While cleaning ice from frame of belt line at bin roller, employee's hammer became entangled between belt and roller pulling hammer and right hand of employee in behind it. Employee sustain an avulsion to the right middle finger that required surgery to repair.
Viking Mine - Knox PitCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 2000–2008
- Latest incident
- Jan 2008
Reportable incidents
11 on file2008 · 1 incident
2007 · 1 incident
Employee was moving end cap from a push arm off a D-11 out of the bed of his service truck, it slid out of the bed and fell to the bumper landing on his left pinky finger. The result was a fractured finger.
2006 · 1 incident
Employee cut plastic tie holding hose and punctured left wrist with pocket knife.
2001 · 2 incidents
EE WITH AID OF TRUCK HOIST WAS SETTING A BELL CRANK FROM ENDLOADER ONTO A PAIR OF STEEL SAWHORSES. THE BELL CRANK STARTED TO SLIDE ON SAWHOURSE CAUSING SAW HORSE TO TOPPLE. EE REACHED WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO STEADY LOAD AND IN DOING SO HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO A PINCHPOINT BETWEEN BELL CRANK AND SAW HORSE MASHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AROUND THE FIRST JOINT.
EE SAID HE WAS INSTALLING FUEL FILTERS ON A 785 HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK FROM LEANING AND TWISTING.
2000 · 6 incidents
EE WAS ON A 4' STEP LADDER WORKING ON THE WIRINGUNDERNEATH THE FRONT SHOVEL WHEN THE GROUND GAVEAWAY & ONE LEG SANK INTO THE GROUND CAUSING THE LADDER TO BREAK. EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS LEFT HIP & LEG, BREAKING HIS FEMER BONE IN 4PLACES.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CATERPILLAR WATER TRUCK AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD. THIS JARRED HIM ADN CAUSED THE INJURY TO HIS BACK.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS RUBBING DOG IN SHOP DOWN THE BACK AND IT TURNED ITS HEAD TOWARD HIM. HE JERKED HIS HAND BACK AND THINKS HE MUST HAVE HIT THE EDGE OF THE PICNIC TABLE IN THE SHOP AND CUT HIS FINGER.
OUR EE WAS REMOVING A BORING BAR AND DRILL FROM THE MACHINE. WHEN THE DRILL WAS BEING REMOVE, IT FELL. WHEN IT REACHED THE END OF THE SAFETY CHAIN. THE EE HAD HIS LEFT HAND IN THE CHAIN. AS IT GOT TIGHT, THE END OF THE SAFETY LATCH CAME INTO HIS FINGER. 1ST ONE LEFT HAND AND IT TOOK OFF THAT FINGERTIP.
HE WAS RAISING SIDE COMPARTMENT OF HOOD ON POWDER TRUCK IN ORDER TO CHANGE FAN BELTS. HOOD WAS HEAVE DUE TO MUD BUILDUP UNDERNEATH. HE WASN'T AWARE OF EXTRA WEIGHT OF HOOD; WHEN ATTEMPTING T O LIFT, HE ENCOUNTERED MORE WEIGHT THAN HE WAS ABLE TO LIFT AND DROPPED HOOD BACK TO ITS RESTING PLACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS ON 801 HYDRAULIC FILTER HOUSING WITH 1/2 INCH DRIVE RATCHETT. THE BOLTS WERE VERY TIGHT AND THE LOCKING MECHANISM IN THE RATCHETT DID NOT HOLD. WHEN THE RATCHETT SLIPPED HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND THE PAIN BECAME WORSE.