Over-exertion in lifting objects
PICKED UP BOX FROM BACK OF TRUCK AND FELT STRAININ BACK.
Knott Floyd Land Company, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2001
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Knott Floyd Land Company, Inc. operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2001
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Year
- 2001
Top incident classifications
- 01MACHINERY2 incidents
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
- 03POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
All incidents in 2001
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS OPERATING DOZER CLOSE TO HIGHWALL. SOME DEBRIS BROKE LOOSE FROM WALL STRIKING DOZER. DEBRIS ENTERED CAB THROUGH FRONT & LEFT SIDE GLASS STRIKING EE CAUSING BRUISING TO BOTH LEGS.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WELDING METAL ON A DOZER BLADE WHEN HE CONTRACTED A FOREIGN OBJECT OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
Struck against a moving object
INJURED PARTY SAID LOADER MAN PUT A LARGE ROCK ON THE TRUCK, AS THE LOADER WAS BACKING AWAY THE ROCK SHIFTED WHICH IN TURN SHOOK THE DRIVER. HE SAID IT HURT HIS NECK & LT. ARM.
Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS REVERSING ROCK TRUCK DOWN INCLINE TO DUMP AREA. WHEN DIRECTED TO STOP BY DOZER OPERATOR ATTENDING THE DUMP, HE FAILED TO DO SO. EMPLOYEE BACKED TRUCK INTO A HOLE CAUSING FRONT WHE ELS TO LEAVE ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE PANICKED AND JUMPED FROM TRUCK CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT LEG.