All MSHA-reportable accidents at Colowyo Coal Company L P operations in 2024. Fatalities appear first.
The lab technician was getting ready to collect a coal sample when bolts for an approximately 10-inch guide on the drill sheared, and the guide fell, striking the Lab Tech on top of the right shoulder. Employee was referred to ortho and was prescribed physical therapy.
Warehouse Attendant was attempting to unload two GET Heel Plates from the forks of a forklift. The Attendant slid the plates off the end of the forks and pinched their index and middle fingers on their left hand between the plates and the ground resulting in swelling and bruising, x-ray was negative for fractures.