The employee was in the process of trying to extinguish a non-reportable fire on a dozer and possibly experienced smoke inhalation.
Huffman Fk.Coal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2009–2015
- Latest incident
- May 2015
Reportable incidents
10 on file2015 · 1 incident
2012 · 4 incidents
Loading wet hole material(bags)from trailer to truck when employee felt a sudden sharp pain in his lower back
Employee is a mechanic and he was working under a truck. As he was getting out from under the truck he twisted his knee. When he stood up, the pain of the knee & standing up made him pass out & he fell on his face.
Employee was helping load crib blocks onto a mechanic truck when he felt a pain in his stomach. He was diagnosed as having a hernia. He required surgery and has not returned to work as of today.
As the loader operator dumped into a 777 Cat. truck, a rock from the bucket hit in the truck bed and the driver backed into the loader bucket causing a strain to his back. He has been on restricted duty for four days and is working now at full duty.
2011 · 2 incidents
As employee was doing his pre-opt he stepped on an oily spot and fell hitting his left knee on the deck of a loader causing bruising.
Employee was tramming a D11N dozer out of a shot and when he got to the haulroad he noticed that the hydraulic gauge was showing hot. He stopped the dozer and trammed it backward to a wide spot (50 to 60 feet) to keep from blocking the haulroad. When he stopped, fire shot up beside both doors. The right side fire lesson and he exited the dozer. No injuries occurred.
2010 · 2 incidents
Was decending a haul road with a loaded truck, he went to change gears and could not get the transmission in another gear. He turned the truck over onto the passenger side. On an approximately 8 percent grade. This accident is a contractor for Huffman Fork (LB Trucking #K193) but we are required to report the accident according to our MSHA district.
Employee was fueling a D11N dozer when he slipped and fell to the ground.
2009 · 1 incident
Employee got a foreign object in his left eye as he was blowing dust off of a dust hood on a drill. Employee missed no work, but had to use prescription medication.