All MSHA-reportable accidents at Mettiki Coal LLC operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.
The top of a power pole owned by Allegheny Power supplying our 138,000 volt feed caught on fire and fell to the ground. This caught some brush on their right of way catch fire. The fire burned across onto our permitted property. Poles were inspected by Allegheny Power and they cound find no problem.
EE was tightening bolt on screen feed lip with right hand when torque gun slipped out of right hand falling app 2 feet hitting left hand causing a laceration which required three stitches on back of hand.
Employee was holding plastic in chute while other employee was drilling from outside chute to install bolts when employee inside chute put hand in way of drill bit causing puncture wound
Person was changing seive screen with two other persons. When he lifted the screen over a handrail to get it into the screen deck, he felt a pain in left shoulder.
Injured person was changing pump barrel for unit 115B pump with two other workers. While moving parts into place to install, person felt pain in lower back and down left leg. Person began to miss work on 9/16/09 for surgery to back.
EE had a flat tire. EE took spare tire off truck. Spare tire bounced to ground and came in contact with EE's left pinkie finger. Left pinkie finger was bruised. EE's carelessness was the result of this injury. EE was instructed to be more careful and to wait on someone else to fix flat tires, as this is not a part of her job dities.
EE was restocking screen decks on shelves in the warehouse and when he was staighening decks to put on more, he struck his left elbow on end of a deck, causing a cut that need five stitches.
Injured was replacing a pump adn was manually operating. A cable come along and when the pump was lowered into position he stepped down from elevated position approx 20 inches and when he tunred to walk. He felt sharp pain in right knee (twisting motion)
Injured employee was removing old conduit. One end of conduit was broken off. As conduit was pulled free it struck the back of injured employee's right hand causing a laceration.