Viking Mine - Knox Pit: 228 MSHA citations Coal

Employee was moving end cap from a push arm off a D-11 out of the bed of his service truck, it slid out of the bed and fell to the bumper landing on his left pinky finger. The result was a fractured finger.

Employee cut plastic tie holding hose and punctured left wrist with pocket knife.

EE WITH AID OF TRUCK HOIST WAS SETTING A BELL CRANK FROM ENDLOADER ONTO A PAIR OF STEEL SAWHORSES. THE BELL CRANK STARTED TO SLIDE ON SAWHOURSE CAUSING SAW HORSE TO TOPPLE. EE REACHED WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO STEADY LOAD AND IN DOING SO HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO A PINCHPOINT BETWEEN BELL CRANK AND SAW HORSE MASHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AROUND THE FIRST JOINT.

EE SAID HE WAS INSTALLING FUEL FILTERS ON A 785 HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK FROM LEANING AND TWISTING.

EE WAS ON A 4' STEP LADDER WORKING ON THE WIRINGUNDERNEATH THE FRONT SHOVEL WHEN THE GROUND GAVEAWAY & ONE LEG SANK INTO THE GROUND CAUSING THE LADDER TO BREAK. EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS LEFT HIP & LEG, BREAKING HIS FEMER BONE IN 4PLACES.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CATERPILLAR WATER TRUCK AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD. THIS JARRED HIM ADN CAUSED THE INJURY TO HIS BACK.

EE STATES THAT HE WAS RUBBING DOG IN SHOP DOWN THE BACK AND IT TURNED ITS HEAD TOWARD HIM. HE JERKED HIS HAND BACK AND THINKS HE MUST HAVE HIT THE EDGE OF THE PICNIC TABLE IN THE SHOP AND CUT HIS FINGER.

OUR EE WAS REMOVING A BORING BAR AND DRILL FROM THE MACHINE. WHEN THE DRILL WAS BEING REMOVE, IT FELL. WHEN IT REACHED THE END OF THE SAFETY CHAIN. THE EE HAD HIS LEFT HAND IN THE CHAIN. AS IT GOT TIGHT, THE END OF THE SAFETY LATCH CAME INTO HIS FINGER. 1ST ONE LEFT HAND AND IT TOOK OFF THAT FINGERTIP.

HE WAS RAISING SIDE COMPARTMENT OF HOOD ON POWDER TRUCK IN ORDER TO CHANGE FAN BELTS. HOOD WAS HEAVE DUE TO MUD BUILDUP UNDERNEATH. HE WASN'T AWARE OF EXTRA WEIGHT OF HOOD; WHEN ATTEMPTING T O LIFT, HE ENCOUNTERED MORE WEIGHT THAN HE WAS ABLE TO LIFT AND DROPPED HOOD BACK TO ITS RESTING PLACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS ON 801 HYDRAULIC FILTER HOUSING WITH 1/2 INCH DRIVE RATCHETT. THE BOLTS WERE VERY TIGHT AND THE LOCKING MECHANISM IN THE RATCHETT DID NOT HOLD. WHEN THE RATCHETT SLIPPED HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND THE PAIN BECAME WORSE.

EE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SKID LOADER LAYING A 10' LONG PIECE OF 3" SCH 40 STEEL PIPE ACROSS THEW TOP LIP OF THE BUCKET SO THAT THE PIPE COULD BE CARRIED ON THE LOADERS TILT CYLINDERS. T HE PIPE ROLLED SLIGHTLY BACKWARDS PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE TOP EDGE OF THE BUCKET AND THE PIPE.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING POWDER TRUCK TO LOAD A SHOLE. IN THE PROCESS, USING PROPER DISMOUNTING PROCEDURES, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE CAUSING IT TO POP. THIS HAS CAUSED HIM TO SUFFER SOME PAIN AND S WELLING.

A ROTOR ASSEMBLY WAS BEING LIFTED OUT OF A HTC-43 CENTRIFUGAL DRYER WITH A 2 CHAIN SPREADER ATTACHED 180 DEGREES APART. THE ROTOR WAS STUCK ON ONE SIDE CAUSING THE OPPOSITE SIDE TO RAISE UP AB OUT 12". EE TOOK A COME-A-LONG AND WAS LIFTING UP ON THE STUCK SIDE WHEN IT BROKE FREE ALLOWING THE RAISED SIDE TO PIVOT AT THE CHAINS THE STUCK SIDE WHEN IT BROKE FREE ALLOWING THE RAISED SI

MECHANIC HAD FINISHED WASHING PARTS IN SOLVENT TUB. HE CLEANED UP TO PREPARE FOR WELDING TASK. UPON LIGHTING THE WELDING TORCH WITH THE STRIKER, THE SLEEVE OF HIS RIGHT ARM IGNITED AND FLAMES BURNED THE FRONT AND BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS. THE FLAME WAS SMOTHERED IN OIL DRY WITH THE HELP OF CALVIN BEDWELL.

AFTER MAKING MINOR REPAIRS TO DRILL, EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DISMOUNT DRILL WITH HAND FULL OF TOOLS. LEFT FOOT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH POINTED ROCK ON SURFACE OF DRILL BENCH CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO T URN ANKLE AND BREAK LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON LADDER WIRING A VIBRATOR TO HOPPER HE WAS STANDING APPROX 8FT HIGH THE LADDER SLIPPED & FELL THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS RT KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS BULDING WORK BENCH. HE WAS POSITIONED UNDER BENCH LIFTING A STEEL PLATE INTO PLACE. HIS KNEE LOCKED UP. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 MIN. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK, HOWEVER, THE INJURY WORSENED AND WORK WAS NOT POSSIBLE BY 5-4-94.

THE OPERATOR WAS LOADED AND TARPING HIS LOAD.THE ROPE DID NOT GO OVER THE BED BUT LANDED INSIDE.HE CLIMBED UP TO TETRIEVE THE ROPE;AND THEN FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING CAT 777 DOWN #2 INCLINE. A LARGE ROCK(3'X3'X2.5' WAS IN ROAD ALONG SIDE OF SPOIL. EMPLOYEE STATED HE DID NOT SEE ROCK IN TIME TO AVOID HITTING IT. EMPLOYEE'S TRUCK STRADDL ED ROCK WITH FRONT TIRES BUT RAN OVER IT WITH REDUALS CAUSING TRUCK TO LEAVE GROUND AND WHEN RETURNING CAUSED JOLT TO OPERATOR.

WHILE TRYING TO LOOSEN A BOLT IN A VALVE FLANGE WITH A CRESCENT WRENCH, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF ALLOWING HIS LEFT ELBOW TO STRIKE A BOLT IN A VALVE FLANGE DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM.

EMPLOYEE WAS SENT OT GET PUMPS TARTED PUMPING WATER AGAIN. ONE OTHER EMPLOYEE WS SENT TO WARN FIRST EMPLOYEE THAT PUMP MIGHT BE HOT. EMPLOYEE STATED HE THOUGH PUMP WAS NOT UNDER PRESSURE. WH ILE TRYING TO PRIM PUMP, HOT WATER WAS SPRAYED ON EMPLOYEE.

THE OPERATOR OF THE 1800 SHOVEL WAS LIFTING AN 8D BATTERY INTO PLACE ON THE MACHINE HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

STEEL CENTER PUNCH BROKE OFF AND ENTERED PALM OF LEFT HAND PUNCTURE TO LEFT PALM.