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Case Study: Armstrong Coal Company Inc.

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Armstrong Coal Company Inc. employed me for three months at the Midway Mine. The Midway Mine is a surface mining operation that uses the dragline mining method. I am a certified foreman; however, I was employed as the maintenance supervisor over the Page 752 Walking Dragline Co. # 377. Matt Dunlap was my immediate supervisor and the foreman over the surface operation. On my way to work on September 9, 2014, someone telephoned me and told me the dragline was down (bull gear wheel). I had no experience on a dragline so I telephoned Dunlap and he told me he had a game plan. On this particular day, we were shorthanded because, some of the employees were involved in giving depositions, due to a 105© case filed against the company. However, under the direction of Dunlap, we managed to get the old bull gear out of the gear housing and bring the new one to the bench where the dragline was located. Billy Doss used the jib pole mounted on the Komatsu 250 to lift the bull gear onto the walking shoe on the right side of the dragline. I told Dunlap I would be in the gear housing, picking up the teeth that had broken off the old bull gear. …show more content…

Ronnie Emery was on the backside of the bull gear and Dunlap was on the left side. The bull gear started rolling toward me due to the fact the floor in the housing was uneven. When it started rolling I had nowhere to get away, Dunlap ran toward the wall, the bull gear hit a fifty-five -gallon barrel of grease, and fell over, pinning me to the

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