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A delivery driver employed by a water supply vendor was in route to the facility when the tanker truck overturned and slid off the road. Investigation ongoing
Employee was shoveling coal off a conveyor belt, belt moved forward causing miner to fall down transfer chute onto belt conveyor that transferred EE to stacker tube where EE fell onto coal pile.
Employee was fatally injured while working on a conveyor system.
While lifting a VSI lid a strap broke. The lid struck the victim causing severe head trauma.
Task was to remove screen flare. Employee was loosening bolts, changed work location, dangerously close to excavator, without warning or eye contact with excavator operator. Excavator rotated, bucket of excavator struck employee in the upper chest resulting in death.
On August 3, 2017 a miner was fatally crushed while ee was dismantling a metal structure used to supply water to tech fine coal filter at the preparation plant.
Employee went back to check on a post blast and became overcome by Carbon Monoxide from powder smoke. Carbon Monoxide
Employee went back to rescue down nipper. Carbon Monoxide
Witness saw the water truck traveling downhill on Ridge road & then saw a cloud of dust. Truck traveled downhill(9% grade)struck berm on the right side of road ejected operator changed direction & traveled across road striking the berm/slope on the left side of the road. The truck overturned & came to rest. The victim did not appear to use his seat belt. Minor damage to truck.
Working on a structure 15' high & was safely tied off to structure, when he completed his work, instead of stepping onto platform from beam he was standing on while tied off - he untied and then stepped and fell 8' onto another 5 1/4" beam with his chest. He walked to the company truck and sat down ambulance arrived, got in and died in route to the hospital.
Employee was cutting a metal band on a bundle of rib screen. When the band broke, the screen expanded and fell on his chest, pinning him between the screen and the Wagner scoop. The screen was lifted off the victim with a skid steer and no pulse was found. The victim was transported to hospital.
A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN A MINER ATTEMPTING TO EXCAVATE MATERIAL IN A WA900 FRONT END LOADER WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK THAT ROLLED DOWN THE ANGLE REPOSE.
EE WAS FATALLY INJURED.HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE 1ST RETURN IDLER AFTER THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE PRODUCT BELT UNDER THE SAND SCREEN. HIS SHOVEL WAS FOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RET ROLLER & IDLER, HIS HARD HAT WAS FOUND WEDGED IN THE CONVEYOR FRAME OF THE PULLEY SIDE OF RET IDLER. THE PLANT OPERATOR DISCOVERED THE VICTIM DURING A CHECK OF EQUIP. PLANT OPERATOR SHUT DOWN PLANT,
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FORKLIFT. THE GROUND SLOUGHED OFF SENDING THE EMPLOYEE AND THE FORKLIFT INTO THE POND.
THE FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACK-FILLING AROUND A NEWLY INSTALLED TRUCK SCALE WHEN HE BACKED OVER THE VICTIM WITH THE LOADER, WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL INJURY.
THE EMPLOYEE ENTERED A LOG WASHER AND DID NOT FOLLOW SAFETY PROCEDURES BY USING A LOCK OUT TAG OUT PROCEDURE. THE MACHINE WAS INADVERTENTLY ENERGIZED WHICH IN TURN RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.
THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO LIFT & RESET THE CONVEYOR. THE RIGGING FAILED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM AS HE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED CONVEYOR
ACCORDING TO WITNESS, EMPLOYEE FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD LADDER FROM AN UNKNOWN HEIGHT.
OPERATING SHEARER IN TAILGATE, FLIPPED COWL HEADING TO HEADGATE WHEN FITTING BROKE ON BACK FLUSHFILTER AT SHEILD 74. THE HOSE WITH ALL FITTINGS WHIPPED OUT TO FACE AND HIT VICTIM AT SHIELD 76. THE 4,2000 PSI HOSE WITH COUPLER ON THE END HIT VICTIM IN THE FACE RESULTING IN BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO FACE AND HEAD.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE SCRAPER OPERATOR AND EYE WITNESS SHOWS THAT THE EMPLOYEE MOVED BETWEEN A BACKING 633 CAT SCRAPER AND HIS PICKUP OUT OF THE OPERATORS FIELD OF VISION. HE WAS RUN OVER BY THE LEFT REAR SCRAPER TIRE RESULTING IN DEATH.