White Rock Quarries - South: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

As employee attempted to insert one of the retaining pins ee felt a pain in left shoulder.

Employee had an allergic reaction to the latex gloves he was wearing and to the degreaser with which he came in contact

On June 6, 2014 a dragline slid into the water filled pit. No injury or illness was suffered, and no lost work day or restricted days were incurred. The North American Coal Corporation is and was contractually obligated to and is and was legally responsible for operating and maintaining dragline with its own employees.

Employee was pulling a hose from the service truck to the portable crusher diesel tank. The hose became entangled on the stairs. As he pulled on the hose it became entangled causing his elbow to strike the diesel tank.

A welder was working on the bucket of a dragline. It was a hot day so the welder decided to set up a blower motor aimed at him to cool off. While using the air chipping hammer a small flake of metal was blown under his welding hood and into his right eye by the fan. The employee was taken to workers comp where a doctor removed an embedded metal fragment from his eye.

Slipped when exiting the Boehringer Crusher, catching his right foot on the hammer resulting in a fall that fractured his right great toe.

We experienced a fire on our 6400 Dragline in the area of the main engine. Two operators began to fight the fire & then firefighters from the Fire Department extinguished the blaze & pumped foam to avoid re-ignition. No injuries were sustained. Investigations showed a lost 24 volts carrier from starters near fuel lines could have caused it.

EE missed a step while dismounting the printer stand by the scale, falling and hitting his left knee and left elbow.

Finger was injured while installing a track roller on a dozer.

Employee hit a bump in the road while driving the water truck, spraining his back.

Employee cut U-bolt holding cable to spool. Tension in cable was released knocking employee to the ground on his back.

IW received acid burn to both eyes after a battery exploded while being charged. IW was standing next to battery and was not wearing eye protection.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REINSTALL AN AIR CONDITIONING VENT IN EE LOADER CAB WHEN EE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BY THE FAN

EE WALKING STEPPED WRONG WAY AND SPRAINED FOOT

WHILE OPERATING THE CRUSHER, DIGGING ROCKS OUT O THE CRUSHER, THE LEFT ARM STARTED SWELLING FROM THE LOWER PART INTO THE HAND CAUSING PAIN.

WHILE GETTING OFF MACHINE, WAS ON TRACK STEPPING ONTO LADDER, FOOT SLIPPED, HIT HIS KNEE ON THE TRACK PADS.

EE FELL BACK OVER A BOULDER, INJURING HIS LOWER BACK.

WHILE STANDING ON THE STABILIZER ARM OF THE CURSHSER FUELING IT, HE REACHE DUP HIHG, LOST HIS BALANCE. THE WIND WAS VERY STRONG THAT DAY EE FELL HITTING THE OUTSIDE CORNER OF THE STABILIZER A RM. THE FALL WAS APPROX 3' LANDIN GON HIS BACK, INJURING HIMSELF.

EE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE MAST ON THE CRUSHER ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE BOOM CABLE BACK IN THE SHEAVE AND USING A PRY BAR WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE LEFT HAND WAS BALANCING THE SHEAVE WHEN THE CABLE CAME DOWN THE OUTSIDE LACERATIN HIS LEFT HAND.

WHILE GETTING ON TOP OF THE SWING GUARD TO CHECK THE HOIST BRAKE. THE GUARD, APPROX. 40 INCH HIGH. HE WAS STANDING ON THE STEP GOING TO THE OPERATORS CAB. FROM THIS POINT HE PULLED HIMSELF ONT O IT. SOMETHING TORE IN HIS KNEE.

THE WELDING TRUCK WAS STARTED WHILE IN GEAR BY ANOTHER EE , WHO HAS SINCE BEEN TERMINATED, CAUSING IT TO LUNGE FORWARD AND PIN EE BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER WORK TRUCK SITTING IN FRONT OF THE WELD ING TRUCK. HE SUSTAINED BRUISES ON HIS LEFT LEG AND UP TO HIS STOMACH, ALONG WITH A CHEST WALL SCONTUSION.

CAUGHT FINGER LEFT HAND, BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND BUMPER ON SUPERINTENDENTS PICK UP TRUCK.

WITH 5 GALLON BUCKET IN HAND, I WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE CATWALK ON THE DRAGLINE. I HAD THE BUCKET IN BOTH HANDS, LOST MY BALANCE & FELL.

BACKED ONTO A BOULDER, HIS BACK WAS JOLTED, INJURED.

THE BATTERY EXPLODED CAUSING TEMPORARY INJURY TO THE LEFT EYE.

