All MSHA-reportable accidents at Catenary Coal Company LLC operations in 2002. Fatalities appear first.
EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT AS A DRAGLINE OILER. HE WAS SEEN LEAVING. AT SOME POINT, HE CAME BACK TO THE MACHINE. IT IS THEORIZED THAT HE CAME BACK FOR HIS CELL PHONE WHICH WAS DISCOV ERED LEFT BEHIND ON THE MACHINE. HE FAILED TO NOTIFY THE OPERATOR THAT HE WAS BACK AND HE WAS TO BOARD THE MACHINE. HE WAS APPARENTLY STRUCK BY THE RIGHT DRAGLINE SHOE WHILE BOARDING.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REELING UP A FUEL DELIVERY HOSE THAT WAS DRAPED ACROSS THE CRANE OUTRIGGER. WITNESS EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE FUEL NOZZLE AT THE END OF THE HOSE AND WHEN HE CAME TO THE OUT RIGGER HE DROPPED THE NOZZLE. THE NOZZLE SWUNG IN AN ARC FROM THE REEL STRIKING THE SUBJECT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ANKLE. THE WIGGINS NOZZLE WEIGHS APPROX 15#.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS PULLING FUEL HOSE THROUGH MUD AND TWISTED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 11-11-02, HIS FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK FROM THE WEEKEND. HE REPORTED A NLT INJURY AFTER HIS SHIFT ON 11-7-02, THE LAST DAY IN HIS WORK WEEK.HE REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR 11-13-02 WITH A LIGHT DUTY SLIP-DECLINED.
EE WAS GRINDING WITH AN OPERATED GRINDER ON A NOSE CONE FOR A JACK WHEN THE GRINDING DISC SPLIT IN HALF STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE AT THE BREAK OF HIS NOSE CAUSING A SERIOUS CUT TO THE NOSE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER OF THE CAT. 988F END LOADER WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE LADDER HANDRAIL AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND. HIS LEFT KNEE STRUCK THE STEPS DURING THE FALL RESULTING IN A CONTUSION OF THE KNEE. AFTER EXAMINATION AND FIRST AID TREATMENT EE RESUMED WORK. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS RESTRICTED FROM WORK. EE RETURNED TO WORK ON OCT. 14.
MECHANIC WAS DRIVING AN 1 1/2 FUEL HOSE ONTO A 1 1/2""COMBINATION NIPPLE. THE HOSE SLIPPED OFF & THE MECHANIC STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH THE HAMMER. THE FINGER RESTED THE HOSE NIPPLE WHEN STRUCK.
EE CLIMBED DOWN THE BOARDING LADDER WITH EQUIP PRE SHIFT REPORTS THAT HE HAD PICKED UP FROM OTHERS IN THE PIT. HE WAS AT BUMPER LEVEL OF BOARDING LADDER AND HANDED THE PRE-SHIFT FORMS TO SUPER VISOR. WHEN HE TURNED LOOSE, HE FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS ON THE GROUND. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NO BROKEN BONES BUT A CONTUSION TO SCIATIC NERVE. WILL RETURN TO DR IN 2 WEEKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE A DRIVELINE OUT OF A COAL TRUCK. HE WAS LIFTING DRIVELINE OUT FROM UNDER TRUCK AND ALLEGED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK AND NECK.
EE STEPPED OFF THE BACK OF THE SERVICE TRUCK ONTO AN UNSTABLE SURFACE ROCK AND TWISTED KNEE.
MAN STEPPED OUT OF HIS TRUCK ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
MAN WAS SHOVELING. DRILL CUTTING INTO HOLE ON H CUT 3 DRAGLINE PANEL. MAN STATED HE TURNED AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK. HOSPITAL DIAGNOSED A SLIGHT MUSCLE PULL. CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING THE DOZER. AS HE STEPPED OFF THE STEP FROM THE DOZER PUSH ARM & LOWERED HIS LEFT FOOT TO THE GROUND, HIS FOOT LANDED IN A RUT CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE & FALL. HIS ANKLE WAS EXAMINED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE SUFFERED A SPRAINED ANKLE. HE IS EXPECTED TO MISS TWO SHIFTS & WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK ON SATURDAY JUNE 22.
