A road grader descended down a haul road backwards and landed against the hillside in a ditch. The operator was found under the ripper at the rear of the machine.
Slate Branch Coal
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2005–2008
- Latest incident
- Oct 2008
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 5,580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 450 | 4 | 2 | 8888.9 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)2008 · 1 incident
Employee was removing a fuel injuector line while lying on his back and stretching & twisting to reach the clamps on the line. He felt a popping in his back. Employee did not seek treatment until 11/12/2008.
2006 · 3 incidents
Employee was turning around on the bumper of his service truck and he fell off the bumper onto a driveline.
Employee was guiding fan shroud that was being lifted with a boom truck when lifting eye broke allowing fan to strike employee cutting his left forearm.
Contract brushing crew cracked a fitting on a 2" Equitable Gas line. No injury. Equitable contractors repaired line.
2005 · 1 incident
Attempting to put the roll over onto a endloader when he got his finger between the frame of the endloader and the rollover and it moved pinching his finger.