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Miner got out of the truck, put the hose down the hole to pump the water out of the drilled hole and their knee popped.
At the Truck Shop, EE was unloading flat steel from a flatbed truck. EE picked up the steel. The weld broke off the washer on the right side as one leg of the chain broke on the right side of the steel which left the whole sheet of steel fall on EE left hand, and causing extensive damage to EE's left ring and pinky finger. Surgery was successful
Employee hooked a 777 wheel station up to a crane. When the crane operator picked up the wheel station to set in place, it shifted causing the wheel station to pin the employee against the rear bumper of the employees' service truck. Employee received a small laceration and bruising to the right leg.
Employee had been working on a CAT 777F and had just climbed down off the haul truck. EE threw an empty can of starting fluid onto the ground beside EE's mechanic's truck. The can exploded and a piece of the can struck EE in the face on EE's right cheek, causing a laceration. EE was taken to UPMC- Altoona for treatment and required stitches to close the wound.
Employee was climbing down the ladder on a CAT 777D rock truck. EE stepped off the ladder onto the ground and twisted left ankle. EE went to the hospital the next day and had an x-ray done on the ankle. It was diagnosed as a sprain.
Employee was getting out of the triaxle truck at the fuel pumps in the parking lot. Employee slipped on the step while getting out of the truck and grabbed the hand hold to keep from falling. EE felt a pop and then pain in the right arm. EE went to the emergency room and was diagnosed with a torn bicep muscle.
Employee was using an acetylene torch to remove an old chute liner near the scalping screen. Hot slag fell into the top of employee's right work boot, causing a burn. Employee did not seek medical attention until 7/3/2023, at which time the burn was diagnosed as being infected. Employee was hospitalized for infection on 7/5/2023. Employee did not miss work until 7/6/2023.
Employee was using the crane on a service truck to lift a CAT D11 final drive in the shop. EE was turning the hub with the crane and using a chain to guide the hub. The hub turned quickly and pulled the guide chain and in turn pulled EE's shoulder. EE experienced pain in right shoulder. Did not receive any medical treatment until 6/23/2023 when EE started therapy.
Employee was removing the hood springs on a tri-axle truck in preparation of removing the radiator. The spring was under tension and slipped out of their hand and the hooked end of the spring penetrated the skin of their right hand. Medical attention was required to clean and stitch the wound.
Employee was installing a new CB radio in a dozer. Employee had left hand on seat of dozer and was cutting a wire tie with a utility knife in right hand. Knife cut through the wire tie and then struck the employee on the back of left hand causing a laceration. The laceration required stitches to close the wound.
Employee was doing a pre-shift inspection on a Cat D5H dozer. EE was checking the anti-freeze level and had opened the radiator cap. The dozer had not been started and was cold. When EE looked down at the top of the radiator, a piece of dust or dirt blew into EE's right eye. EE was later diagnosed with a cornea abrasion.
Stemming holes felt a pinch in back.
Employee was walking across the cab deck towards the door of the rock truck and stumbled and fell towards the door. EE put out left hand to grab the mirror on the door and hit left hand on the mirror bracket between the little and ring finger causing a sprain.
Employee had just climbed down the ladder on a CAT 777C rock truck. They stepped down on the ground and was still holding on to the handrail and stepped on a rock which rolled out from under foot. This caused them to fall while still holding handrail with left hand, causing a strain/sprain to left shoulder.
The employee was operating a triaxle truck hauling coal from the mine to the cleaning plant. The tarp motor broke on the triaxle and employee was pulling on the tarp arm to manually move the tarp arm into a secure position. EE felt pain in neck and reported it to the supervisor at 2:00 P.M. on 11/15/2021. EE did not seek medical attention until 11/18/2021.
Employee had just parked the CAT 992G loader and was climbing down the ladder at the rear of the machine. Employee parked loader on an unlevel area. Employee could not reach ground and EE slipped and fell on their back. Employee said was OK. Employee did not seek medical attention until 2/16/2021. Employee said tore their bicep muscle.
Employee was walking across the area between the silt pile and coarse reject pile and slipped and fell due to snowy conditions. Employee landed on right hip/lower back area causing a muscle strain/pain in that area. *Employee did not seek medical attention until 2/8/2021.
Employee was going to grease a truck and had climbed down the ladder to the ground. EE had parked on a flat area near the fuel tanks. EE turned around after climbing down the ladder and tripped over some rocks, causing them to fall over backwards and they landed on left shoulder, causing a sprain.
Employee notified the Safety Director on 10/22/2020 at 3:00 P.M. that employee received medical treatment for pain in right shoulder caused by constantly correcting the blade tilt control of the D11R dozer employee was operating. The pain got progressively worse even after the blade control was repaired.
Recordable hearing loss discovered during annual hearing test. The miner has been one of our drillers for over 30 years and was a driller prior to being employed by us. Over that time, EE has run various drills on various mine and OSHA locations. RES was chosen because I spoke to OIEI on 11/16/20 at 09:45 and was advised to pick a mine EE drills at.
Employee was helping clean out a box trailer that will be used as a job trailer. EE was stepping up into the trailer from EE's pickup tailgate and experienced pain in the right knee. The pain got progressively worse during the day. EE did not seek medical attention until 10/5/2020.
Employee was helping another employee get a piece of 4 inch metal pipe off the pipe rack and onto the forks of a forklift. EE tried lifting the pipe by self onto the forks, causing a strain to EE's lower back. Employee did not seek medical attention until after the end of EE's shift at 4:00 PM.
Employee was removing the plow bolts on a loader bucket by using an air gun to loosen the nuts. The worn head of the bolt spun and cut through employee's glove and caused a laceration on left palm. The laceration required stitches.
