Solar Sources Mining LLCMining Incidents in 2010

Unloading ash at mine - truck and trailer not level

Employee had gotten out of drill and picked up an orange cone to mark his drill hole rows. When he turned he stepped on a rock and twisted his right knee.

Employee had gone to put oil in water pump at washplant, had put in oil and when pump was started the discharge hose slung around and hit him in the chest knocking him down. Complained of rib pain.

EE was fueling equipment. He was pulling out the hose on the fuel truck and his back started to hurt. He went to the emergency room and Imed clinic. Back strain.

Employee was operating end dump #1192 and seat broke. He complained of back pain and was taken to hospital Emergency room. 190 ton truck.

Employee had taken the hitch off of the it14 loader. He was going to put it in his grease truck when he lifted the hitch he felt a pull in his back. Back Strain.

Employee was putting new hydraulic pipe under the body of the Hitachi shovel. He was standing on a short ladder and slipped. He grabbed a hydraulic pipe to keep from falling and hyperextended his left shouler.

Employee was climbing up the ladder on unit 1199 end dump he had set his lunch bucket on the cat walk his lunch bucket tipped over and dropped a Pepsi onto the ground, he climbed down and got his pepsi when he climbed back up he had mud on his hand and lost his grip on the hand rail falling to the ground. Hurting his knee, he fell about 20 feet.

EE was building up a lift with rock and soil bounced in dozer, back stain. On 3/10/2010, EE said his back was hurting, never missed any work till 10/29/10.

Employee was exiting his dozer. Employee was getting out of his dozer and he stepped from the platform of the cab to the next step. His foot slipped and he hyper extended his left knee.

Employee told his foreman at the end of his shift that he might not be in the next day because his back was hurting. Employee called the office the next day and said he had been to the doctor because he had hurt his back driving his end dump over rough roads.

EE stated that his tailbone was inflamed due to seat in the dozer.(Unit #1242) he operates is flattened out. This was not reported until 01/12/2010.

Employee was making his inspection of his coal truck and when he went around the truck he slipped on the ice and fell to the ground. He injured his left shoulder. Contusion/impingement.

EE was fueling a drill, when he climbed down off the drill his foot slipped in the mud and he sprained his left shoulder. (muscle strain)

EE was checking tanks on 1323 grease truck. When he was exiting rear door on bed he slipped to the ground, first on right foot and when his foot made contact with the ground his heel was up against the bulk antifreeze meter. When the EE brought his left foot down to the ground his balance was off and he fell and hit the bulk pump with his lower back. EE has lower back pain.

Employee was putting plastic pipe on the forks of the IT14 Loader. One of the forks fell off and landed on his left foot. (contusion left foot)

Employee had parked the water truck, while walking to pump he tripped on a rock and fell on his left knee, then on his left rib cage. Went to doctor at 11:30 am, contusion left ribs.

Employee was fueling equipment when he stepped on a rock and twisted his left ankle.

Employee was digging tracks on dozers, when he was finished he said his shoulder was hurting. He went to Imed for medical treatment. Strained right shoulder.

Employee was getting out of his mechanic truck and twisted his right ankle, sprained ankle.

EE was picking up a tooth for the 1800 hitachi shovel and pulled a muscle in his upper left arm.

Employee was helping replace a pipe on the second floor of the wash plant. He strained and injured his right shoulder. He has pain in shoulder and intense burning. He went to the doctor on the twenty second.

EE had a problem with his hitachi shovel and was trying to get the ladder down, he jerked on the latch to lower the ladder and injured his back. Frozen mud was keeping the latch from releasing, the mud was removed and ladder lowered.

EE was working on core drill and was pulling pipe from the drill hole. When he pulled on the pipe he strained his left wrist.

Employee was cleaning tracks on a dozer. He had cleaned the tracks on one side and was walking around the back of the dozer behind the ripper and slipped when he stepped in the ripper hole. He fell and landed on his hand and wrist.

Employee was repairing Komatsu dozer and was using an 1/2 impact wrench when a wobble sock on the wrench came off and hit him in the mouth. Contusion and broken tooth. He was removing bolts from 475 Komatsu dozer drive shaft.

EE was removing a bolt from a belly pan on a D10T dozer. He was cutting the bolt with a torch he had a face shield on and a piece of slag got under the shield and into his eye. EE didn't know it till later on his way home.

EE was hitting the end of a carrier roller shaft that had worked out of the trackframe of the dozer. When he hit it the second time a piece of metal chipped off of the roller and pierced his leg around the back of the knee. He got 4 stitches.

Employee could not get side door open on 988B loader unit 1040. Employee was pulling on side door. Had trouble getting door open. Lost his grip and hit himself in mouth. Broke one tooth off and chipped the tip of one tooth.

EE was walking in washplant, he walked under the spirals and when he looked up, some fines fell off of a pipe and got in his right eye.

EE was working on dozer placing nuts on the bolts when a piece of dirt got into his eye. EE rubbed his eye and got a piece of metal in his eye. EE didn't know if the metal was in the dirt or on his hand. EE was helping put tracks on the dozer

Employee was cutting out minor bogie pins from dozer with a torch when slag popped back and got under his face shield and safety glasses and got in his left eye. He went to eye doctor and object was removed. Was given antibiotic and returned to work.

EE was using a grinder and grinding on a shovel bucket. He had an appointment with an eye dr later that day. When he went to the eye dr he had something in his left eye, he was sent to an eye specialist, who got a piece of metal out of his eye. EE was wearing face shield and safety glasses. It was very windy that day.

EE was in parts room getting parts and when he came out he felt something in his right eye. EE did not know when he would have got something in his eye. Dirt in eye, it was windy that day.