Cora Terminal — Accidents

Total: 14 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees was trying to start a Caterpillar D9 track dozer, but to would not crack. He opened the battery box cover to check the connections. He decided that he needed to charge the batteries and st...
07/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was attempting to get in the cab of the D10T dozer and as he reached for his next hand hold he missed it and started to lose his balance. He pulled himself back forward with his left hand an...
10/17/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 179d lost Employees were attempting to pull direct burial wires thru conduit when employee lost his footing and fell in trench.
10/15/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 8d restricted While replacing troughing idles along the C-4 conveyor Cora employee started to feel a tightness in his back that continued to get worse until the end of his shift.
05/31/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Cora employee was to pull the conveyors emergence stop cord when the section of belt to be repaired passed between marked sections so the belt would stop at a location where it could be accessed for...
05/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 77d restricted While assisting in the removal of an X-Brace from the top of the T-1 coal transfer tower, a 15' long section by 3""x4""x3/8"" angle brace fell, sticking the employee on the top of his hard hat and rig...
04/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Two Cora employees were working on placing a 3'x 3'x4' section of 1/4"" plate metal in place on a conveyor chute they were fabrication. As they were moving the plate into position it slipped off one...
08/11/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Deckhand employee was working on the dock when the dock winch barge haul cable broke. The cable struck the employee in the back knocking him to the ground, he substained a cut on the nose and puncher...
05/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 11d restricted Employee was assisting with the installation of a return idler on the c-4 72"" conveyor system using a roller guide that the facility fabricated. He was holding the roller guide and as the roller was...
11/25/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted While pulling off 2 barges to drop in Cora's fleet, employee had trouble with a coupling wire. He was pulling on the wire while the other deckhand was beating on it with a sledgehammer. When that did...
08/04/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 27d restricted Employee was working on a hydraulic adjustable skirt chute; the chute activated pinning his left leg between the frame of the skirt and the transfer chute.
02/14/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was walking across the employee parking lot and slipped and fell on the ice landing flat on his back.
09/29/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing a maintenance task in the train-unloading dumper helping replace a trunion wheel. He welded on a temporary bracing to be used while lifting the trunion wheel and the bracing fa...
08/23/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost Employee was washing down at T-2 tower using a 1-1/2"" water hose and said that he hurt his lower back pulling a kink out of the the hose.