Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was running a hydraulic power cutter, got his hand caught in the hydraulic cylinder causing amputation of left thumb and mutilated his index finger.
Arch Of West VirginiaMining Incidents in 2006
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Arch Of West Virginia operations in 2006. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2006
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Year
- 2006
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
- 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
- 03ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES2 incidents
- 04MACHINERY1 incident
- 05DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)1 incident
All incidents in 2006
Fall to the walkway or working surface
Driver exited cab, proceeded to hook up hoses to pump off fuel from tanker to storage tanks. Driver slipped and fell on wet leaves before he was able to retrive hoses from storage tray on tanker.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE stated that while mounting the 'first step' of #518 dresser truck, he felt a pain in his left side. EE continued to work, but started missing work on October 27 to seek medical attention.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee got his finger caught in platform step chain while trying to lower the step for dismounting. 2 sutures to close small skin flap.
Struck by falling object
EE removed new rectangular 'Box Type' air filter (3"" x 5.5"" x 26"" long) from cardboard container. Before installing the filter he had to first remove the old one from inside dozer cab. As he was preparing to set the new filter aside, it slipped thru his left hand resulting in a laceration to the palm of his hand near the base of his thumb.
Struck by falling object
Employee was preparing to use a porta-power with ram and jack spacer to push bucket pin from 994 loader. He had leaned the jack spacer piping end-to-end against the loader frame when it fell on top of his right hand.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was opening the lever on a spring loaded fuel cut off valve while the lever was in down position The lever kicked open completely causing the empl- oyee's wrist to be pinched between the lever & the metal bands located near the fuel hose conn- ection.
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was jarred around in truck. Removed from work pending results of medical testing.(MRI) Determined to be reportable after receiving MRI results on 2/27/06.
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee missed work on Monday, 2/13/06 to see Dr regarding back pain that he had been having for over a week. X-ray taken on 2/13 was negative so Dr ordered an MRI. Attached MRI findings (rec'd 2/20) show degenerative disc disease along with post surgical changed to employee's back.
Fall from machine
Slipped and fell while mounting D10 dozer. Right elbow struck track on dozer.