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The miner was crushed by a shuttle car and the rib, causing lower extremity fractures.
Employee stated that her pain started hurting on 2-12-14 when she was operating the forklift. On 2-17-14 while taking parts to yard in the forklift her tail bone & back continuously hurt and was uncomfortable to sit.
While employee was hauling shield he hit a pothole on the road and felt a pinch in his back. He continued to operate for approximately 2 more hours and his lower back began to hurt worse, so he contacted his supervisor at approximately 6:15 pm
Employee was assisting in removal of the bar in a roll of UG belting and was standing off to the side, between the scoop & the roll of belt. The bar was hooked by a chain to the scoop & when the bar came out of the roll of belting it swung to the side & struck the employee directly above his left knee.
While taking a scoop out of the mine, it came in contact with the rib due to wet roads. Caused a rib bolt to break sending a truss cable into the cab striking the operator in the back of his head. He became disoriented for a second. Diagnosis: Scalp contusion & abrasion, received a tetanus shot and released to full duty from Reliance Medical Group.
The chain on the mule had tension, came free and swung into the side of an employee's face. The incident happened while we were in the process of lifting the shield. Causing facial fracture, laceration & concussion.
Security Officer was escorting a diesel semi-truck. Officer stopped to lower buggy whip at a RR crossing and vendor rear-ended the security truck.
Operator of a 785 Coal end dump truck experienced low back/neck pain due to continuous rough loading by LDW266 loader. employee was released to full duty. The next day employee missed a day.
Employee was walking with traffic on a public road that accesses the mine site. A vehicle was traveling on the public road that accesses the mine site, a collision occurred between the vehicle and employee.
785 Caterpillar end dump truck drove into the back end of 16M Caterpillar motor grader. While the motor grader was blading the haul road the end dump had straddled the windrow. End dump driver indicated that he did not see the motor grader. Our investigation concluded the driver was distracted (distraction is unknown).
Employee was jarred in the cab when loader was dumping coal into the coal hauler that she was operating.
Employee was dropping miner cable out of trolleys for the miner to place change. Trolley came unhooked from the roof and contacted the employee's face above left eye. Caused laceration and received suture. Employee was released full duty.
An operator hit a rut in the road that caused the loader to bounce. The operator hit his head against the glass that required 2 staples to close the laceration.
Employee sustained muscle pain in the neck after the flat bed truck he was riding in was backed into a rib. Employee was the passenger of the vehicle. He was transported to Reliance and diagnosed with whiplash. He was referred to chiropractor and released to full duty.
While employee operated the sandvik scoop it tended to jostle the employee back and forth causing her some pain in the back. Employee was transported to Reliance Medical and she was released to restricted duty.
While towing a disabled Terrapro to the shop, the strap being used broke on an uphill grade. The vehicle rolled backwards down the grade. The service brakes were not functional and the vehicle collided with a guard rail causing damage to the vehicle and the guardrail. One employee experienced a back strain injury as a result.
A mechanic was working underneath a service truck when the truck rolled backwards onto the mechanic; coming to rest on his upper right arm. A D-11 dozer was used to push the truck forward off of the mechanic. The mechanic was transported to San Juan Regional via Aircare 1 where he is undergoing observation. Preliminary indications are that he sustained no serious injury.
While returning to the pit, the operator missed the turn and hit a safety berm on the haul road while operating a coal truck. The operator stated she fell asleep after the event.
Heavy equipment operator was riding in a buddy seat all shift while task training another operator. Operator reported his back was injured. Employee did not notify his employer until 1/16/2008 at the start of shift.
Ee was tramming a Genie manlift when he drove into a small ditch. This caused a jarring motion, up and down, to his back. Ee felt pain and was determined he strained his lower back.
Employee strained her lower back while handling a belt scraper & manuevering it around the feeder. EE was released with restriction from the clinic.
Foreign particle embedded in left eye. Employee's eye became irritated after reboarding his truck after the loader completed loading large rocks. The particle was found the next day and removed by medical provider. Due to continued irritation the employee did not report next scheduled shift.
When EE exit the truck he was pre-shifting, he struck his left elbow on the edge of door. He immediately felt pain and tingling in his arm from the elbow down to his hand. On 1/18/06, EE stated he was still feeling the numbness & tingling in ring/pinky finger. Went to Mesa Occ & Sport Medicing Clinic and was released to full duty. On 5/18/06 received surgery and off since.
Preliminary report - At approximately 12:30 p.m., Ee was backing down an incline with a mix truck loaded with ANFO. The truck took off, hit a berm, and flipped on its side. EE had scrapes on her elbows at time of incident but a couple of days later, said she had dizziness.
EE WAS DRIVING THE SHUTTLE CAR AND EVERY TIME HE HIT A BUMP, HE HAD PAIN IN HIS BACK & NECK. THE PAIN WORSENED AS HE CONTINUED TO HIT THE BUMPS.
