All MSHA-reportable accidents at Catenary Coal Company LLC operations in 2005. Fatalities appear first.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES AN INJURY AS A RESULT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, AFTER THE INCIDENT EE SHOWED NO EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL SIGNS OF PAIN OR DISCOMFORT; NOR DID HE REPORT THE INJURY. HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR (4)HOURS. EE REPORTED AN OFF-THE-JOB INJURY OCCURRING ON OR NEAR 10/25/05, TO HIS BACK & SHOULDER WHEN HE FELL FROM A ROOF. EE WAS ABSENT (4)DAYS DUE TO THIS INJURY.
Foreign object entered eye while chipping weld slag or grinding weld.
Employee was raising the hood on truck #107. He lost his footing and fell backward off of the fender and landed on his right hand breaking his hand or finger.
Employee was installing a bearing on a dozer blade. He attempted to hit a plate and pin over the bearing with a sixteen pound sledgehammer. As he swung the sledgehammer, the hammer struck the top ear of the blade. This caused the handle end of the sledgehammer to bounce back and strike the employee in the left thigh causing a severe contusion.
EE FELT PAIN/SORENESS IN LUMBAR AREA OF BACK AT END OF SHIFT AFTER DRIVING TRUCK FOR TEN HOUR SHIFT
employee was riffling a coal sample, lifting buckets, when he felt a ""pop"" in his back
EE ALLEGES AN INJURY TO HIS BACK WHILE DRIVING A COAL TRUCK. HE STATED TO HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN ROADWAY. EXAMINATON FOUND NO HOLE IN THE ROADWAY. EE TOLD OFFICE PERSONNEL THAT HE WAS INJURED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND THAT THE BOUNCING OF THE TRUCK HURT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS SO SORE. KANAWHA TRUCKING DISPUTES THE ALLEGED INCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS UNDER A TRUCK ATTEMPTING TH CHECK AN AIR LINE LEAK. HE ASKED THE DRIVER TO START THE TRUCK TO CHECK THE LEAK. DRIVER THEN STARTED THE TRUCK IN GEAR AND IT DRIFTED PINNING EE RIGHT KNEE BETWEEN AIR TANK AND GROUND
Driver stated that the transmission jumped out of 3rd gear, he lost control. Truck turned over onto driver's side.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOX FROM FLOOR OF MAGAZINE TO LOAD ONTO TRUCK. HE FELT A POPPING IN HIS BACK BELOW SHOULDER BLADES. SAW ER PHYSICIAN & WAS GIVEN LIGHT DUTY (LIFT NO MORE THAN 10 LBS) UNTIL 9-6-05
Employee stated that he was moving a 55 gal drum of oil, the drum slipped from metal surface, smashing his hand betwene the drum and a metal pole.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE MOVING OIL BARRELS.
Employee was using a grinder with a cut off disc polishing a piece of metal when the disc fragmented. Fragments struck the left thumb requiring three sutures and struck the left forearm requiring five sutures
Occupational Illness - Hearing Loss - 1% permanent partial disability.
Employee received a 10% permanent disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis.
Employee was granted a 1.466% Permanent Hearing Loss Award