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USING AIRGUN WHILE WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER AND DEBRIS WAS BLOWN IN FACE.
EE WAS PUSHING TO THE LOADER AND PUSHED OUT A LARGE ROCK AND THEN HE WAS TRAMMING BACKWARD TO GET ANOTHER BLADE OFF MATERIAL AND DROPPED IN THE HOLE AND JARRED/JERKED HIS BACK.
A SLIDE HAD DEVELOPED IN HOLLOW FILL NO. 15. IT SLID OVER A GAS WELL LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOLLOW FILL TOE AREA. IT SEVERED THE LINES AT THE WELL HEAD. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
EE WAS COMING BACK TO THE JOB SITE EMPTY AND MET A COMPANY WATER TRUCK ASCENDING THE HAULROAD AT CURVE NO. 18. THEY COLLIDED HEAD ON. THE WATER TRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.
EE WAS USING A RATCHET TO REMOVE BOLTS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE HAD BEEN USING A PRY BAR EARLIER AND USING HIS SHOULDER TO PUSH.
EE WAS LOADING A CASE OF PRIMERS FOR BLASTING. HE PICKED UP THE BOX OF PRIMERS AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK BEING LOADED BY 2 DOZERS. THEY WERE PUSHING MATERIAL OUT ABOVE THE PIT HE WAS WORKING IN. A ROCK ROLLED INTO THE TIRE OF THE TRUCK JARRING THE TRUCK. EE STRU CK HIS HEAD ON THE WINDOW GLASS.
BLACK LUNG AWARD 7-15-02.
THE EE WAS REPAIRING A COAL CHUTE, REPLACING THE LINING. A PIECE OF METAL MEASURING 19"X57"X1/2" WAS HANDED TO HIM, IT WAS DROPPED THE EE CAUGHT THE PIECES OF METAL WITH HIS LEFT HAND. CAUSING STRAINED MUSCLES IN ARM, SHOULDER AND NECK.
EE WAS USING A 5 GAL. BUCKETT AS A STEP TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE FILTER TRAILER. AS HE WAS LEAVING THE TRAILER, HE STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE BUCKETT, THE BUCKETT KICKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE LAND ED ON HIS BUTTOCKS.
HE WAS SQUATTED DOWN USING AN IMPACT WRENCH, TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE REAR END OF A LOADER AND TWISTED HIS BACK AND HIPS.
EE WAS CLOSING A WINDOW IN A SWIVEL TRUCK. PULLING THE WINDOW UP BY HAND GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE WINDOW AND SUFFERED A CUT TO HIS FINGER. REQUIRED 5 STITICHES TO LOSE WOUND. NO LOST TIME.
EE WAS FOLLOWING A COAL TRUCK IN ON THE HAUL ROAD & ANOTHER WORKER WAS COMING OUT (FROM JOB). EE SAID HE HEARD NOTHING ON THE CB SO HE THOUGHT NO ONE WAS COMING. THE 2 PERSONAL TRUCKS HIT HEAD -ON, DRIVER'S SIDE.
EE STARTED TO BREAK A HOSE LOOSE WITH A WRENCH. AS HE PUT PRESSURE ON THE WRENCH HIS BACK GAVE OUT, & HE FELL TO THE GROUND & GOT HIMSELF BACK UP & LEANED ON THE TRUCK UNTIL HELP ARRIVED.
EE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER ON HIS ROCK TRUCK, HE SLIPPED ON THE LOWER STEP AND FELL BACKWARD, LANDING ON HIS LEFT HAND AND HIP.
EE WAS TRAMMING THE END LOADER INTO THE SHOT MATERIAL. HE HIT HARD MATERIAL IN THE BOTTOM. THE LOADER CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP, JARRING HIS BACK.
EE SAID HIS SEAT IN THE ROCK TRUCK BRUISED HIS SPINE.
