All MSHA-reportable accidents at Wellmore Coal Corporation operations in 2011. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was tying rebar in a bent over position. Another contractor working in a chute above our work area had removed a temporary cover covering the chute opening. He then dropped his 3lb hammer and it struck our employee on the elbow. After x-rays he returned to work. He worked until 12/1/11 and then decided he couldn't work at his normal rate.
As employee was pulling a piece of floor grating to stand on to work on a dryer unit when he felt a sharp pain in his back.
Employee below was lowering materials, as the employee above cut the metal plates that they were replacing. The Plates were corroded and the concrete the plate was attached to was cracked and falling apart. The employee below grabbed the rope to lower the plate and when he did that the concrete block broke off the building resulting in hitting the employee below in the back.
Employee walked around a trough to unhook a chain fall and stepped up onto a piece of pipe to release hook, foot slipped and twisted leg.