All MSHA-reportable accidents at Mettiki Coal LLC operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was relacing weirs on thickener when he stepped on pontoon boat. As it started to tip he jumped back on weir already in place hitting his legs on sharp edge of new weir causing small laceration to lower left leg & skinning at lower leg.
EE was running Micro Traxx, cleaning out ash in combustion chamber of dryer, when machine broke the ash loose causing machine to kick sideways. This caused EE to hit middle of his back on the wall of the dryer chamber.
Injured was flagging traffic when he was struck by a pickup truck. The pickup was passing loaded ash truck. Heavy snow and high wind conditions.
Employee was using sledge hammer to free up frozen door on hammer crusher, when he struck his right ring finger between hammer handle & crusher resulting in fracture at end of finger.
Employee was using chain hoist to lift filter barrel when shackle pulled through beam it was fastened in, hitting employee in head causing small laceration.
Person was using hand held grinder to grind off piece of steel. There was another person grinding also in same area. A particle from one of the grinders got into injured person's eye under his safety glasses causing injury. Person did not report injury until 9/19/07. Doctor put drops in eye.