Ceredo Dock — Accidents

Total: 33 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/26/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While exiting the read door on the engineer side of locomotive #1200 to set the hand brake the employee stumbled down the two steps to the cat walk. The employee was carrying a lunch bucket therefore...
08/03/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was cleaning out a chute on the #1 river belt. While doing so, the employee accidentally turned on the valve of a water hose and the water hose was inadvertently angled toward the employee...
02/16/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was mounting locomotive 413 and as EE was ascending the locomotive stairs, the employee felt a pop in the right calf area. EE was evaluated at ER and given time off until follow up with Ortho...
02/25/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Overland Belt Fire. Belt caught fire, possibly due to a faulty roller, after being shut down for lunch. The belt structure, belt, rollers and electrical equipment will need repaired/replaced.
01/07/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee tripped and stumbled over a pallet in the maintenance shop yard and struck the front bucket of a parked backhoe causing the fracture of 3 ribs.
06/18/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 257d lost Employee attempted to align a railroad switch. When employee rotated EE's torso and exerted the appropriate amount of force to move the switch handle to the opposite position, EE's right foot slipped...
05/19/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 281d lost EE aggravated his chronic back issues while mounting hill engine. EE stated that incident did not contribute to his chronic back pain, which is managed by meds. EE went to personal Dr. where he was pu...
04/11/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee arose from a sitting position while on break and temporarily blacked out causing him to fall forward out of the conductor's shanty and onto the track ballast rock resulting in lacerations to...
01/17/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The #1 conveyor belt chute at the Ceredo Dock plugged off with coal. Employee was using a sledge hammer to hit the side of the chute on the upriver side of the middle level of the transfer structure t...
11/30/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to adjust broom bristle on sampler tail piece with pry bar. Pry bar snagged moving belt and smashed employee's fingers between pry bar and belt resulting in fracture to left ri...
06/14/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee was rolling up a grease hose and in the process the grease gun struck the corner of the bed on the grease truck causing the trigger on the grease gun to depress injecting grease into the left...
06/14/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was walking in the Ceredo rail yard after coupling two locomotives together and stepped on a piece of ballast rock causing him to roll his left ankle resulting in a fracture.
04/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was mounting a parked locomotive on CSX Yard 1 West and slipped bruising his left side ribs and back. Employee was placed on restricted duty by doctor in that the employee couldn't climb or l...
06/29/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was working with 7 other employees in the Dump 1 Feeder Room to clean up a large coal spill resulting from a malfunction of the # 3 Feeder Belt. In the process of shoveling the spilled coal o...
01/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 172d lost Employee was dismounting a railcar and when his left foot touched the ground he felt a ""pop"" in his left knee resulting in pain.
09/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was placing a piece of scrap metal into a loader bucket for disposal into the scrap metal bin and in the process, pulled a muscle in his right bicep area, resulting in two days away from work...
04/04/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was standing inside locomotive preparing to dismount when a faulty air valve on one of the railcars caused the train to enter emergency mode and stop. This unexpected stopping motion caused t...
03/27/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was attempting to sit down inside company vehicle and in the process, felt severe pain in his lower back. This resulted in a strained lower back and two lost time workdays as per doctor's adv...
02/26/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee had just finished fueling his locomotive and in the process of dismounting the loco to replace the nozzle, he stepped on the fuel hose and rolled his ankle. This resulted in the employee spra...
11/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 159d lost Conductor mounted the cut of loaded railcars to protect the move to the hill, and as he mounted the railcar, pulled a muscle in his right shoulder. Employee was instructed by doctor to be off work and...
08/05/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to enter the cab area of Locomotive 1200 and in the process bumped his head on the low clearance door facing. Employee heard his neck pop and now has a strained neck. Employee...
04/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Tech walked into sample building to remove bag and stepped on loose floor grating and fell through with left leg up to shin below knee. The grating returned to position trapping leg. No skin damage;...
11/11/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was securing barge with tugger wire to timberhead and during this process accidentally hit the remote tugger winch on/off switch with his knee. As a result, the employee pinched his left hand...
05/08/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was walking across the storage yard and twisted his right ankle, which caused a sprain. Employee's doctor put him off for 3 days, therefore resulting in a lost time accident.
05/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost While mounting a railcar, employee felt a pop in his left shoulder. Employee was given full duty release from local doctor on 5/14, but went back to the doctor on 5/17. The doctor on 5/17 put the empl...
03/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was attempting to adjust spotlight on off-loader barge by tossing a rope around the light bracket. During the tossing motion, employee pulled muscles in his back. Employee didn't inform mgmt....
08/13/2006 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None PRB Stockpile on upriver # 4 feeder area experienced a fire. The stockpile fire was close enough to the draw off tunnel feeder belt to ignite the belt. The coal pile fire, along with the feeder belt,...
03/31/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was tightening an anchor bolt on a counterweight guide beam. The crescent wrench he was using slipped off of the anchor bolt, causing EE to hit an adjacent anchor with his right fifth digit finger...
03/31/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was installing a new run of conduit. During the conduit run, a bracket from the old conduit needed to be removed. The anchor bolts from the old bracket were loosened & EE tried to pry the bracket t...
10/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was coupling an air hose to adjoin two railcars. When finished, the employee rose from the squatting position and felt a pop in his lower back along with pain. Doctor's report showed that the...
05/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 8d restricted Employee was replacing the grating over the Dump 1 tail roller. The grating slipped and hit the ground. The employee tried to replace the grating by himself and strained a muscle in his back.
03/12/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cleaning in the draw off tunnel by the feeder #2 walkway above tunnel floor. After cleaning was complete, EE was preparing to climb down the fixed ladder access. Before climbing down the ladder...
10/23/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to close the hopper door on a railcar with a pry bar. During this time the pry bar slipped and struck the employee in the forehead resulting in a laceration .