Employee was cleaning coal with a small loader and the coal in the pit broke causing the small loader to land on its side.
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Showing all 45Employee was taking spindle off 777 rock truck and it fell striking employee on leg. (cracked bone above ankle)
Two 777D rock trucks hit each other causing one employee to recieve a laceration to the head requiring 7 staples.
Employee was driving a 777D rock truck and went through a dip in road and said he hurt his back.
Opening tractor-trailer door, grabbed and turned handle, resulting in straining low back.
Employee was working on dozer and roller frame block fell causing employee to twist left bicep muscle. Started missing work on 3/10/2009.
Employee jumped off loader and hurt left foot (hairline fracture).
Employee was driving rock truck and raised bed to dump and the truck jerked and twisted his back. Started missing work on 1/15/2009.
Employee was stepping out of office and step was missing and she twisted her knee.
Employee was running end-loader and he said the seat bottomed out causing back pain.
Employee was grading road and corner of grader blade caught a rock and caused the grader to shift causing employee to hurt his back.
Employee was working on undercarriage of D-11 dozer, hooked chain and chain slipped and pinched left index finger resulting in 5 stitches.
Employee was pulling water hose off water truck and the hose came loose and he fell off the truck injuring his left knee.
Employee was cutting metal off dozer blade and metal kicked out, striking left hand of employee, requiring 4 stitches.
Employee was walking around foreman's pick-up when he walked into the trailer hitch causing him to fall on his left arm, dislocating his left elbow.
Bending over and putting primer boxes in cap house and twisted lower back.
Repairing a dozer and a hydraulic hose flipped out of socket striking right eye causing laceration to eyelid.
Rock Truck #78 was loading in the pit, while loading truck #75 came into the pit and backed into unit #78.
Employee was getting off his loader, as he was coming down ladder his slipped on a step a fell to the ground landing on his behind.
Employee started to climb down from a grader after moving the grader in parking lot. Pulled or torn ligament or muscle above right knee cap.
Hit bolt with hammer & bolt broke hitting him in left eye. He was wearing safety glasses.
While dumping a load of rock & dirt, the load got hung in bed of truck, causing the trucks front wheel to come off the ground. When the load broke free, the front of the turck fell back to the ground and bounced the driver out of the seat. He did not have a seat belt on.
Employee was holding a bushing installer while another employee was hitting the installer with a sledge hammer. The sledge hammer slipped and hit him on his left hand.
Employee had completed servicing a CAT 992G front-end loader, he was dismounting, when he fell and injured his back.
Driver had climbed into truck and started it. Was coming back down steps when foot slipped and went between steps injuring right knee. (Sprain/Strain)
EE was operating a D-11 dozer, when a rock fell out of the wall, breaking the window out of his dozer and hit him on his left shoulder.
EE was welding on coal broom. A piece of metal got into his right eye.
Employee was building a road through shot to highwall. Road wasn't wide enough for dozer. Lower side gave way and dozer turned over.
Employee was removing core from core barrel, his index finger on his left hand got caught between the rock & the drill platform.
While changing brake pads on a rock truck company #87. brake caliber fell smashing middle finger on left hand requiring stitches.
Employee was replacing steering part on a 777D rock truck. He was using a hammer to drive new ball joints into position. During this time he had a pain in his right hand and lower arm.
Employee was loading rock truck in pit. When he was filling his bucket, he hit a large rock in the spool and injured his back.
Employee was using a hammer to drive a ball stud in to a cylinder on a 9777D when his hammer glanced off of a hydraulic hose causing him to hit his hand. Puncture would between thumb & point finger on left hand. Employee received 5 stitches. Ret'd to work next day.
Employee was working on a rock truck unit #49. Employee was using a grinder disc which came apart and hit leg. Employee had laceration to left shin needing stitches.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND OVERTURNED. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE TRUCK. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE BODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE BREATHITT COUNTY CORONER & THEN TO FRANKFORT FOR AUTOPSY.
Employee stepped out of grader onto the grader tire. Tire was wet and muddy. Employee slipped and fell to the ground.
Took break from loading holes to go and relieve himself. Started to go over the hill from bench where work was being done, slipped on rock & went down over hill landing on a rock then rolling on down to catch bench.
Employee backed dozer into rock truck. Employee was pushing fill for rock trucks. Employee said neck and shoulder was hurting.
Windy Conditions, Employee was welding on a frame of a rock truck a piece of metal flew in his eye. He was wearing goggles.
While loading metal on bed of service truck he mashed his thumb between metal and bed.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF BACK WINDOW OF ROCK TRUCK. EE FELL 8-10' OFF OF ROCK TRUCK & HURT HIS BACK. EE COULD NOT FEEL, HIS LEGS WERE NUMB.
Employee was hauling rock when highwall fell hitting cab shield on rock truck throwing employee against driver door.
Employee was packing lift cylinder on d-11 dozer. EE's finger was pinched between cylinder and blade.
Cut bearing from pin bore and was moving out of the way. The bearing had excessive amounts of grease causing it to slip out of mechanic's hand striking him in the left lower leg.
Employee was watering the haul road when the water truck came out of gear and it rolled back into a ditch. He worked next two days then came back and said his knee and ankle was hurt.