Employee was walking through the shop on the way to the change room. EE tripped over 2 large pieces of angle iron laying on the shop floor. EE caught the toe of EE's shoe on the angle iron, causing EE to fall forward. EE put right hand down to stop the fall and struck EE's hand on the concrete floor. EE fractured the little finger. EE did not seek medical attention until 6/25/2020.
Employee informed supervisor on 8/13/2018 that employee was experiencing pain in neck and shoulder from operating a rock truck. The employee did not seek or was not provided any immediate medical attention. The employee continued to work without any lost time until 7/25/2019, when EE had surgery to correct a disc problem in the neck.
Strained back while stemming holes
Employee parked EE's triaxle truck in the parking lot of the 021 pit. EE was adding alcohol to EE's air tank on #9048 Mack truck. EE slipped on ice while walking across the parking lot. EE landed on EE's back causing bruising. EE was taken to emergency room as a precaution.
The employee was climbing down the ladder of a CAT 777D rock truck. Employee missed hand hold and fell backward to the ground. Employee fractured a hip.
Employee was helping mechanics change track on a CAT D11 carry dozer. EE hit the dozer track with a sledge hammer in order to move the track into position to connect the track. A piece of metal chipped off the track when EE struck it with the sledge hammer and struck EE in the left forearm. The metal penetrated EE's skin and thus required a visit to the emergency room.
The employee was changing drill bits. EE was hitting the lock ring of the drill bit with a hammer. A piece of metal came off the hammer head and struck the employee in the back of right leg. The metal penetrated the skin. This required medical attention to remove the metal.
Employee was walking across the job site parking area from his pickup to the loader he was operating. He stepped in a washout and twisted his left knee. He did it again on 9/15/2015. He did not report the accident to his supervisor until 10/1/2015.
The employee was pulling the starter rope of a gasoline powered pump at a diesel fuel tank. The rope was momentarily hard to pull. This caused a strain to the right shoulder.
Employee was kneeling on the ground while welding on the ladders of a front end loader. This resulted in pain and bruising, abrasion to the right knee. Employee was diagnosed with an infection in right knee. Employee did not notify RES Coal of the accident or seek medical attention until 7/29/2015.
Employee was climbing down off the dozer when he slipped and struck his right elbow on the dozer track. Bruised right elbow. The employee did not seek medical attention until 2/12/2015. That visit was diagnostic in nature. Employee received medical treatment on 2/19/2015 and was told by his doctor not to return to work until 2/23/2015.
The rock truck was parked with front end against berm in parking lot. The employee had already descended the ladder and was on the ground. The employee was walking down the slope of the berm when he stepped on a rock and twisted his ankle. This caused a fracture to his right ankle.
Employee was climbing down the ladder from a CAT 777C rock truck. Right foot was already on the step and employee tried to put his left foot on the same step and left foot slipped off of step due to mud on the step. This caused his right leg to twist, straining his right groin muscle.
The employee was hooking up chains to a crusher plate so he could load the crusher plates onto his truck with his truck mounted crane. The area around the crusher plates was snow covered and icy. Employee slipped on the ice when hooking up chains and tried to catch himself from falling and twisted his lower back.
The employee was operating the Hitachi 1800 shovel when the front engine shut off. He left the operator's cab and proceeded to check the oil level on the front engine. He bent over to check the oil and when he stood up he struck the top of his head on the fire suppression system. This caused a laceration to the top of his head.
Employee was changing the drill bit and was using a sledge hammer to strike the bit to loosen it for removal. He felt pain in his groin area after swinging the sledge hammer. Employee has continued to work and did not have any lost time until 8/5/2013. Procedures were diagnostic until 8/5/2013. Surgery was done today, 8/5/2013, to repair hernia.
Clinic Visited 08/3/12. Employee got something in his eye at work and flushed the eye. The employee and supervisor thought they had everything cleaned out. A couple days later the employee was feeling discomfort and decided to get the eye looked at. A prescription was given to prevent potential infection.
Employee was walking around water truck and stumbled on some rocks or stones. He started to fall and reached out with his left hand to grab bracket for suction line to prevent his fall. He injured his left shoulder and left foot. He fell to the ground and landed on his right knee.
Operator was cleaning snow off the walkway of Hitachi shovel. He was using his foot to clean off the snow and he struck his toe against a rubber door stop causing pain in his left knee. He worked the rest of the shift and did not tell his supervisor until 12:00 p.m. on 1/21/2012.
Constant use of right hand on control lever creating pain, soreness, and locking up of hand and thumb. Possible carpal tunnel syndrome.
While performing an equipment pre-check, the equipment operator slipped and fell onto his back side in a small puddle of water. He worked until March 1, 2011 when he sought medical attention for pain of the lower back. MRI shows possible slipped disc (L5) in his back.
Removing left hood spring from tri-axle truck and the spring rapidly decompressed and came off of attachment point striking employee on left index finger at the tip
While fueling Cat 992C Loader, the operator had his left foot on the bottom rung of the access ladder and pulled the fuel hose towards him and the hose caught on a rock causing the employee to lose his balance and fall backwards hurting his left ankle and hitting the back of his head several inches above the neck.
Bouncing around of truck caused discomfort to lower back.
Employee was lifting a 6" x 6" x 8" wooden block to use as a cribbing to secure the boom of a loader, when he heard/felt his right shoulder pop.
Using a large adjustable wrench to loosen a fitting on an oil transfer pump for the purpose of bleeding air. The fitting loosened and ee's left index finger proximal phalange struck the oil tank then the wrench struck the finger.