHIP TO FLY OFF,STRIKE AND EMBEDED INTIO THE EMPLOYEES LEFT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE.

ON 4-28-88 EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DR DUE TO A SPRAINED LEFT KNEE SAID TO HAVE BOOM INJURED ON THE JOB ON OR AROUND THE FIRST ON MARCH 1988 EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STOPPING DOWN OFF OF THE P BEAM ON HIS DOZER ONTO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE THE FIRST HIS DOZER ONTO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE THE FIRST DR VISIT AND FIRST LOST WORK DAY DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL 4-28.

EMPLOYEE ASSIST3NG IN INSTALLING A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL INTO CAROUSEL OF DRILL WHEN DRILL STEEL LODGED AND EMPLOYEE PRIED STEEL LOOSE AND STEEL FELL ONTO EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING DOZER IN SHOT MATERIAL BACKING UP OVER ROCKS AND BACKED INTO SOLID ROCKS CAUSING A JOLT TO EMPLOYEEAND THUS THE JOLR CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK AREA.

FLOODED BY WATE9 DISPLACED FROM NEARBY PIT BY SHOT.MATERIAL WHEN SHOT WAS DETONATED,EMPL WAS BEING HELPED UP SPOIL BANK WHEN ROCK WAS ACCIDENTLY LOOSENED ON BANK BY ANOTHER EMPL.ROLLED DOWN TH E BANK AND STRU7K INJ ON FACE CAUSING LACERATIONS AND FX NOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MEASURING DEPTH OF BOREHOLE WHEN RETRIEVING TAPE MEASURE WITH WEIGHT ON END THE TAPE BECAME LODGED IN BOREHOLE WHILE TUGGING ON TOPE TO FREE LODGED END THE TAPE CAME LOOSE AND TH E WEIGHT ON END OF TAPE STRUCK THE INJURED ON LEFT EYE AND NOSE