EE was in process of unhooking the trail cable off the tub hooks of the 8050 dragline with SE-3137 cable tractor when his right index finger got caught in between the cable tractor ROPS and the cable tie off hooks on the left front side of the machine.(rt index finger @ 2nd knuckle)
Employee claims that while operating a coal hauler she hit a hole in the ramp which caused her to bounce in the seat. Employee sought medical treatment on 12/23/04.
Employee was operating low track in HG and longwall, started feeling dizzy. She was transported to San Juan regional for CO exposure.
EE WAS TRAVELING DOWN HILL IN THE GETMAN. SHE HIT HER HEAD AGINST THE CAB, RESULTED INTO A NECK INJUR. THE INCIDENT HAPPEN AT 2:30 AM ON 9-22-03. AND WAS REPORTED UNTIL HER NEXT SHIFT AT 11:00 P.M. ON 9-22-03.
WHILE HE WAS SERVICING THE MINER, THE FIRE SUPPRESSION ON THE LUBE TRUCK DISCHARGED CAUSING FIRE SUPPRESSION TO COVER HIM. AFTER WORKING MOST OF HIS SCHEDULED SHIFT HE FELT DISCOMFORT TO HIS E YES. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2/25/03.
WHILE SERVICING THE MINER, THE FIRE SUPPRESSION ON THE LUBE TRUCK DISCHARGED CAUSING A CLOUD OF FIRE SUPPRESSION TO COVER HIM. AFTER WORKING MOST OF HIS SCHEDULED SHIFTS HE FELT DISCOMFORT TO HIS EYES. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL FEBRUARY 25, 2003.
WHILE EE WAS DRIVING THE TRACTOR (GETMAN), EE INDICATED THAT THE BACK OF THE TRACTOR JERKED AND CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TOP OF INSIDE CAB. RESULTED INTO A CERVICAL STRAIN.
EE WAS LOADING A TRAILER WITH THE FORKLIFT. AFTER SETTING THE LOAD DOWN ON THE TRAILER EE STARTED TO BACK OUT, DIDN'T NOTICE THE WHEELS OF THE FORKLIFT WERE OFF THE GROUND. AS EE MOVED BACK, T HE WHEELS DROPPED TO THE GROUND CAUSING THE EE TO BE JOLTED AROUND IN THE CAB. RESULTED IN SEVERE BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING THE TRUCK WHEN LOADER BROKE APART. HE WAS JOLTED FORWARD AND BACKWARD. STRAIN RESULTED IN CHIROPRATIC TREATMENT.
WHILE REACHING DOWN TO PICK UP THE RADIO, THE SCOOP OPERATOR LOWERED THE BUCKET ONTO EMPLOYEE'S FOOT CAUSING THE LEFT METATARSAL TO FRACTURE.
WHILE DRIVING THE COAL HAULER, EE HIT A RUT CAUSING HER TO BOUNCE UP & LANDED HARD ON THE SEAT, RESULTING IN DISCOMFORT ON HER BACK & LEG.
EE WAS IN THE TRUCK CAB, RECEIVED JOLT FROM THE FORCE OF LOAD BEING DROPPED INTO THE TRUCK.
EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND PUSHING A COAL HAULER TO THE BATTERY CHARGING STATION. THE EQUIPMENT BECAME ENTANGLED AND SUDDENLY FREED UP, WHICH RESULTED IN A SUBSTANTIAL JOLT. EE'S HEAD WAS TH RUST UPWARD INTO THE CANOPY AND HE WAS MOMENTARI7LY DAZED AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY COUPLE OF MINUTES OF TINGLING SENSATIONS IN HIS EXTREMITIES.
EMPLOYEE HIT A FAULT WHILE DRIVING, SHARP DROP CAUSING HIM TO GET BOUNCED IN THE AIR, SEAT BELT JERKED HIM BACK DOWN.
EE WAS RIDING IN THE REAR SEAT OF MANTRIP TRAVELING TO THE MINE AT THE FIRST OF THE SHIFT. AS THE MANTRIP WENT ONTO THE CONCRETE PORTION OF THE CROSSING. THE REAR OF THE MANTRIP BOUNCED OVER T HE TRANSITION FROM GRAVEL TO CONCRETE. THIS CAUSED THE EE TO BOUNCED UP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF OF THE MANTRIP COMPARTMENT.
ON 5-15-01, EE REPORTED IRRITATION AND REDNESS TO HIS RIGHT EYE POSSIBLY DUE COAL DUST WHILE OPERATING TRW0334, COAL HAULER ON 5-10-01.
WHILE CONDUCTING A TA/PM ON PL07157 CONVEYOR BELT, EE WAS OPENING AN INSPECTION DOOR TO INSPECT THE BELT CLEANER WHEN THE LID TO THE DOOR FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.
THE OPERATOR FILLED THE LOADER BUCKET TOP FULL, ATTEMPTED TO MOVE AFTER RAISING THE BUCKET, AND TIPPED LOADER FORWARD. THE OPERATOR SUFFERED SEATBELT BRUISES.