SYNTHETIC FUELS — Accidents
Total: 43 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/08/2008 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was pumping a neo-bond 2000 for dust control onto the belt while coal was going to the loadout area. A cap became loose on top of the discharge pump spraying the employee in his safety glasse... |
| 02/06/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was walking in storage area looking for parts when she slipped on ice landing on her shoulder, arms basically her left side. Today 02/12/08 she went to the doctor. She was released to full du... |
| 02/02/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was uncoupling a discharge hose from a tank. The employee did valve out the tank but when he uncoupled the hose, the hose pressure squirted warm water on his right forearm. Employee rinsed hi... |
| 02/01/2008 | INUNDATION | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Operator experienced an unplanned inundation of Hydrogen Sulfide in the upper and lower levels of the V-512, this is an area where miners are working at times. There is no one known to be injured or i... |
| 01/30/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was climbing down a ladder from a conveyer when his right knee popped. He continued to work and today 02/01/2008 he went to the doc to get it checked. He was released back to full duty and is... |
| 01/25/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Slipped on ice and fell and struck elbow |
| 12/27/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee carried some paper work to the office from her car and when she made a 2nd trip she slipped and fell landing on her right knee. She reported this immediately, but her knee just flared up rece... |
| 12/23/2007 | EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee and co-worker were walking through the pump room of the 507 A/B when a discharge pipe broke due to freezing. Employee got sprayed in the eyes, resulting in expansion water getting in behind h... |
| 12/17/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 62d lost | Employee was washing down in the sampler building. He was egressing down the stairs to the next level when he stepped onto the steel landing, it was slick with water and some ice and he slipped and fe... |
| 12/10/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was standing on one end of a utility water line when his co-worker applied air to the line to blow the line out. When air was introduced to the line, the line moved knocking employee's feet o... |
| 12/04/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 5d lost, 3d restricted | Employee fell from truck while exiting and hurt her L-foot. She reported this immediately and finished her rotation. On her days off she became ill with pneumonia went to doc on 13th had foot checked,... |
| 11/29/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was flushing a pump with water that pumps a soda-ash slurry. When employee finished flushing he uncoupled the hoses and got some spray behind his safety glasses in his left eye. His eyes were... |
| 10/27/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Labor tech caught right hand on sheet metal, cut through his glove, recieved small cut and got 2 stiches. |
| 10/06/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee tripped carrying 5 gallons of oil into the oil shed striking his left shoulder on the bucket, pulling the muscle in his left shoulder. He was treated and released at the hospital and has retu... |
| 10/04/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Employee left the upstairs locker room to go home for the evening, when he slipped on the top stair and re-caught himself a few steps below. He returned to work the following day, the 5th, missed his... |
| 10/01/2007 | IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | This accident was reported to MSHA. This employee is an additional injury that just showed up. Employee was standing with 2 other employees when we had an ignition. This employee did sprain his left k... |
| 10/01/2007 | IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | This accident was reported to MSHA. This employee is an additional injury that just showed up. Employee was standing with 2 other employees when we had an ignition. Employee got dust in his eyes from... |
| 10/01/2007 | IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Plant was down for repairs; a coal test was performed dropping raw coal into the plant processor. All valves were open when air draft blew coal dust through the process igniting causing super heated a... |
| 09/04/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Mechanic was walking across the plant towards the maintenanve shop, when the plant suffered a power bump. At that time all ground lights as well as the maintenance shop went out. The mechanic tripped... |
| 08/17/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 146d lost | Exiting fork lift. Snagged cuff of ovealls on window latch and twisted left shoulder. |
| 08/09/2007 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 151d lost | While cleaning the top of silo #2, employee stepped on a 3"" bolt that was sticking out of the concrete. Employee twisted left knee. |
| 07/06/2007 | FIRE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 120d lost | Received burns from fireball caused by spontaneous combustion in the dust collector. |
| 03/21/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employe performing maintenance on a calcium carbonate pump system opened a ball valve and some of the liquid splashed against a wall and into his left eye. |
| 10/11/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 82d lost, 71d restricted | When employee walked across the lab to help set samples in ADL, she slipped on wet spot caused by employees tracking snow in on their feet. She tried to catch herself, twisted her right knee. Since sh... |
| 10/04/2006 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Was grinding rusty metal, piece of metal flew in eye under safety glasses. Didn't start bothering until that night, continued to get worse and reported the next day. Was seen in the emergency room, t... |
| 06/28/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Lifting channel beam, it was too heavy and dropped on hand. |
| 05/20/2006 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 15d lost | After driving dump truck all day, operator reported sorness in his back |
| 04/21/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working day shift 6:00am to 6:00pm on the 21st. The neck above the crusher plugged with coal, employee was trying to dislodge a piece of coal when another piece rolled down and pinched hi... |
| 02/24/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was working graveyard shift 6.00pm on the 23rd to 6.00 am on the 24th - was leaving to start his vehicle at the end of his shift. Employee slipped on some ice and fell flat on his back. Emplo... |
| 02/16/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Cutting I-beam, he lifted his hood and felt a foreign body in his right eye. |
| 02/09/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | Employees were about to finish their shift when a part of the steel structure gave way causing the employee and the ladder the employee was working to slide 16' and reached hopper openings (which were... |
| 12/06/2005 | IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Small clearing silo, interior material sloughed and caused release vents in top of silo release |
| 11/29/2005 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Snowy weather, windy; wet gloves. Jackhammer slipped out of hand falling over onto right foot. Bruised; took 2 days rest. |
| 08/20/2005 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Cutting support pieces of pipe, cutting wheel bound up and cut employee's right hand. |
| 08/19/2005 | OTHER | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 51d restricted | Employee knelt down to pick up grinder, knee locked. |
| 08/12/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Pulling heavy control valve with rope, slipped on grating and landed on back, strained back. |
| 08/09/2005 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 18d lost, 18d restricted | DRILLING HOLE IN METAL PLATE, DRILL BOUND UP & TWISTED RIGHT WRIST/ARM. |
| 08/08/2005 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Dust was received in employees right eye while operating a scraper causing a Corneal Abrasion to the right eye - Employee was wearing safety glasses with side shields but the small piece of dust was s... |
| 07/23/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 66d restricted | SETTING PANEL IN CORE VESSEL, HOOK SLIPPED, PANEL FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT. |
| 06/29/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Picking up Prebar pier cage-Cage got to close to his face and tie wire cut his chin. |
| 05/11/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 23d lost, 70d restricted | Snowing heavily with icy roads and gusting winds |
| 05/05/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 82d restricted | Reached back to flip beam over on grating. Heard popping in arm. Surgery 5/27/05. |
| 03/31/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 68d restricted | SITTING ON COLUMN WAITING FOR BEAM TO FLY IN, WIND CAUGHT BEAM AND PINNED FOOT BETWEEN COLUMN AND BEAM |