Employee was standing about ten ft. away from the loader bucket, where they were replacing a tooth on the bucket. When they hit the keeper with a hammer, a piece of the keeper shattered hitting the employee below the left knee, required stiches.
Hog TroughCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2008–2009
- Latest incident
- Dec 2009
Reportable incidents
5 on file2009 · 4 incidents
Mechanic helping to install transmission on D9R Dozer. Mechanic caught his middle finger on his right hand underneath when the transmission was being slid into the tracks.
He was walking around the Ford truck. There was a door open on another truck parked beside it. He didn't see it and walked into the door.
Operator stated that the 773-B rock truck skided into the berm, then comming to a rest on the left side of haul road into a mud hole. He was taken to the Hazard ARH Hospital. They did a CSAT Scan on him, the doctor said that he had a strained lower back and should be able to return to work in a couple days.
2008 · 1 incident
Drove up on top of the berm for approximately 80 feet, then the truck rolled over two times coming to a resting point 140 feet over embankment.