All MSHA-reportable accidents at Alpha Coal West, Inc. operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.
While using a floor mounted grinder to smooth up a cut on a thin piece of metal the object and the employees right hand were pulled into the wire brush wheel. The table and guards were all in place and properly adjusted. The employee sustained an amputation on the tip of the little finger and a laceration on the ring finger which required 12 stitches to close.
While using a jack to change a tire the tech pinched his thumb between the jack and the truck tow hook.
Mechanic was loosening the end of an engine hose when his wrench slipped, causing his thumb to be pinched against the haul truck structure. This resulted in a cut to his right thumb.
Tried to throw a rope with weight on the end of it down to a poly pipe in a coal recovery pit.
A mechanic was moving an equipment part and as he lifted it he strained his groin resulting in a hernia.
Crawling out of car body and strained muscel in thorasic region of the back
An operator was moving a D11 Caterpillar dozer from one work area to another. As he was traveling the dozer encountered an abrupt change in the surface elevation. The sudden movement caused the operator's right hand to be pinched causing a small fracture in the tip of the right thumb, and stitches to close the wound.
The employee was using a pocket knife in his right hand to cut some tape when it sliped and lacerated the left hand palm. It required 5 stitches to close the wound.
While cutting cable tray with a battery powered sawsall, the individual's left hand slipped past the tool grip, crushing his finger in the mechanism driving the saw blade. Stitches were required.
Conditions unknown. Minor right eye irritation.
Individual was lifting a body pin into the truck pivot bore and strained his back. Incident occurred on January 29, but individual did not seek treatment until February 2nd, at which time he visited a chiropractor.