Employee was climbing off motor grader & his foot slipped off step. He complained of back pain, but did not want to go to doctor at that time.
Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc.Mining Incidents in 2007
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc. operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2007
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Year
- 2007
Top incident classifications
- 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
- 03MACHINERY2 incidents
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
All incidents in 2007
While pushing coal with Back Hoe, employee jarred his back, causing pain to radiate up to his neck.
While pushing overburden benching down to milldale, employee inadvertently trammed off aprox. 30' edge.
While repairing the light on his hard hat, the utility knife the employee was using slipped causing deep laceration to his left middle finger.
While employee was providing service to Backhoe equipment, when he was climbing off, he slipped causing a contusion to his right knee.
Employee was helping another employee change oil in screen plate & got a piece of coal in his left eye.
While replacing bolts in Air Compressor, employee grabbed hot exhaust, burning his left hand.
While loading pump hose into loader bucket, a rock fell on his right foot.
While walking, slipped & fell in gravel on hillside, causing pain to hip, lower back & left elbow.