All MSHA-reportable accidents at PBS Coals, Inc. operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.
An employee was closing doors on the train cars. The employee was pulling down on a bar to close the car door and it slipped causing the employee to fall backwards onto his right foot. The employee notified PBS Coals, Inc. on December 16, 2010 that he would need surgery to repair the broken fibula bone.
Employee was climbing down the ladder of a CAT 777 rock truck when his foot slipped on ice on the last step. The employee did have three points of contact and when his foot slipped off the step he pulled his left shoulder. PBS Coals, Inc. was notified that the employee will need surgery to repair his left shoulder. First day of work missed was December 21, 2010.
Employee injured his right shoulder while shoveling the tracks on a dozer. While removing the dirt from the tracks with a shovel, the shovel contacted a bolt and quickly stopped the shovel and injured the employee's right shoulder. The employee had surgery on his right shoulder on January 03, 2011 and he has been off work since that date.
Employee claims to have had an accident on 8-23-10 but did not report incident to the mine until 9-3-10. At that time the employee was sent to the panel of Doctors. On 9-6-10 the employee took vacation and company could not talk to him until 9-13-10 to report the accident.
The employee was climbing down the ladder located on the side of the shovel. The lower steps have ridges on them for traction so your boots don't slip. While dismounting the machine, the wedding band on his left ring finger caught the ridge on the step and cut his left ring ringer.