THE DRAG CHAIN SLIPPED AND MOVED SUDDENLY WHILE I WAS REPAIRING THE DUMP SOCKET ON THE DRAGLINE.

INJURED WENT TO CHECK THE BRAKES ON THE DRAGLINE BUT HAD FORGOTTEN HIS TOOLS,SO HE JUMPED OFF THE MACHINE HURTING HIS BACK.

DRAGLINE WENT INTO LAKE.WHILE MOVING DRAGLINE,OPERATOR AND OILER HAD TO JUMP FROM MACHINE HITTING TRACKS AND GROUND.

WHILE LIFTING AN OIL CONTAINER, HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPL WAS TOLD NOT TO SUSPEND BUCKET WITHOUT SUPPORT.

WHILE CLIMBING ON DRAGLINE LOST GRIP & FELL.

GETTING OUT OF TRUCK I.NAME TWISTED ANKLE.

DRAGLINE FELL INTO LAKE.I.NAME HIT ON SIDE OF FACE,ARM & LEGS.

THE OPERATOR SHUT THE DRAGLINE DOWN AND CLIMBED OFF. THE OILER WENT TO THE ROOF AND REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP. THE PRESSURE THEN SPRAYED HOT WATER AND BURNT HIM FROM THE WAIST UP, ON THE LEFT S IDE OF HIS BODY.

WHILE CHANGING A DRAGLINE CABLE ON 88B, HITTING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, KNOCKING THE WEDGE OUT A PIECE OF DRAGLINE CABLE FLEW OUT AND STRUCK IN HIS LEFT LEG.

HE WAS LEVELING3A PAD BEHIND A 2400 DRAGLINE. HE STOPPED AND GOT OFF THE BULLDOZER AND ASKED ANOTHER OPERATOR TO RELIEVE HIM FRO AWHILE SO HE COULD TAKE A BREAK. AFTER THE BREAK HE APPROACHED THE BULLDOZER F9OM BEHIND ON THE LEFT SIDE AND HE TRIED TO GET ON WHILE THE BULLDOZER WAS STILL IN MOTION. THE OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE OR HEAR HIM.

THE EMPLOYEE HA8 NOT CONTACTED US, WE HAVE TRIED GETTING IN TOUCH WITH HIM THROUGH THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS THAT HE GAVE US, BUT WITH NO UCCESS. SO THERE IS A LOT OF DETAILS WE ARE UNA BLE TO GIVE YOU1

ASCENDING FROM 8RAGLINE TO THE GROUND EMPLOYEE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE,CAUSING SPRAIN.

WAS PULLING HOI8T CABLE THROUGH BOOM POINT SHEAVE WHEN OTHER HELPERS LET CABLE GO CAUSING CABLE END TO FLIP OVER HITTING I NAME ON TOP OF HIS HEAD JUST AS HE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP HIS HARD HAT WHICH HAD FALLE3 OFF

OILER WAS SENT 2OME DUE TO MACHINE BREAKDOWN SAID OILER WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM MANAGEMENT WENT ON LIMA #2 WITHOUT OPERATORS KNOWLEDGE & PUT HIS HAND ON FAN BLADES SEVERING RIGHT SMALL FING ER. 3

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING A DRAGLINE EXCAVATING A LAKE WHEN THE BANK GAVE WAY CAUSING THE DRAGLINE TO FALL INTO THE LAKE. I.NAME WAS ABLE TO GET OUT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES.

I.NAME WAS PULL3NG ON A JACK HANDLE IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET AND THE HANDLE STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH

WHILE MAKING ADJUSTMENT TO HOIST BRAKE ON 88B DRAGLINE, THE TRANSMISSION SHAFT COUPLING CAUGHT OILERS CLOTHING THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT SIDE.

I.NAME WAS GETTING OFF THE DRAGLINE TRIED TO USE A BOULDER FOR STEP THE BOULDER MOVED AND HE FELL. INJURING LOWER BACK SCRAPED RIGHT ELBOW AND LEFT KNEE.

WHILE REMOVING A 1 1/2" WIRE ROPE FROM REAR OF D9 TRACTOR THE ROPE TWISTING UNDER TENSION SQUEEZING RIGHT THUMB ON DRAWBAR DISLODGING NAL FROM FINGER.

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A WATER PUMP THEN LATER COMPLAINED OF A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

OPERATOR ROBERT BURKE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF HIS 88B DRAGLINE WHILE WALKING ON TRACKS TO GET UP LADDER. HE FELL BACKWARDS ON THE GROUND HURTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, ON ROCK PILE.

FRANCISCO WAS REACHING OVER FOR A BUCKET OF WATER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HURT HIS BACK.