Preparation Plant No 1 — Accidents

Total: 46 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While replacing a blower motor on a Komatsu D65 Dozer in the repair shop, employee was standing on the right track of the dozer. The access panel of the floor board was on the dozer deck leaning on th...
10/02/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a new piece of C Channel on the Prep Plant, employee pushed on C Channel, employees left pinky finger was caught between C Channel and wall of Prep Plant. C Channel cut through their...
07/22/2017 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees working in a 125 foot man lift, replacing tin siding on Prep Plant. Injured was holding tin, man lift lowered, when stopped it bounced, causing injured employee's right hand to hit safet...
03/21/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Injured was using a sanding wheel on grinder to prep hand rails to be painted inside Prep Plant.
02/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was spotting new rolls or (cans) for suture installation along side BYC5 conveyor near the #2 feeder. While attempting to place a new roll or (can) on the BYC5 conveyor structure, his right...
02/14/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost The employee was walking to his articulating truck (unit #5368) to start his shift and slipped on the snow/ice covered ground. The employee injured his left ankle in the fall.
09/04/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost The employee twisted his right knee when he dismounted the GMC water truck. The employee began missing work on 1/23/2014.
08/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost The employee slipped on the track, jerking his arm and causing a muscle tear. The employee did not miss work until 12/2/2013.
11/09/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After fueling Komatsu 155 dozer, the employee was remounting the dozer when he reached and missed the handrail grab. He slipped and fell, hitting his head on the dozer track. The employee has a lacera...
03/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was seeding the bank at the refuse area. He slipped and hit his head on the rocks. He was unconscious when he was found. He had a scraped forehead and nose. He could not remember the...
01/10/2011 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 35d lost This incident is being reported as an occupational illness. The employee runs heavy equipment on a daily basis. The employee began experiencing pain in his neck, back, and legs. He sought medical a...
09/11/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The injured stated that he and another employee were cleaning the raw coal bin. The coal fell down, and the employee leaned back to catch his balance. He fell, striking his tailbone and lower back....
03/02/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost The employee stated that he was injured when he was taking apart a water hose nozzle in the plant with two large pipe wrenches. He states he had one on the floor and was pulling on the other for abou...
07/27/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted Injured employee was assisting in moving a 200' stacker under construction. He was holding a cribbing block against the stacker to allow the forks of an Ingersoll-Rand Telehandler to rest against. As...
06/30/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured was pushing raw coal to the plant's raw coal feed bin. He drove too close to the edge in front of him. As he began to back up, the loose coal under the dozer tracks gave way, causing the...
06/16/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost The employee was standing on the top of the heavy media cyclone pump overflow box. During this time a fellow employee was tramming the overhead hoist across the plant. The frame of the overhead crane...
04/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 18d restricted Injured employee removed the quick-threader attachment from a pipe threader. As he went to place it on a work bench the swivel handle from the quick-thread attachment swung around striking injured emp...
03/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While performing maintenance on #1 primary CMI, the injured employee was rolling a flight assembly on the floor. A fellow employee was attempting to separate a flight assembly from a hub. The assemb...
02/16/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was attempting to pry a board off of a new pump grate with a chipping hammer. Employee struck the chipping hammer with a three pound mini sledge hammer, causing a small piece of the chipping...
01/10/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost The employee was replacing vee-belts on the M-5 conveyor. While attempting to roll the vee-belts on, the torque arm moved out of its bracket, causing the employee to lose his footing. He then fell f...
01/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was pulling a 25 HP motor on a sloped catwalk. The motor started to slide backwards. The employee jerked on the motor. The motor pulled and strained his muscle in his right shoulder. Rest of...
01/02/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was burning a jig elevator bucket that was stuck in the chute. A piece of slag entered under his safety glasses and burned his lower left eye lid. EE rubbed his eye enough to scratch them. Drops we...
12/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was looking for a suction hose ""6"". He stepped on a patch of ice and fell. He stabbed his middle finger on his right hand. He struck his left knee on a pallet. He tore ligament in his left...
11/02/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was greasing the Wasco hilift. He was using a lever action grease gun. A bucket pin was hard to take grease. He was pulling the lever towards him, with the body of the grease gun resting on h...
08/20/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The employee stepped out of the scale room and slipped on the bar grating twisting left knee.
