All MSHA-reportable accidents at Twin Pines Coal Company Inc operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was getting back on dozer to move for a shot. A co-worker was backing beside the dozer. He struck employee, and ran over him with pickup truck. Employee suffered trauma to his head and chest.
Our employee was traveling in a ""jon"" boat out to a dredge. The boat had a small outboard motor attached to it. The throttle on the engine malfunctioned and the boat did not decelerate as anticipated. The boat then struck a ladder attached to the dredge. Upon impact, our employee fell forward, striking his knee on the deck.
Employee was getting off his dozer; he slipped and as he fell his left leg got caught between the push arm and the track. The employee broke both bones in his lower leg.
Walking on bench, he stepped in a hole.
Employee was operating a trackhoe, clearing in advance of the mining. He was working in an area of trees; he moved his machine and a limb broke and came into the cab striking him in the left shoulder.
Employee slipped and fell on the deck of a dredge, bruising the right side of his lower back.