EE WAS LIFTING 50 LB. BAGS OF SEED AND MULCH AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON A SHELF ON THE BACK OF THE GREASE TRUCK.
EE WAS PUSHING SHOT MATERIAL TO THE 9926 LOADER. HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE AND ROLLED THE DOZER INTO THE PIT AREA. HE WAS WORKING ABOUT 40' ABOVE THE PIT FLOOR.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE SIDE OF THE LOADER BUCKET. IT HIT THE FRONT OF EMPLOYEE'S ROCK TRUCK. THROWING HIM INTO THE STEERING WHEEL.
EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN ANOTHER DOZER HIT DOZER IN THE REAR, INJURING HIS NECK.
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER TO GET OFF THE 785 ROCK TRUCK, HIS FOOT MISSED THE BOTTOM SET OF STEPS HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF HITTING THE GROUND.
THE DOZER WAS PARKED TO BE SERVICED BETWEEN SHIFTS. EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN THE SERVICE MAN ARRIVED HE NOTICED THE MACHINE ON FIRE. MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED THE FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED. AN A TTEMPT WAS MADE BY EMPLOYEES. THE FIRE DEPT PUT THE FIRE OUT.
EMPLOYEE STARTED DOWN HILL IN THIRD GEAR, DID NOT LIKE THE WAY HIS BRAKES FELT, TRIED TO GO BACK TO SECOND GEAR, COULD NOT GET INTO GEAR. HE JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK BEFORE IT TURNED OVER. IT WENT 200-300' BEFORE TURNING OVER.
EE WAS IN THE DRILL PIT MEASURING HOLES ON THE DRILL BENCH. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TURNED HISRIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING HEAVY METAL UP THE CATWALK TO THE TOP OF THE SILO. PAIN IN BACK.
EE WAS BACKING HIS DOZER UP AND RAN OVER A ROCK WHICH JARRED HIS BACK.
THE TRUCK EE WAS DRIVING CAME OUT OF GEAR(ON A DOWN GRADE). THE ENGINE BRAKE KILLED THE ENGINE ON THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK TURNED OVER IN THE NO. 5 CURVE ON THE HAUL ROAD. EE OPENED THE DOOR AND F ELL OUT OF THE TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE HAD A PRE-EXISTING PROBLEM WITH HIS BACK. HE WAS TALKING ON THE PHONE IN HIS PICK UP TRUCK WHEN HE PASSED OUT. (BLACKED OUT DUE TO BACK PAIN) HE RECENTLY MOVED SOME LIGHT PLANTS AND WATER PUMPS WHICH AGGRAVATED HIS EXISTING INJURY.
THE OPERATOR HAD A BUCKET FULL OF ROCK, HEADED TOWARD THE ROCK TRUCK. THE BUCKET WAS EXTENDED UP, THE OPERATOR FELT SOMETHING GIVE. HE SAW THE RIGHT TIRE COME OFF.HE PUT THE LOADER IN REVERSE AND DROPPED THE BUCKET TO KEEP THE LOADER FROM TURNING OVER.
WHILE FUELING UP EQUIPMENT, EE STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF THE 992-C LOADER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR 992-G FRONTEND LOADER WHEN SUDDENLY IT CAUGHT FIRE. WE SUSPECT A BURST HOSE OR LOOSE FITTING ALLOWED A FLAMMABLE LIQUID TO SPRAY ONTO THE TORQE CONVERTER ALLOWING A FIRE TO START. THERE WERE NO INJURIESBUT THE LOADER WAS A COMPLETE LOSS.
TIGHTENING TRACK PAD BOLTS WITH 3/4" DRIVE RATCHET AND IT SLIPPED OFF MASHING FINGER AGAINST TRACK PAD.
INJURED WAS HAULING A LOAD OF COAL FROM JOB 2A HAD ROUNDED A CURVE ON A SLIGHT DOWN GRADE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. HE JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK AND SUSTAINED BROKEN BONES, BRUISES AND LACERA TIONS.