08/15/2007 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Was working under a WA500 hilift laying down with hat off. He started to get out and stand up and hit head on garbage dumpster cutting his head which became infected.
03/05/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was prying on the tail gate of the Mack truck with a slate bar. Tail gate was frozen. He experienced pain in his abdominal muscle. On 3/9/07 he informed me he had a lump in his abdomen and wa...
03/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was removing 12.00 x 24 tire from a truck. He tried to lift a tire, he strained his lower back, left side. He worked the rest of the day. On Monday he had severe pain in his back and did not...
02/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee stepped out of the scale room onto some ice covered grating and slipped twisting his ankle as he fell. His leg was bent under his body. He tore ligaments our the left and right side of his ri...
01/12/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE was pulling 1 1/2"" hose around a 980G loader. He pulled it around the front of the bucket. He stepped on some mud & hose got caught under the bucket(mud was from washing the 980G). He slipped to t...
08/24/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee and a mechanic were in the cab of the loader trouble shooting an electrical problem. They were traveling down the road and hit a bump. The employee hit his coccyx bone on the cup holder in th...
08/16/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost After glancing off the second truck he collided with the rear of a tractor trailer owned by contractor that was parked immediately in front of second truck. The back of the trailer was knocked over th...
07/12/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Delivery person went to pick up 3 panels of bar grating by Coreco employee driving forklift. Panels slid off forklift hitting contractor in legs, knocking him off the truck with a panel falling on him...
01/18/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee picked up a 4 ft section of 6"" schedule 80 pipe, twisted his back and pulled a muscle in his lower back.
07/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost EE WAS REPLACING B-1 SCREEN PANEL WHEN THE PANEL BECAME WEDGED IN BOTTOM DECK. EE JERKED ON SCREEN, STRAINING HIS BACK, LOWER BACK. EE CONTINUED WORKING FOR THE FOLLOWING 2 WEEKS. ON 7/25/04 EE WENT...
06/24/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was fabricating a reinforcing mat of rebar for concrete. He was burning a piece to size when a spark went under his safety glasses and went into his eye in the pupil area, becoming lodged.
03/09/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 161d lost Employee was attempting to grease pins and bushings on the boom of a Hitachi 400 backhoe. He was walking on the ice-covered boom when he slipped and fell off the boom, falling to the ground. When hitt...
09/24/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO VALUE FOUND None EE SLIPPED OFF OF SIDE OF 350 PAYHAULER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPLENISH BRAKE FLUID. EE FELL BACKWARDS TWISTING RIGHT KNEE IN TAILGATE OPENING STRUCTURE EE PULLED LIAGMENTS IN KNEE AND LOWER RIG HT LEG...
02/25/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost EE WAS PUNCHING HOLE,1/2"",IN RUBBER CONVEYOR BELTING USING AN ARCH PUNCH. EE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND WITH A 3 LB SHOP HAMMER WHILE HOLDING THE ARCH PUNCH. HE STRUCK HIMSELF ON THE FIRST FINGER BE HIND T...
09/05/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost FELL OUT OF BOBCAT LOADER WHEN FOOTING WAS LOST.
06/10/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH CUTTING TORCHES. HOSE OF TORCH BECAME TWISTED. WHEN IT QUICKLY AND SUDDENTLY BECAME LOOSE, IT BURNED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EE'S FACE.
12/28/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING AN END ON AN ELECTRIC HEATER. WHILE USING AN ELECTRICIAN'S KNIFE,THE KNIFE BLADE DID NOT LOCK AND CLOSED ON INDEXFINGER OF LEFT HAND.
10/01/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 185d lost EE STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON PIPE.
08/13/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost WHILE REMOVING BOLTS FROM A DEWATERING SCREEN, THE WRENCH BEING USED SLIPPED AND CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS AND INJURED HIS BACK AND/OR NECK.
07/24/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost THE ENGINE STALLED IN A LOADED ROCK TRUCK DRIVEN BY EE. IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE MAIN HAUL ROAD. EE IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED THE ENGINE BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEH ICLE ON...
10/06/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost VICTIM WAS REMOVING PIN FROM A CHAIN WHILE STRIKING PIN WITH HAMMER A PIECE OF HAMMER BROKE OFF AND PIERCED THE BACK OF HIS HAND.