THE HIGHWALL COLLAPSED COVERING THE HIGHWALL MINING MACHINE.
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Showing all 49THE HIGHWALL COLLAPSED COVERING THE HIGHWALL MINING MACHINE.
TRYING TO GET FITTING WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL LANDING ON BRACE IN BASE FRAME.
LIGHTENING STRUCK DOZER OR CLOSE TO IT. HE HAD NUMBNESS IN WRIST AND HANDS.
RETRACKING BEAMS USING HAMMER, HAMMER MISSED BARAND HIT FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.
OPERATING DRILL DROPPED WRENCH THAT BREAKS STEELON FINGERS AND HAND.
STANDING ON BEAMS PULLING PINS, WHEN BEAMS JAMMED TOGETHER PUSHING A PIN UP STRIKING HIM IN SIDE OF LEFT KNEE.
LIFTING CYLINDER FROM POWERHEAD AND TURNED AND HANDED CYLINDER TO OTHER INJURING BACK. HE DID NOT GOT THE DR UNTIL JULY 17, 2001.
USING A SHOVEL TO BACK FILL DRILL HOLES, HE HURTLOWER BACK AND LEGS.
MOVING PIECE OF PIPE SLIPPED AND FELL ON LITTLE FINGER.
STEPPING OFF DOZER, MISSED STEP ON STIFF ARM.
CLEANING BELT, FROPPED SHOVEL, GOT DOWN TO GET SHOVEL, WHEN GETTING BACK ON MINER. HE SLIPPED AND HIT RIGHT SHOULDER ON MINER.
PULLING ON GEAR WITH PRY BAR, THAN ALL AT ONCE SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF BACK.
TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH WRENCH, WRENCH SLIPPED AND JERKED NECK.
HE WAS SITTING IN ROCK TRUCK BEING LOADED WHEN AROCK ROLLED AND HIT SIDE OF BED CAUSING ELBOW TOHIT ARM REST.
CHANGING TIRE ON GREASE TRUCK, ROLLING TIRE TO RACK AND FELL ON FOOT.
DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK BEFORE TRUCK TURNED OVER, AFTER INVESTIGATION TRUCK WAS FOUND IN THIRD GEAR WHEN IT NEEDED TO BE IN FIRST & LOW TO COME OFF HILL SLOWLY ENOUGHT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO RIDE THE BRAKES.
CHANGING GREASE BARREL, BARREL SLIPPED, HOT GR4EASE SPLATTERED ON FACE.
STEPPING DOWN FROM FORK LOADER ONTO GROUND, STEPPED ON CLUMP OF DIRT, TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE.
MOVING LARGE ROCK OUT OF ROAD. DID NOT REPORT THIS INJURY UNTIL 9-16-00. STARTED LOSING TIME AT HIS POINT.
INSPECTING TILE THAT WAS OFF, EMPLOYEE TURNED TO STEP OFF ROADWAY, STEPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL, SPRAINED ANKLE AND KNEE POPPED OUT OF PLACE.
HE HAD BEEN OFF ON HEALTH DISABILITY FOR A HEARTPROBLEM. THE DOCTORS TOLD HIM THAT HE ALSO HAS SILICOSIS. HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK.
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR PICKED UP BUCKET OF SHOT MATERIAL AND DUMPED IN ROCK TRUCK. THE BUCKET OF SHOT HAD A ROCK IN IT, WHICH THE LOADER OPERATOR DIDN'T KNOW WAS IN THE BUCKET; IT JARRED T HE TRUCK. HE DID NOT START LOSING TIME FROM WORK UNTIL 7/25/00.
OPERATOR CAME DOWN STEPS OF LOADER TO TALK TO SUPERINTENDENT. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLID DOWN STEPS ON HIS BACK. HE DID NOT START LOSING TIME FROM WORK UNTIL JULY 17,2000.
HIT BY OBJECT IN THE BACK OF HEAD.
HE WAS TAKING CHAIN HOIST OFF FEEDING WHEN HANDLE SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE.
REMOVING WATER PUMP FROM TRUCK, REMOVING BOLT FROM FAN BLADE, WRENCH SLIPPED WITH PRESSURE ON IT, SCRAPED OFF TOP OF THUMB ON LEFT HAND, POSSIBLY BRUISING.
MECHANIC WAS WORKING UNDER THE 994 WHEEL LOADER, REBUILDING A DROP BOX. WHILE WORKING ON HIS KNEES, HE LATER FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE HAD DID SOME TORCH WORK ON THE D11 TRUNION. HE TOOK HIS CHIPPING HAMEMR AND BEGAN CLEANING AROUND THE TRUINION PLATE. A THIN PIECE OF METAL FLEW OUT AND HIT EE IN THE RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE. HE DID NOT MISS ANY TIME FROM WORK.
WORKING ON PIPE FOR PUMP, MASHED HAND BETWEEN TWO PIPES. NO LOST TIME FROM WORK.
WE WERE CONDUCTING A SAFETY MEETING PRIOR TO START OF SHIFT, EE WALKED BEHIND A PARKED PICKUP AND STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST TRAILER HITCH.
I WAS SHOWING EE WHAT I NEEDED HIM TO DO. HE WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS LOADER, HE HAD STEPPED FROM LEVEL GROUND TO WHERE A DOZER HAD TRAMMED THROUGH, MUST HAVE STEPPED WRONG AND LOOKED TO HAVE O VER EXTENDED KNEE, IT WAS ONLY ABOUT A 6" DROP.