EE WAS HELPING SHOVEL OPERATOR APPLY GREASE ON P&H 4100 SHOVEL STICK WHERE WELDING REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE. WAS USING 5-GAL BUCKET OF GREASE WHEN HE BENT OVER & OVEREXTENDED RESULTING IN PAIN TO LOWER BACK. CONTINUED TO WORK REMAINDER OF SHIFT & WORKED FOLLOWING DAY. DIDN'T REPORT TO WORK JUNE 9 DUE TO BACK PAIN. SUFFERED MUSCLE SPASMS @ HOME ON 9TH & WENT TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.
EE WAS GRADING HAULROAD UNDER VERY MUDDY CONDITIONS. AS HE WAS GRADING, THE BLADE OF THE GRADER STRUCK A LARGE ROCK. THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINED HIM IN THE SEAT BUT HIS UPPER BODY WAS THROWN FORW ARD IN A WHIPLASH ACTION RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK. THIS WAS HIS LAST SHIFT OF THE WORK WEEK AND HE ASKED TO LEAVE EARLY DUE TO DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK. ON HIS 1ST SCHEDULED DAY
WALKING DOWN A DIRT SLOPE. EE LOST FOOTING ON LOOSE GRAVEL/ROCK AND FELL BACKWARD STRIKING HEAD AND BACK.
EE WAS FILLING FUEL TANK ON DELIVERY TRAILER. PRODUCT SPRAYED FROM FUEL HOSE INTO EE'S FACE. EE JUMPED FROM TRAILER FENDER TO GROUND & HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN LOWER BACK. INCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 6-19-02. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7-15-02.
TANKER TRUCK DRIVER WAS ON TOP OF UNIT CLEANING DOWN THE INSIDE OF HIS TANKER. WHILE WORKING HE FELT A DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK. INCIDENT REPORTEDON 6-17. EE WENT TO DR. ON 6-25. PRESCRIBED LIGH T DUTY ON 6-25.
EE & CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING DEBRIS FROM MAGNET. AN END LOADER BUCKET WEAR PLATE WAS ATTACHED TO MAGNET. EE ATTEMPTED TO PULL WEAR PLATE AFTER A ROPE WAS ATTACHED BACK UP THE BELT TO PREVENT I T FROM FALLING INTO CHARGE CHUTE. WHEN THE POWER WAS REMOVED FROM MAGNET & AS HE PULLED, WEIGHT OF WEAR PLATE PUSHED HIS LEFT ARM DOWN ON A PIECE OF PLYWOOD PUT UNDER MAGNET TO CATCH OTHER DE
EE WAS GRINDING WELD ON THE SHOVEL BOOM. CONDITIONS WERE WINDY. APPARENTLY THE WIND BLEW A METALPARTICLE INTO EE'S LT. EYE. THE EE WAS WEARING HIS HOOD WITH SAFETY GLASSES. THE EE FELT IRRITAT ION IN THE EYE BUT FIRST THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE SUFFERED SOME WELDING FLASH BURN. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2 DAYS LATER WHEN THE EYE BECAME MORE IRRITATED & METAL DISCOVERED.
ON THE EVENING OF THE 16TH, THE EE STOPPED AT A LOCAL CLINIC TO HAVE HIS LT. EYE EXAMINED AFTER THE EYE HAD BECOME RED & IRRITATED. A SMALL METAL PARTICLE WAS FOUND IN THE EYE & WAS SCHEDULED TO BE REMOVED THE NEXT DAY. THE EE DID NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW THE PARTICLE GOT INTO HIS EYE. THE EE HAD ASSISTED IN THE CHANGE OF THE DRAG ROPES ON THE DRAGLINE DURING HIS SHIFT. HE WORE GLASSES
EE WAS WELDING ON THE DRILL FRAME. WITH THE WELDING HOOD ON LOOKING THROUGH THE CLEAR LENS HE WAS CHIPPING SLAG WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW A METALPARTICLE IN BEHIND THE WELDING HOOD AND INTO HIS LT. EYE. HIS EYE WAS WASHED OUT AND HE CONTINUEDTO WORK THE REMAINDER OF SHIFT. THE EYE BECAME MORE IRRITATED. HE WENT TO THE CLINIC AND A PIECE OF METAL WAS FOUND EMBEDDED IN HIS EYE.
FORMER EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A 3% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
EE RECEIVED A 5% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMONICOSIS.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A 10% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A 10% PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS. PERMANENT DISABILITY AWAY OF 2.2%.
OCCUPATIONAL HEARLING LOSS PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD OF 0.36%
OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS PERMANENT DISABILITY AWARD OF 5%
5% OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS AWARD.