All MSHA-reportable accidents at Rogers Group, Inc. operations in 2009. Fatalities appear first.
Employee claims he was cutting a large hopper and while cutting the beam, he cut completely through. He stated he did not know he had cut through and had turned to walk around and cut the other side of the beam. He states when he turned around, the beam fell and hit the right side of his shoulder.
After further investigation by the mine company on 01/15/09, it was determine that this incident was an injury. EE was pulling an empty water hose that was caught on a ladder. When the hose caught on the ladder it caused the ee to abruptly stop and fall backwards. Where the ee fell it was dry, even and clear of debris. EE sprained his right shoulder.
Truck was backed up grade to place material in a washed area of the road. When operator raised the truck bed, the truck began to roll and operator lost control. The truck traveled over an embankment and rolled. As a result of the incident the operator received a cut to the head and broken knee.
Employee stepped onto a working platform that had different grating and rolled his ankle.
EE had finished scaling the face and was standing on a piece of loose rock to see if he missed any. His ankle rolled off the rock and he heard a pop.
Employee was throwing welding leads over a highwall for work that had to be done on the water line that came from the pit pump. When he threw the welding leads, he felt a pain in his shoulder. He did not wish to see a dr at the time. On 3/30/09 he requested to see a dr. On 4/27/09 he was prescribed four rounds of physcial therapy making this a reportable injury.
Employee lifted the hood on his loader and did not lock it. As he bent down to pick up the jumper cables, his hard hat fell off his head. He picked his hard hat up and hit his head on the cab as he raised up puncturing a hole in the back of his head. He went to the hospital and did receive stitches. He returned to work that afternoon.
Employee operating a Cat 613 Water Wagon hit a dip in road and felt pain in back/rib area. Employee taken to clinic, x-rays taken-negative. Overhead restrictions did not impede employee from doing normal job. Cat Scan negative 6/30/09 it was determined that the employee had a soft tissue injury and physical therapy required, injury then reportable to MSHA. No lost work days.
Changing a return roller. The employees thought that the brackets that hold the roller in place were on top of the frame of the convoyer but were not, they were on the bottom. One employee let his side loose first, letting the roller free to swing into the other employees finger, smashing it into the frame.
Employee is not sure how he hurt his wrist. He did not come in contact with anything nor did he strain it in anyway. He thinks he may have hurt it during March 2009 while washing and cleaning the chutes at the primary. According to the management team, no one was aware of this incident until July 2009.