HE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, CHANGING APUMP ON LOADER. NOTICED SORENESS WHICH CONTINUEDTO GET WORSE. SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION JUNE 8. DID NOT REPORT TO FOREMAN UNTIL 8/16/00. HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK SINCE.
HE WAS IN THE MAIN PARKING LOT REPAIRING THE STEPS ON A CAT LOADER. HE GOT IN HIS TRUCK FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAVELING TO ANOTHER AREA. HE NOTICED A DOOR OPEN ON HIS UTILITY TRUCK. HE TURNED IN HIS SEAT AND CAME OUT OF THE CAB FORWARD, IN A HURRY, HE STEPPED ONTO THE RUNNING BOARDS THEN DOWN ONTO THE GROUND WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT STEPPED INTO A HOLE. TWISTED LEFT ANKLE FALLING TO GROUND.
EE WAS OPERATING UNTI #158 LOADER, WHEN A SMALL ROCK CAME OVER BUCKET. HE CLIMBED DOWN OFF LOADER AND DECIDED TO PUSH ROCK OFF BACK OF BUCKET WHEN PAIN HIT HIM IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.
AT APPROX 1:00, THE SHOVEL OPERATOR AND TRUCK OPERATORS STOPPED FOR LUNCH. THE EQUIPMENT WAS WORKING IN THE PIT EAST OF THE PARKING LOT. THE SHOVEL WAS PARKED ON THE MIDDLE SEAM AND THE TRUCKS WERE PARKED 10 FT ABOVE THE SHOVEL ON THE TOP SEAM. EMPLOYEE WALKED FROM SHOVEL TO TRUCK, HE CLIMBED UP THE SLOPED LOOSE MATERIAL, HE TRIPPED LOSING HIS BALANCE, FALLING TO GROUND.
EE WAS BUSTING A LARGE ROCK ON BEAMS OF HIGHWALL MINER, WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND. THE SPLINTER WAS STICKING OUT OF HANDLE, HIS FINGER CAUGHT THE SPLINTER.
HE STATED THAT WHILE RUNNING LOADER IN TIGHT SHOT, LOADER HIT BOTTOM AND JERKED HIM. BACK WAS STIFF AND SORE WITH PAIN RADIATING DOWN LEGS. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 5/9/00. HIS LAST DAY WO RKED WAS 5/5/00.
STEPPED ON LEFT SIDE OF CAT WALK OF 258 D11 DOZER TO CLEAN WINDOWS,LOST BALANCE, FELL TO GROUND.
HE LOADED WATER PUMP AND WATER STAND ON ROAD CREEK AND TOOK TO ELSWICK FORK. HE SAID HE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD PUMP AND STAND. HE DID NOT KNOW HOW HE DID IT BUT STARTED TO HURT AFTER COMING BAC K TO ROADCREEK. HE SAID HE WAS OK TO GO TO THE DR TO GET CHECKED OUT. EE HAD PULLED ON THE SUCTION HOSE AND DISCHARGE HOSE OFF TRAILER.
HE WAS SERVICING 273 DOZER. HE COULD NOT GET DISPENSE HOSE TO WORK, HE GOT A ROCK TO TAP IT, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB.
USING SLATE BAR ON STUCK PIN, PIN WAS LODGED VERY TIGHT AND HAD TO BE REMOVED WITH LOADER. SOMETIME AFTER REMOVING PIN, EE FELT A STINGING ON EXTERIOR OF STOMACH.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON 418 DRILL STEPPEDDOWN TO GROUND PUTTING RIGHT FOOT ON SMALL ROCK THE ROCK TURNED OVER CAUSING HIS FOOT TO MOVE TWISTING HIS ANKLE
DRILL OPRTOR YELLED AT ME AT 9PM & SAID FOR ME TO COME TO HIM AND BRING SOME EYE WASH. WENT BY THE OFFICE & PICKED UP SOME EYE WASH AND WENT TO HIM BY 9:05PM EE WAS SITTING ON THE DRILL WENT INSIDE THE CAR & ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG-HE SHOWED ME 2 SIDE GLASS ON LEFT SIDE SITTING IN THE SEATBROKEN ASKED IF HE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, HE SAID NO ALL HE KNEW WAS WHILE WORKING HIS CONTROLS THE
SUBJECT CLIMBING OFF LOADER, ATTEMPTING TO STEP TO SECOND STEP WHEN HIS FOOT DID NOT PIVOT AROUND WHEN HIS BODY MOVED CAUSING TO LOSE BALANCE WHEN STEP DOWNWARD WAS MADE HIS LEFT FOOT WAS INSE RTED AT AN ANGLE DUE TO THE NON SLIP MATERIAL ONSTEP. FOOT DID NOT PIVOT WITH BODY MOVEMENT SUBJECT FELL TO GROUND.
CHECKING AND FILLING BRAKE CANISTERS ON 980F, PUTTING LIDS BACK ON AND HAND SLIPPED, HIS THUMB CAUGHT METAL THEREFORE CUTTING TOP OF THUMB AT THE KNUCKLE. EE HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK.
OPERATOR STATED THAT DOZER DROPPED OVER A HIGH PLACE IN PILE, CAUSING A JARRING EFFECT. HE DID NOT START TO LOSE TIME FROM WORK UNTIL 4/3/00. THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 4/12/00.
THE LEFT LIFT CYLINDER HYDRAULIC HOSE BLEW CAUSING LO9ADED BUCKET TO DROP HITTING TAIL OF TRUCK BED.
STRUCK BY LARGE 6-7 TON SANDSTONE BOULDER THAT ROLLED OUT OF SHOT MATERIAL APPROX. 120', STRIKING TRUCK ON DRIVER SIDE.