Carlos SurfaceCoal

It was raining and the ladder and grab bars were wet on the Cat 773D rock truck. Employee's hand slipped off the grab bar as EE was getting off and EE slipped off the ladder and fell to the ground.

After dumping, rock truck operator stopped behind the dozer and exited to clean windows and mirror. Dozer backed up into the truck causing the cat walk to hit the truck. Operators leg and foot was pressed up against the cab causing bruising. Operator went to hospital, nothing broken, was sent home same day.

Afternoon shift arrived at equipment staging area,a D11 dozer was found to be fully engulfed in fire. No EE were involved. Dozer had been operated on day shift and parked at end of shift in the equipment staging area as normal. The local fire dept responded and extinguished the flames. No personal injuries occurred. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Injured was assisting coworkers to remove hydraulic hose on portable screener. Zip ties holding the hose had to be removed to take hose off. EE was holding the hose with his left hand and used his pocket knife to cut zip tie off. While cutting, his hand slipped, lacerating his left hand between the thumb and pointer finger. Resulted in four sutures to the laceration.

While moving a light plant, ee was attempting to lower the tongue of the light plant on the hitch. The tongue slipped off the ball pinching the end of the thumb on his left hand. The injury resulted in a torn fingernail and fracture of the tip of the left thumb.

The employee was operating a Cat 777 rock truck headed to the dump site when he hit a bump and was jarred injuring his lower back.

The injured miner was attempting to remove a rock lodged between the dual tires on a fuel truck when one of the tires ruptured. The injured employee received foreign material to the eye and face region requiring embedded material to be removed from his eyes.

Employee was assisting in the removal of bearing and was hit in forearm with sledge hammer.

Employee was operating an impact air wrench in an overhead position. The injury was reported to his supervisor on 6-27-08 where upon he was taken to the hospital for evaluation. Employee was diagnosed as having pinched nerve in left hand. Employee was told to wear a provided wrist brace for 5 days and to return to work the next scheduled shift.

Employee was reaching to pick up his cell phone from the floor of personal vehicle while exiting on haul road after work. He struck a rock and suffered a laceration to his head. He received medical treatment at hospital. No lost time.