Leer Prep Plant — Accidents

Total: 16 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/22/2025 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An Entrapment occurred whenever an employee was shoving coal away from the #1 Midd's feeder and the dozer slid backwards/down into the underling feeder. No injuries occurred from this incident.
02/13/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost After the employee completed their shift, EE went to their vehicle to start it and allow it to warm up. The employee started the vehicle without being seated inside of it. (standing outside the vehi...
11/26/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was operating a forklift to retrieve an I-Beam that was being lowered to the basement floor level of the prep plant processing building by a machining hoist. As the beam was lowered to the fork...
11/01/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted Employee was falling a tree, the tree fell and contacted a limb that was on the ground. This limb then struck the employee in the left knee causing an MCL injury.
07/11/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Driver started the belt on live bottom trailer forcing load against tailgate before unlatching tailgate. EE tried to free tailgate by hitting latch with a chain hook. This caused the tailgate to break...
04/06/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was turning motor sheave on unit 214 on the 3rd floor of the prep plant to assess the condition of the motor. When the employee rotated the belt, employee's right thumb was caught between the...
08/20/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost On 8/20/20, employee was carrying a small sieve pulley and lost EE's footing, while descending the 4th floor stairs, falling down four steps and injuring EE's left hand. EE started missing work on 9/9...
12/26/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The sample crusher was plugged from the crusher to the head of the primary belt. The employee used a scraper to try to unplug crusher while it was still operating. The crusher segment hit the scraper...
01/08/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was starting to enter the hole area for the 7' pipe, when employee stepped on ice and fell backwards onto the ground. As a result of the fall, employee broke EE's left femur at EE's hip joint...
08/10/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF METAL WHILE REMOVING DEBRIS FROM THE MAGNET OF THE CLEAN COAL BELT LINE. BELT AND MAGNET WERE DE-ENERGIZED. EMPLOYEE COULDN'T HOLD METAL AND WANTED MAGNET BACK ON....
11/23/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting out sides of a chute from inside the chute to be replaced. They had an over head crane stabilizing the top & a chain fall stabilizing the bottom of the plate being cut out to prevent fr...
06/08/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hammer to install a screen when the hammer slipped causing a laceration to employee's hand that required 3 stitches to close.
04/29/2015 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None A dozer operating in the raw coal stock pile ran over the feeder #4 which had a void underneath, this allowed the dozer to drop in to the void. The dozer was covered in coal from the rear up to and in...
05/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 5d restricted Employee was working off a ladder using 100% fall protection anchored overhead to a piece of structural steel. His foot slipped off ladder and when land yard caught him his left foot struck and adjace...
02/09/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working near someone that was welding off to his left side. Later that evening his left eye began to hurt and he thought he may have gotten something in it, but turned out to be a flash...
12/02/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was putting valves in a des lime classifier during new construction and jumped down the corrugated deck flooring, causing him to twist his knee.