Employee was climbing down off Highwall Miner and either slipped or missed a step and fell to the deck and then onto the ground. Employee broke employee's leg right above employee's ankle in the fall.
CCU Stark StripCoal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2000–2017
- Latest incident
- Dec 2017
Reportable incidents
7 on file2017 · 1 incident
2013 · 1 incident
Employee was shoveling stemming, carrying tubes and climbing in and out of truck. No specific act, just started to hurt. Continued working until he saw a Dr on 2/4/2013 at which time he was informed he had a hernia and was given surgery to correct it.
2012 · 1 incident
Employee was standing out and in front of a 345 Trac hoe giving directions to the operator helping him guide the track back on that had jumped off the bottom rollers when a metal splinter came off and entered his arm causing a cut muscle.
2004 · 2 incidents
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE PART OF A PANEL FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A CATERPILLAR 992C FRONT END LOADER WHEN THE EDGE OF THE SIDE PANEL BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS LOWERING AN OBJECT TO THE GROUND WITH HIS BOOM AND WHEN SLACK WAS IN THE CABLES EE GRABBED THE CABLE AND RE-POSITIONED THE BLOCK AND THE OBJECT SLIPPED OFF AN UNSEEN OBJECT ON THE GROUND CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE PULLED INTO THE PULLEY.
2003 · 1 incident
WHILE EE WAS EXITING THE CAB OF A CAT 980 LOADER AND CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER, HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON UNEVEN GROUND & APPLIED WEIGHT TO IT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE AND FALL TO THE GR OUND.
2000 · 1 incident
FELL OFF LADDER AND LANDED ON DRILL OUTRIGGER CAUSING ACUTE CONTUSION AND STRAIN TO RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.