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EMC employee diagnosed with an RSI by an authorized physician. Surgery will be necessary and employee was taken off of work due to seriousness of condition. An investigation has already been completed. First DAFW is 8-26-15.
Mechanic was using impact gun to remove cutting edges from dozer. The nut got hung-up on the bolt and the bolt head became unseated from the recessed hole of cutting edge. The spinning head contacted the mechanic's gloved left hand causing a laceration requiring four sutures.
This was a medical emergency due to the employee collapsing without losing consciousness. The employee was dizzy and experiencing a headache. The employee collapsed when he attempted to get up from his chair during the meeting he was chairing. Help was provided and an ambulance was called.
Employee was on break and eating when injury occurred.
Employee suffered hearing loss during his work time underground, caused EE to have a reportable hearing shift and require hearing aids. EE was diagnosed by a audiologist on 5/20/15, no days away from work.
Employee was removing excess silt from a truck tailgate skirt when a gust of wind blew through the work area causing dust to enter employee's right eye through an opening around his safety glasses.
Employee was using a magnetic drill. Power failed causing the drill to fall and smash the right index finger. Drill was not secured to the beam.
EE was tasked with removing and replacing the corner edge of the 565 loader bucket; while removing the cutting edge, using the impact to remove the bolts, the mechanic's hand was cut.
EE was assisting mechanics lift Pantograph onto Trolley Motor and caught his left pinkie finger between trolley and base of pantograph. Medical treatment only, no days away from work.
Employee was walking from the back garage door on the decline slope and step on the edge of a 2" hole and rolled his ankle resulting in a sprain. No days missed, restricted work only.
An equipment operator slipped after putting his chock block on a loader. Employee dislocated his right shoulder. No days missed, Restricted work only.
Employee stopped work and reported to supervisor, employee was taken to clinic for evaluation and treatment. Employee was given stitches; RWC opened on 8-8-13.
When employee stepped off of D-ring on jackleg, he twisted his ankle. No days away from work, restricted work only.
Employee twisted right knee upon exiting DUX concrete truck. No Days away from work, RWC only for Knee Sprain.
Pushing a bolt into a hole when control of the rock bolt was lost and the bolt slid out of the hole and stuck EE on the left side of face causing a laceration.
Around 1:30 in the morning a miner was found pinned between two rail cars on the haulage level.
Employee was assisting a miner installing split-set bolts. The miner turned on the feed pressure to the pneumatic stopper leg to drive in a bolt. The bolt driver and the split-set were out of alignment and the driver caught on the edge of the bolt. The helper bumped the driver with his hand and the bolt driver went into the bolt, pinching the palm of his left hand.
Employee stepped back to observe ground conditions while assisting another miner who was bolting the roof with a jackleg drill. He tripped on the one inch jackleg air supply hose and fell backwards resulting in the back of his head striking the rib behind him. He received 2 lacerations to his scalp (treated with 17 staples) from a ground support plate installed in the lower rib.
A 966 loader was loading from a stockpile and struck a large rock that was buried beneath the stockpile. The impact injured the wrist of the operator.
After unloading concrete on to the maxi crete, employee was lifting up chute on concrete truck, and chute fell catching employee's thumb. No days away. Medical treatment only.
As employee was leaving the haulage trolley shop, he stopped to close the fire doors, as he shut the doors the metal latch closed and smashed employee's left thumb.
A 657 scraper operator was on his third round of topsoil placement for the day when the fill blade operator notified him of flames coming from his rear engine. The scraper operator stopped and contacted supervision. The fire department was called immediately. The fire department arrived on scene and proceeded to put out the flames utilizing foam.
Fall of ground from left rib while bolting and scaling. A slab tipped out from upper left rib and landed on right ankle of employee while he was scaling from under supported ground. Lower right tibia was fractured and ankle was dislocated.
Employee was stepping off buggy and twisted his knee, employee felt pain immediately. Further medical evaluation determined surgery was needed. Became recordable on day of surgery, 9-9-12 DAFW.
Descending into mine on the skip hoist, there was an emergency stop of the cage. EE experienced pain, discomfort and soreness. Employee was taken off of work effective 8-13-2012 DAFW.
Employee was driving a tracker underground and eye became irritated. All PPE was worn as required. No DAFW; no RWC.
The Electrician was in the process of pushing a fish tape (tool used to pull conductors) into a raceway where it became difficult to push through the raceway and used his needle nose pliers to assist him and while pushing the fish tape the needle nose pliers slipped of the fish tape and struck himself on the lip and chipped his tooth causing an open wound on the upper lip.
Employee tried to start a generator and generator caused him to pull his arm and injure his hand. 30 minutes later he reported pain in his shoulder.
