All MSHA-reportable accidents at Progress Coal operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.
EE HAD A 1/4"" X 6FT FACTORY WIRE PULL ROPE ATTACHED TO OVERHEAD CRANE HOIST. IT WAS ATTACHED TO A NEW WEAR PLATE. WHEN THE PLATE WAS HOISTED TO THE BUCKET, THE CRIMPED END OF THE CABLE GOT STUCK IN THE HOLE. BILL THEN TOOK A SIX FOOT PRY BAR AND CLEARED IT. THE SUDDEN RELEASE OF ENERGY FROM THE BAR PULLED THE SLATE BAR TO THE BUCKET, SMASHING HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE stated that he had made a push with the rd630 -d10 rock dozer and was backing up and backed over a rock and felt pain to his back. EE refused medical treatment. He did not cease work. On Oct 7,2007, EE called in and stated that he went to the doctor and he had a strained back muscle.
WE WILL CONFERENCE THIS INCIDENT: Employee twisted ankle jumping out of pickup truck bed while in process of unloading 4-wheeler during a personal trade before shift started.
Following a fuel delivery to customer tanks, EE was returning his 3"" x 20' hose to the storage tube when he slipped on the large stone drive surface. In a attempt to break his fall, he stuck out his arm and felt a ""pop"" in his right shoulder. Reported to Progress Coal.
Employee was changing out the dump ropes on the right side of a dragline bucket. They had the rope threaded through the socket and were getting ready to install the wedge, when another employee lost his grip on the rope and it fell out of the socket, striking the injured employee on the right side of his neck and collar bone.
Employee said he hit a hole in the road and it caused him to go numb from his chest to his feet.
Employee was stemming a hole when a rock in the spoil pile gave way. He slipped and a foot went into the hole, twisting his back.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE WAS STEPPING OFF A D 10R DOZER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIS LEG WENT BETWEEN PUSH ARM AND ROLLER FRAME.
Employee was lowering the boom on the light plant and the crank slipped from his hand. He tried to hold the crank back; while doing that the crank hit his right hand middle and ring fingers. He found that he had fractured the fingers when he went to the hospital.
Employee was exiting his service truck when he stepped on gravel and twisted his ankle. He was sent to a specialist to find a broken ankle.
Ee stated that he was removing jack stands from no# tt212 as he exited the truck, the jack stands slipped and the truck fell off the stands, causing him to land on his left foot twisting his ankle. Fracture found by specialist dr on 3/6/07
Worker was using a sledgehammer to dislodge ANFO stuck in the powder bin. When he swung the hammer back to hit the bin again, he smashed his finger on the beam of the powder bin.
Bulk powder truck was ascending a wet/snowy/icy ramp when it lost traction. Driver shifted into reverse to attempt to back off ramp when it slid. Driver attempted to scrub off on side of berm. Truck rolled onto berm and fell over on to side. Driver and passenger were both buckled in and sustained light injuries. Both treated and released at local hospital ER.
Bulk powder truck was ascending a wet/snowy/icy ramp when it lost traction. Driver shifted into reverse to attempt to back off ramp when it slid. Driver attempted to scrub off on side of berm. Truck rolled onto berm and fell over on to side. Driver and passenger were both buckled in and sustained light injuries. Both treated and released at local hospital ER.
The employee was working with the dump ropes on a dragline. He was working on the rigging sheaves while trying to thread the dump ropes through the sheave. He completed what he was doing and noticed he had a puncture wound on his right elbow. He was sent to a clinic where they cleaned the wound, removed a sliver of steel and closed the wound with 1 stitch.
Employee stated that while removing the air box on a 930 Komatsu rock truck, he was putting pressure on the lifting eye to remove the air box. The lifting eye broke and cut left ring finger. He received 10 stitches .
Employee was jacking upper and lower track pads together with a come-along to remove a pin. The upper hook slipped off and struck employee above the right eye resulting in a cut/laceration that required six stitches.
EE stated that he tripped on the cable going to the 495 shovel and fell into the mouse house, striking his right hand against the side of the transformer.
EE was cleaning out the bed of a service truck, when a piece of steel plate fell off the tailgate and landed on his left foot. The EE was wearing meta-tarsal boots, but they lacked sufficient coverage, resulting in a fractured left pinky toe. A contirbuting factor was that there was a power outage, due to lighting, that resulted in poor visibility.
Employee was welding and some welding slag flew into the employees ear. The employee continued to work and went to the doctor on a scheduled off day. The employee did not report the injury at the time it happen or when he returned to work. The first notice of injury was received on the day that we received paperwork from the Worker's Compensation Company (Brickstreet).
Employee was air arcing all day and had another employee welding within 2 feet of where he was working. The employee was wearing an automatic tint welding helmet that may not have been adjusted correctly. The employee suffered from flash burns to the eyes & face.