Dobbin Ridge Prep Plant — Accidents

Total: 24 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/18/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a piece of plywood and smashed finger between it and concrete causing a small fracture and cut to little finger.
08/22/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 211d lost Worker was cleaning debris from roller on raw coal belt. Belt was locked out and tagged. As debris was removed, stored tension caused the belt to move trapping the workers right hand and arm between t...
11/28/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE heard a noise in the truck shop so he unlocked it & went inside to check it out & a man came full force at him. Employee pushed him away & then the man punched him in the nose. EE hit him 2 or 3 ti...
11/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was walking through the plant and stepped in a hole causing him to sprain his left ankle.
02/11/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A contractor was reteiving some drag line parts from an abandon truck shop. One of the contrator employees was attempting to disengage a parts rack with a cutting torch. Sparks from the torch caught...
11/28/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was using a pry bar in an attempt to remove a final drive when he felt something give in his back.
11/18/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was fabricating steel bars for a breaker when a piece of steel lodged in his right eye.
11/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was lowering a drill cylinder to the ground when the choker cable slipped and released the cylinder. The cylinder fell on top of him and pinned him to the ground.
02/17/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was in the process of dumping a tri-axle load of coal when the truck tipped over. the ee suffered a laceration to his right ear.
01/31/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Unloading tri-axle dump truck when the hoist broke through the bed causing the employee to bounce into top of the cab.
11/23/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PREP PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A FLOOR SUMP AND BRUISED HIS SHIN AND KNEE.
09/13/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A TRUCK TAILGATE TO SEE IF ALL THE COAL HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BED. THE WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE PULLED HIM FORWARD AND PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND THE B...
05/22/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A CHUTE WITH AN OVERHEAD CRANE WHEN THE CHUTE MOVED AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND SEPARATOR.
09/23/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER AND HIS LEFT LEG MISSED A RUNG ON THE LADDER CAUSING ALL OF HIS WEIGHT TO BE PLACED ON HIS RIGHT LEG. EE STATED THIS CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO BE INJURED
08/25/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE WAS CHANGING AN AIRLINE ON A 769 C CAT TRUCK. HE WENT TO REACH UPWARD TOWARDS THE AIRLINE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
06/24/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WORKER WAS HANDLING A HYRAULIC CYLINDER BY HAND AND IT ROLLED OVER AND PINCHED HIS LEFT ARM AGAINST OTHER CYLINDER.
12/07/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THE NEXT DAY WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BR OKEN FI...
04/01/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A RAILROAD CAR BRAKE WHEEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELEASING IT WHEN HE FELT A PULL AND STRAIN IN HIS LEFT UPPER ARM.
02/24/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 102d lost EE WAS USING A RED DEVIL COME-ALONG TO LIFT AND HOLD A STEEL PLATE WHEN THE CABLE BROKE CAUSING EITHER THE HOOK OR HANDLE TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT LEG.
01/23/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CUTTING BOLTS OFF SCRAPER AND INHALED FUMES.
01/18/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost A PIECE OF SHARP RUSTY GRATING SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST HIS LEFT FOREARM.
11/08/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE A BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED & MASHED THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE WRENCH & A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON
10/24/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost TWISTED BACK WHILE LOGOING HYDRUALIC PUMP AND PRESS UNIT.
01/24/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.