Medicine Bow MineCoal

Crew was moving 8x8 oak timbers when one rolled onto the employees (L) thumb causing a laceration. Treatment required stitches and restricted duty.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND DID THE SPLITS WHEN GETTING OFF MACHINE WHICH SHE HAS DONE WITHOUT INCIDENT MANY TIMES BEFORE.

THE EE WAS REMOVING A WOODEN PALLET FROM THE BACK OF A PICK-UP & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL MAY 16,03 AT THAT TIME HE WENT TO A DR. AND WAS PLACED ON LIMITED DUTY.

EE WAS WALKING NEAR 8000 DRAGLINE CARRYING TOOL BAG, STEPPED INTO SNOW-COVERED HOLE AND JARRE BACK. EE THOGUHT HE AGGRAVATED AN OLD INJUR-HAD BACK SURGERY ON 4-5-00. DID NOTHING MORE THAN REPO RT INCIDENT ON TIME CARD. BACK CONTINUED TO BOTHER EE. SAW DR. ON 12-26-00. FOUND HE HAD INJURED SAME AREA IN BACK AGAIN. EE SCHEDULED FOR BACK SURGERY ON 1-9-01. HAS MISSED NO WORK TO DATE.

LIFTING A BARREL AND PULLED BACK.

WHILE LOWERING BREAKER SEGMENT TO SECONDARY CRUSHER, THE SEGMENT CAUGHT THE LIP OF THE CRUSHER STRUCTURE WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY TO INSTALL THE SEGMENT. THE SEGMENT TWISTED WHEN IT WENT OVER THE EDGE, THUS STRIKING EE AND KNOCKING HIM OVER THE EDGE OF THE CHUTE TO THE FLOOR. HIS SHOULDER HIT A 5 GALLON BUCKET AND THE CEMENT WALL.

EE WAS ASSISTING SETTING CRIBBING UNDER A DRAGLINE PINION THAT WAS GOING TO BE WORKED ON IN THE WELDING SHOP. AFTER SETTING CRIBBING MATERIALS EE TOOK A STEP BACKWARDS & PLACED FOOT ON A HOIS T LINK LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE SHOP FLOOR. EE'S LOWER BACK AREA LANDED UPON A CLEVIS THAT WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR IN THE WORK AREA. EE CONT TO WORK THAT AM & REQUESTED PM