Employee was working on top of the crane boom trying to pin the equalizer, using a sleever bar to move the equalizer, when the equalizer slipped back, striking the employee causing him to fall between the lacings of the boom. His harness caught him before he hit the ground, but he struck and caught his left leg on one of the lacings causing a fracture to his lower left leg.
Three employees were walking on a decked walkway when the injured employee stepped and the edge of a below deck access plate pivoted allowing the left leg to fall through to the hip level. Revised to DAFW when surgery was done on 6-11-13, no restricted duty, medical treatment or no days away prior to 6-11-13.
Miner was cutting split-set bolts using a reciprocating saw, wearing goggles - got metal particles around the eyebrows. Washing face at end of shift a metal particle transferred from eyebrows into left eye but he noticed no discomfort. The next morning he thought he had an eye infection, called in sick and sought treatment where metal particle was found.
Employee was walking down a short decline about 10% grade when he stepped on loose gravel and slipped landing on his left side on top of his self rescuer that was attached to his belt. RTW on restricted duty.
Employee was using a six ton bottle jack to lift concrete form in place, when employee tried jacking up the jack, it came apart at the base and sprayed out hydraulic oil into the employees face. No RWC; No DAFW; employee was released same day with antibiotic.
Employee was releasing water from hopper for slick line wash out by pulling on plunger, when he felt a pain in his abdomen area. No days away from work, five pre-scheduled days off then RTW light duty on 2/29/12.
Employee was reconnecting the fitting on a suction hose and wrench slipped. Employee jammed his right finger. No Days away from work; xray positive for splinter fracture.
The electrician was stripping conductor in preparation of pulling the conductor and making terminations at the control panel. The electrical moved backwards while stripping the conductor and bumped into another electrician. The knife jumped out of the grove it was in and into his hand. The blade penetrated both a leather glove and a Kevlar glove.
Employee was struck with a jackleg on upper back. Employee was seen at urgent care with follow up appts. done through urgent care. Employee was referred for further evaluation and it was determined that physical therapy would be required. Changed status from first aid to restricted work case on 2/13/12.
Employee struck a pin hammer with another hammer causing a metal projectile to contact his chin.
Employee cut left index finger while changing a blade on a razor knife. The cut required seven stitches.
An employees haul truck rolled backwards making contact with a highwall at an angle that caused the truck to tip over onto its right side.
Original Hearing Test and Retest confirms a shift in hearing. Requested review from Chevron Medical to determine if work related, review complete on 1-11-12. No noise exposure data available for equipment operators.
Original Hearing Test and Retest confirms a shift in hearing. Requested review from Chevron Medical to determine if work related, review was complete on 1/11/12. No noise exposure data available for mechanics.
Worker was installing boxes and conduit when a gust of wind blew dust and particulate matter into his eyes. Went to doctor next day for exam. No metal in eyes. Flushed with water. Prescribed antibiotic drops as a precaution. Released to full duty.
Employee was moving a jackleg from a draw point to another draw point while lifting the jackleg he felt a slight pain to his neck/shoulder area. Employee was evaluated by doctor on 12-20-11 (MRI negative) with a second evaluation on 12-29-11 (MRI) will be done.
The hoist had been chaired to load a flatcar to be brought to the surface. When the hoist man went to un-chair, the system would not respond. Subsequent troubleshooting found the service hoist hydraulic power pack control card failed. The card was replaced and the hoist returned to service at 10:10 a.m..
The gear puller was attached & pressure was applied, when employee used a crescent wrench to hold the shaft from turning as the pressure was applied. One of the gear puller arm broken & puller sprung away from the pinion gear with force, causing the force pulled on the arm or struck left shoulder.
Employee slipped on frozen ground falling on his right shoulder after cleaning his tail lights on his overburden truck.
Service hoist cage was chaired at shaft collar, when hoist man attempted to move cage upward, DC breaker tripped and would not reset. Initial evaluation indicated hoist would be down more than 30 min. UG employees evacuated safely. SCR failure, components were 30+ years old. Common SCR's from an out of service unit were used to restore function.
Employee was holding the lowboy hitch while loci operator positioned the loci for hook-up. The loci jumped when the motion was engaged. The loci struck the end of the hitch which then popped upward striking the employee in the chin, no days away from work.
The EE complained of sore back 9/27/11 & declined medical care. On 10/3/11 he was taken to clinic for pain and clinic diagnosed inflamed muscles & released to full duty. MRI was completed on 10/6/11 and physician transferred EE to original physician in Idaho due to pre-existing injury. 10/9 EE went to Idaho to see his dr and is still on full duty.