On 7/9/2018 employee was pulling on a suction hose and hose was caught on something in the water resulting in a low back strain. First day missed was 7/16/2018.
West 61Coal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 2010–2018
- Latest incident
- Jul 2018
Reportable incidents
12 on file2018 · 2 incidents
Employee strained shoulder while tightening hose on brake valve.
2015 · 2 incidents
Miner was exiting dozer using three points of contact. When stepping onto track, his knee ""popped"" causing knee injury.
Employee was removing a section of piping on a chemical delivery system to repair a leak. As employee made an incision into the pipe, material sprayed from the piping onto the employee's face, neck and right shoulder. The piping was not relieved of pressure or drained prior to cutting
2014 · 3 incidents
Miner was inspecting beltline when coal build up was noticed on a roller. Using a wrench to free the roller from debris his glove and finger were caught into roller and belt.
While performing maintenance on truck, the truck fell from hydraulic jack onto the miner.
While mounting a dozer the miner's knee collapsed.
2013 · 1 incident
While lifting track frame with overhead crane, the miner's finger was pinched by a roller on the track frame.
2012 · 2 incidents
While driving a pin into equalizer bar with a hammer, a fragment of pin entered into right leg of miner.
The miner raised the bed of the truck he was operating under high voltage electric line creating an electrical arc from the line to the truck. The operator dismounted truck, while on the ground two right rear tires blew out send a projectile into right leg.
2010 · 2 incidents
EE was striking track roller on D-11 dozer with a hammer when a fragment of steel splintered off and lodged in his left arm.
Victim reached to remove gloves from heater when his hand came in contact with fan blades resulting in laceration of right ring finger.